Since upgrading to tvOS 18, the above function isn't working for me in converting a stream with these formats. It does work in decoding AAC, however. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/audiotoolbox/1503098-audioconverterfillcomplexbuffer?language=objc I pass a valid ioOutputDataPacketSize in, but it always comes out as zero. Has anyone else observed this too? I wonder if this is related to the issue being discussed widely about 5.1 sound being broken for many people after upgrading to tvOS 18? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255769102?login=true&sortBy=rank EDIT: further information; the callback gets called once, asking for 1 packet (which is ok). I give it one packet and return noErr. However, after this, the callback is never invoked again. Must be a bug? EDIT2: the same code continues to work correctly on macOS in decoding the same audio stream.

Since the iOS 18 update, there's been a bug that always occurs when listening to music through Apple Music. When music is playing and the iPhone enters or exits standby mode, the music pauses by itself for 1 second. The initial conditions were the same as when this problem didn’t exist.

When attempting to play a video using AVPlayer on iOS 18.0, I am encountering an error that does not occur on versions earlier than 18.0. Could you please advise what might be causing this issue? Error Domain=AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11828 Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-12847 "(null)" This is Error code This is the URL information I retrieved using the curl command. HTTP/1.1 200 Content-Disposition: inline;filename="sample.mp4" Accept-Ranges: bytes ETag: sample.mp4 Last-Modified: Tue, 20 Jan 1970 23:52:10 GMT Expires: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:15:49 GMT Content-Range: bytes 0-987561/987561 Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Length: 987561 Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:15:49 GMT

We have a VOIP calling application that releases resources at the end of call. When the AudioOutputUnitStop API is invoked, it takes upto 700millisecond to return back sometimes. If we comment that API call as a test then the AudioUnitUninitialize API takes upto 700ms. Once the cleanup is done, as part of the call flow, the application invokes a BYE SIP message. Hence in cases where the API takes more than 200 ms, the Bye message is sent with that much delay and gets blocked as per the server DDOS settings. (DDOS timer will start as soon as a the UDP socket is disconnected with the client and will timeout within 200 ms and Bye request coming post that time will get blocked) We need to understand why there is a delay of more than 200ms observed sometimes while in other cases it requires less than 50ms?

When my CarPlay connects and tries to play music it plays it through the vehicles phone speakers. If I make a phone call and then hang up it pushes the sound back to the vehicles stereo speakers. Does anyone have a fix for this because this is very annoying. Sometimes it will just switch to the phone speakers and I have to complete the process again.

