App volumes not being applied on macOS Sonoma, MacBook Pro M2

[iColas7]

Applications that cannot be managed from the menu

Description of the bug
After installing the software, the management of the volumes of the various applications used does not work correctly. By moving the slider, you cannot lower or raise the volume for the individual application. I encounter this problem on both macOS Ventura and Sonoma, using a MacBook Pro M2

Versions

• Background Music 0.4.0
• macOS Sonoma 14.0 (23A344)

Hardware

• Computer: MacBook Pro M2 (2023)

[zealotCE]

M1 has the same issue.

Version：

• Background Music 0.4.0
• 14.2 Beta版(23C5030f)
  Hardware:
• Macbook Air M1（2022）

[voaii]

Has this been addressed?

[kyleneideck]

I just tried installing Background Music in a macOS 14.2 (23C64) VM on an M2 MacBook and app volumes worked for me. I've also tested on an M1 Mac Mini, but that was a while ago.

I'll need someone who can reproduce the issue to do some investigation, unfortunately. The first things I'd check are

• the Background Music device is set as the system's default output device,
• you've tested with Music.app or another app that Background Music is known to work with, and
• Background Music has permission to use microphones, i.e. input devices. (It needs that permission to get the system audio. I'm working on that, but it might not be ready for a while.)

[vivek-i]

I had the same issue as well. Going into System Preferences -> Sound -> Input and selecting 'Background Music' resolved the issue. Simply enabling microphone access is not enough.

Versions:

• Background Music 0.4.0
• macOS Sonoma 14.0
• Macbook Pro M2

[iColas7]

I had the same issue as well. Going into System Preferences -> Sound -> Input and selecting 'Background Music' resolved the issue. Simply enabling microphone access is not enough.

Versions:

• Background Music 0.4.0
• macOS Sonoma 14.0
• Macbook Pro M2

For me doesn't works.

[AlexAxthelm]

I'm on an M2 MBA (2022), and I get app volumes as respected, but when I unplug/plug-in an audio device and background music switches to the new device, the app shows the slider in the position I expect, but the volume is reset. clicking the slider in place brings back the expected volume though, so minor inconvenience.

[gibby3816]

I have a 2019 13 inch Macbook pro running Sonoma and, I'm having the same issue, I might be willing to help depending on how technical it gets. I'm hoping this issue gets fixed very soon or I will be forced to find something else.