When I press play while using bluetooth headphones (with any kind of audio), the audio stutters a bit and there are a bunch of crackling sounds. After leaving the audio playing for a couple seconds, both the stuttering and the crackling stop. This happens only when I use bluetooth headphones, and never with wired headphones/built-in speakers.
(I'm running macOS High Sierra, version 10.13.6, and Audacity 2.2.2).
Crackling with Bluetooth headphones
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This forum is for Audacity on macOS 10.4 and later.Please state which version of macOS you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Audacity menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
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popopop830214
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kozikowski
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Re: Crackling with Bluetooth headphones
Do you have any other BlueTooth devices connected at the same time?
What does the manufacturer have to say about it? Is there a FAQ where it turns out lots of people have this problem?
Koz
What does the manufacturer have to say about it? Is there a FAQ where it turns out lots of people have this problem?
Koz
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popopop830214
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Re: Crackling with Bluetooth headphones
No, I only have the one pair of BlueTooth headphones.<br/>kozikowski wrote: ↑Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:24 pmDo you have any other BlueTooth devices connected at the same time?
What does the manufacturer have to say about it? Is there a FAQ where it turns out lots of people have this problem?
Koz
I've searched everywhere, and I couldn't find anyone else with this problem. And it's not a problem with the headphones, as this only happens with Audacity.
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popopop830214
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Re: Crackling with Bluetooth headphones
Any ideas?
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Doctor__Hammer
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Re: Crackling with Bluetooth headphones
Hey! I had the same problem and just figured it out. All I did was I changed the audio output from my bluetooth headphones to "MMAudio Device", one of the four options for output besides my headphones, built-in output, and "MMAudio Device (UI Sounds). Hope that works for you too!