AVAudioEngine and AVAudioSession Welcome! I will start off with the terms AVAudioEngineImpl::Initialize(NSError**). Why? I want to make those who run into this issue have to possibility to find this post through Search Engines! This is short small breakdown based on what I observed while trying to use these two Components. It's not a guide that goes into all the details. If you're trying to figure out how to fix a crash, you may can find a common way to fix it, in this post! Is it possible to use AVAudioEngine and AVAudioSession together? The answer is yes. But you will face challenges regarding it. Mostly AVAudioEngine. Whatever you're trying to do, it will take a lot of testing. I don't know how it will be with an IDE. But with just .app and iPhone it will take some testing. Or a lot of testing. Something that helped me fixing a crash was, this here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfaudio/audio_engine/audio_units/using_voice_processing This example Project by Apple, uses both AVAudioEngine and AVAudioSession. How can I fix AVAudioEngineImpl::Initialize(NSError**) ? I think this depends. If you're lucky and have a crash log, you may can find clues, but the stack trace sometimes doesn't really help either. I will mention common cases that I encountered though. inputNode https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfaudio/avaudioengine/1386063-inputnode You need an inputNode apparently. You need to access it or else I think there won't be one. And if there isn't one, AVAudioEngine.start will most likely crash. The audio engine creates a singleton on demand when first accessing this variable. Doing this has prevented this common issue for me. .prepare deallocates and can cause a crash if you restart your AudioEngine Another issue I faced was handling .prepare wrong. You don't need .prepare. But if you use installTap or other things, I think you need it. Here is a common thing to note. If you had previous initialized inputNode. Those could be gone after using .prepare. You have to ensure you're accessing AVAudioEngine.inputNode again before calling .start() or whatever node you need. The Voice Processing Project, does this by creating a Managing Controller for AVAudioEngine with a sort of "setup" function, which ensures that everything is ready, before .prepare and .start get called. AVAudioSession's setCategory You have to experiment with it. The crashes can be very weird. Sometimes your App will only crash once, and then only after you install it again, or if you start it up. You are actually able to use .setActive and .setCategory with AVAduioEngine. Just do not try to do .setActive(false) before you've stopped the AudioEngine, as it will fail. Sometimes I'd run into an issue with .setActive(true) so you really have to experiment if leaving that part out resolves the issue or not. try session.setCategory(.multiRoute, mode: .default, options: [.defaultToSpeaker, .mixWithOthers]) Experiment with it. But these .multiRoute and .mixWithOthers have allowed me to use AVAudioEngine to make a test recording. And I can even switch the Data Sources and Polar Patterns without any issues. Sometimes you can get away without setting .setActive at all. Not sure if AVAudioEngine does it automatically. Short Summary If you use .prepare and then .stop, make sure to initialize things like .inputNode before calling .prepare and .start again. (THIS CAN BE DIFFERENT) Only call .setActive(false) after you used .stop. Otherwise I believe it has no chance to stop it. AVAudioSession setCategory is important. Ensure you use mixRoutes or experiment with all the modes. If you manage to solve your crash, you'll be able to indeed change the Data Sources and Polar Patterns and more! Use isRunning before using .start, this will save you from another crash. If you use .start while it's already running, I think try and catch won't save you here, you have to ensure you're not starting it twice. I hope that this short breakdown will help you to resolve your crash. If you get deeper into AVAudioEngine and AVAudioSession, you'll probably face more crashes. I yet, need to figure out how to solve them. I have a lot of trouble to put my Testing App on my iPhone, so I am sorry if this guide didn't cover every detail of it. A HUGE tip from me is to check the Documentations. As example, when I read the Documentation for inputNode I learned why my app crashed, it's because I never accessed and initialized one. The Developer Documentation can be a little bit of a laberynth, and I strongly recommend you to read every property you try to access if you believe they cause issues. And I also recommend to find example Projects like the Voice Processing ones. As there aren't any Code Examples in the Documentation.

I had this situation recently where suddenly with the new Beta update the sound of my airpods pro 2 was all gltichy and spatial audio didn’t work at all. I've already check my airpods with other devices and they're completely fine. Hope this helps!

If I have bluetooth speaker connected and I have installTap called on input Node, the callback is fired for 1-2 seconds then it doesnt anymore. I dont see any route or any notification handler called in between. engine.inputNode.removeTap(onBus: 0) engine.inputNode.installTap( onBus: 0, bufferSize: 4096, format: format ) { buffer, _ in // 3 guard let channelData = buffer.floatChannelData else { return } // This callback fails after some time. } Not sure if this is expected, but I noticed some other applications, they seem to work fine. If I remove bluetooth device, my input works fine. Also I have no issues with output on Speaker.

I create an audiounit with AudioComponentInstanceNew with componentType = kAudioUnitType_FormatConverter and componentSubType = kAudioUnitSubType_NewTimePitch and connect it between input and output, it works well before iOS18. However, it doesn't work with iOS 18. The call of AudioUnitRender for mic return -10863 in iOS 18. Are there anything I missed?

Is anyone experiencing an issue with initial ‘AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().outputVolume’ returning 0 after updating to iOS 18.0? I’m observing the outputVolume of AVAudioSession, and when I adjust the device volume, the change value returns correctly. However, when I call AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().outputVolume to get the current volume before knowing the change value, it returns 0, even though the device volume is not actually 0.

Hello, I am a deaf-blind wheelchair user, and I program in Swift using a braille display. I’m reaching out for your help on an issue I’ve been struggling to solve. Basically, when I extract a CMSampleBuffer from an AVAsset of a video, it comes with the Audio Format ID as Linear PCM. However, when I try to pass this CMSampleBuffer to write another video using AVAssetWriter, the video ends up muted. The audio settings of the output video are configured to MPEG-4 AAC, but the input CMSampleBuffer has the Audio Format ID as Linear PCM. I would like to request an extension for CMSampleBuffer that converts Linear PCM audio to MPEG-4 AAC. I’ve searched extensively and couldn’t find anything. Looking forward to your help. Thank you.

