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Old 05-20-2023, 05:50 PM
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Still no luck with this :-(
What I don't understand is if I go onto youtube on my mac book and change to airplay it plays through my amp no problems. So browser sound coming into my mac to airplay works but not PT. This makes no sense to me.
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Old 05-20-2023, 06:39 PM
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Did you do any of the things that were suggested in the thread?
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Old 05-21-2023, 04:06 PM
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Did you do any of the things that were suggested in the thread?
Of course, none work unless I stream to my phone first which is silly.
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Old 05-21-2023, 04:52 PM
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Of course, none work unless I stream to my phone first which is silly.

My session is 24bit 48khz so maybe that is an issue?

This may very well be the issue depending on what type of receiver you’re trying to airplay to. Airplay 1 doesn’t support 24/48. Airplay 2 does is certain situations.

YMMV, as stated, if your bit rate and sample rate are not compatible with the airplay version and device.
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Old 05-21-2023, 04:56 PM
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Still no luck with this :-(
What I don't understand is if I go onto youtube on my mac book and change to airplay it plays through my amp no problems. So browser sound coming into my mac to airplay works but not PT. This makes no sense to me.
Pro Tools needs a an actual playback device to play audio through. This can either be a hardware device or a virtual device driver. In either case, they must be bitrate and sample rate compatible with your session.

You Tube playing through your Mac vs. Pro Tools playing through an interface are two completely different scenarios.
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Old 05-24-2023, 06:16 AM
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This may very well be the issue depending on what type of receiver you’re trying to airplay to. Airplay 1 doesn’t support 24/48. Airplay 2 does is certain situations.

YMMV, as stated, if your bit rate and sample rate are not compatible with the airplay version and device.
I tried a 44.1/16bit session, same issue, it doesn't work.
Just tried Bluetooth with some success but it's playing back slow so sample rate issue I guess. No idea how to fix that. I can't believe this is even an issue in 2023.
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Old 05-24-2023, 06:17 AM
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Pro Tools needs a an actual playback device to play audio through. This can either be a hardware device or a virtual device driver. In either case, they must be bitrate and sample rate compatible with your session.

You Tube playing through your Mac vs. Pro Tools playing through an interface are two completely different scenarios.
But pro tools can be set to use mac book speakers as its playback device. It's just an app same as chrome playing back youtube using the macs audio. It makes no sense to me.
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Old 05-24-2023, 06:50 AM
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I tried a 44.1/16bit session, same issue, it doesn't work.
Just tried Bluetooth with some success but it's playing back slow so sample rate issue I guess. No idea how to fix that. I can't believe this is even an issue in 2023.
Turning the amp off and on again seems to correct the sample rate.
So seems I can use Bluetooth with pro tools but not Airplay. It will do but I'd prefer Aiplay as it has better range but at least I've something to work with. Thanks for the help guys.
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Old 05-24-2023, 07:20 AM
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But pro tools can be set to use mac book speakers as its playback device. It's just an app same as chrome playing back youtube using the macs audio. It makes no sense to me.
It’s actually not just an app same as Chrome. Your Mac speakers are an actual built in hardware device that is physically connected to Pro Tools, which is what Pro Tools needs as a playback engine. You’re comparing apples to oranges.

BTW, I was able to connect Pro Tools to an airplay device using Aux IO so it works. This must have something to do with your receiver you’re trying to airplay to.
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Old 05-24-2023, 02:36 PM
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BTW, I was able to connect Pro Tools to an airplay device using Aux IO so it works. This must have something to do with your receiver you’re trying to airplay to.
I was also able to get it working.
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