I have a recent post kind of outlining a similar question here. This time though I'm confident that inserting an array of Track works when inserting into the ApplicationMusicPlayer.shared.queue but now I'm not sure how I can initialize the queue to display song title and artwork for example. I'm also not sure how to get the current item in the queue's artist information and album information which I feel should be easy to do so maybe I'm missing something obvious. Hope this paints of what I'm trying to do and I'm going to post the neccessary code here to help me debug/figure out this problem. import SwiftUI import MusicKit struct PlayBackView: View { @Environment(\.scenePhase) var scenePhase @Environment(\.openURL) private var openURL // Adding Enum Here for Question Sake enum PlayState { case play case pause } @State var song: Track @Binding var songs: [Track]? @State var isShuffled = false @State private var playState: PlayState = .pause @State private var songTimer: Int = Int.random(in: 5...30) @State private var roundTimer: Int = 5 @State private var isTimerActive = false // @State private var volumeValue = VolumeObserver() @State private var isFirstPlay = true @State private var isDancing = false @State private var player = ApplicationMusicPlayer.shared private var isPlaying: Bool { return (player.state.playbackStatus == .playing) } let timer = Timer.publish(every: 1, on: .main, in: .common).autoconnect() var playPauseImage: String { switch playState { case .play: "pause.fill" case .pause: "play.fill" } } var body: some View { VStack { // Album Cover HStack(spacing: 20) { if let artwork = player.queue.currentEntry?.artwork { ArtworkImage(artwork, height: 100) } else { Image(systemName: "music.note") .resizable() .frame(width: 100, height: 100) } VStack(alignment: .leading) { /* This is where I want to display song title, album title, and artist name for example */ // Song Title Text(player.queue.currentEntry?.title ?? "Unable to Find Song Title") .font(.title) .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true) // Album Title // Text(player.queue.currentEntry ?? "Album Title Not Found") // .font(.caption) // .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true) // I don't know what the subtitle actually grabs Text(player.queue.currentEntry?.subtitle ?? "Artist Name Not Found") .font(.caption) } } .padding() // Play/Pause Button Button(action: { handlePlayButton() isFirstPlay = false }, label: { Text(playState == .play ? "Pause" : isFirstPlay ? "Play" : "Resume") .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) }) .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent) .padding() .font(.largeTitle) .tint(.red) } .padding() // Maybe I should use the `.task` modifier here? .onAppear { // I'm sure this code could be improved but don't think it'll help answer the question at the moment. Task { if let songs = songs { do { if isShuffled { let shuffledSongs = songs.shuffled() try await player.queue.insert(shuffledSongs, position: .tail) handlePlayButton() } else { try await player.queue.insert(songs, position: .tail) } } catch { print(error.localizedDescription) } } } } } private func handlePlayButton() { Task { if isPlaying { player.pause() playState = .pause isTimerActive = false } else { playState = .play await playTrack() isTimerActive = true } } } @MainActor private func playTrack() async { do { try await player.play() } catch { print(error.localizedDescription) } } } //#Preview { // PlayBackView() //}

I have an app on which users learn choreography. To avoid copyright infringements we currently only have audio instructions and no music on the app. Could we enable those that are subscribed to Apple Music to listen to the part of a song the corresponds to the choreography? Usually they are 60 seconds long. The app is in React Native. Would it be possible to implement it so that opening a dance video automatically triggers the playback of that song from e.g. second 32 - 95? Since the video is looping, could it then start playing from second 32 again? Also looking for devs with experience in integrating the MusicKit for this usecase if it turns out to be possible.

My app occasionally went completely silent, but I heard it briefly when I used the buttons to adjust the volume Can someone help me, please

After upgrading to iOS 18 CarPlay with 2023 Lexus and iPhone 15 Pro Max shows multiple issues: • speakers reduced to Mono sound (going back to normal after some minutes and then reducing again) • no speaker sound at all • touching / moving phone while driving resulting in “on and off” sound No Reboot / Shutdown helps No Cable connection works @Apple: do you test your software professionally or is this outsourced to the community? Doesn’t look at all like a professional approach? Please solve this dangerous (traffic!) and annoying topic ASAP! Thanks - Torsten

I upgraded my IOS to 18 in both of my phones and none allowm e to rate my music with the stars I want to rate them. I disable the option, an try it, then I disable it and re-enable it and nothing... Something may be wrong with the IOS 18 version

Hello, I am trying to create an MP4 by obtaining the content from another source MP4. The source MP4 would be read with AVAssetReader and the output written with AVAssetWriter. I wanted to do partial tests: first, I placed only the video in the output MP4. Now, I am trying to place only the audio in the output MP4. I even managed to get the output MP4 to have the same length (in seconds) as the source MP4. But the problem is simple: the output MP4 is simply silent. Naturally, I want it to have audio. Below are two excerpts from the source code. Reading and writing. Note: The variable videoURL is from the class where the function writeVideo() is located. Its assignment happens in another scope, already debugged. Snippet: let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0) func writeVideo() { var audioReaderBuffers = [CMSampleBuffer]() // File directory url = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)[0].appendingPathComponent("*****/output.mp4") guard let url = url else { return } try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: url.deletingLastPathComponent(), withIntermediateDirectories: true) if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: url.path()) { try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: url) } if let videoURL = videoURL { let videoAsset = AVAsset(url: videoURL) Task { let audioTrack = try await videoAsset.loadTracks(withMediaType: .audio).first! let reader = try AVAssetReader(asset: videoAsset) let audioSettings = [ AVFormatIDKey: kAudioFormatLinearPCM, AVSampleRateKey: 44100, AVNumberOfChannelsKey: 2 ] as [String : Any] let audioOutputTest = try await audioTrack.getAudioSettings() let readerAudioOutput = AVAssetReaderTrackOutput(track: audioTrack, outputSettings: audioSettings) reader.add(readerAudioOutput) reader.startReading() while let sampleBuffer = readerAudioOutput.copyNextSampleBuffer() { audioReaderBuffers.append(sampleBuffer) } semaphore.signal() } } semaphore.wait() let audioInput = createAudioInput(sampleBuffer: audioReaderBuffers[0]) let assetWriter = try AVAssetWriter(outputURL: url, fileType: .mp4) assetWriter.add(audioInput) assetWriter.startWriting() assetWriter.startSession(atSourceTime: .zero) for (index, buffer) in audioReaderBuffers.enumerated() { while !audioInput.isReadyForMoreMediaData { usleep(1000) } audioInput.append(buffer) } assetWriter.finishWriting { switch assetWriter.status { case .completed: print("Operation completed successfully: \(url.absoluteString)") case .failed: if let error = assetWriter.error { print("Error description: \(error.localizedDescription)") } else { print("Error not found.") } default: print("Error not found.") } } } Below is the createAudioInput method: func createAudioInput(sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer) -> AVAssetWriterInput { let audioSettings = [ AVFormatIDKey: kAudioFormatMPEG4AAC, AVSampleRateKey: 48000, AVEncoderBitRatePerChannelKey: 64000, AVNumberOfChannelsKey: 1 ] as [String : Any] let audioInput = AVAssetWriterInput(mediaType: .audio, outputSettings: audioSettings, sourceFormatHint: sampleBuffer.formatDescription) audioInput.expectsMediaDataInRealTime = false return audioInput } I await your help, please.

tvOS 18 doesn't provide passthrough of multichannel audio for streaming apps offering content where it it promoted as available. This is true for devices for which the functionality existed before the 18.0 tvOS update. What's more, the 18.1 Public Beta did not provide a resolution for the issue. All streaming apps appear to be affected. Notably, Home Sharing does not appear to be affected, and continues to provide multichannel audio as it did before the 18.0 update.

I have an app that plays audio and the behaviour of it has changed in watchOS 11. I can no longer figure out how to play the audio through the headphones. To play audio I.. let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance() try session.setCategory(.playback, mode: .default, policy: .longFormAudio, options: [] let activated = try await session.activate() if activated { // play audio } In previous versions, 'try await session.activate()` would bring up a route picker where the user could select their headphones. Now on watchOS 11 it just plays the audio out of the speaker. Maybe that's what some people want but if they do want it to play out of the headphones I can't see how I can give that option now? There's no AVRoutePickerView available on watchOS for selecting it. I've tried setting the category to .multiRoute instead of .playback and that does bring up the picker but selecting the speaker results in an error code and selecting the headphones results in it saying it cannot find my headphones (which shouldn't be the case since Apple Music on watchOS finds them). Tried overriding the output with try session.overrideOutputAudioPort(.speaker) but the compiler complains that speaker isn't available on watchOS, which is strange as if I understand correctly it's possible to play through the speaker now at least on some Apple Watches. So is this a bug or is there some way I've not found of playing audio through the headphones?

How does a third party developer go about supporting the new Enhanced Dialogue option for video apps in tvOS 18? If an app is using the standard AVPlayerViewController, I had assumed it would be a simple-ish matter of building against the tvOS 18 SDK but apparently not, the options don't appear, not even greyed out.