On macOS 15 Beta. It only works for a while when switching output/input device and the Microphone usage notification shows up.

[haaddii]

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Description of the bug
When idle, no audio output.
When switching devices, the microphone usage notification icon would show up and got a while for audio output.
And then the audio output would gone with the disappear of the icon indicates that no microphone usage.

Steps to reproduce

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1. Idle
2. Click on another device, and the yellow microphone usage indicator icon would show up. Now got audio outputs.
3. As the icon disappears, all audio outputs gone.

Versions

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• Background Music: "0.4.3"
• macOS: 15.0 Beta

Hardware

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• Computer: Intel Macbook Pro 15' 2019 with i9 and Vega20.
• Audio Device: "Built-in Output. Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Output Channels: 2".

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[haaddii]

And I used to install BGM and afterall not using it due to the constant orange/yellow idicator.(Seems it's still an issue for BGM now?)

[Charlie102308]

Encounter the same problem too on the macOS 15.0 beta

[aaronkbutler]

I am experiencing the same issue

[NotAriRay]

Same issue, never fails to happen

[bunnybones1]

Same exact issue. macOS 14.5, MacBook Pro M3

[DominoLeChat]

Same issue on public beta 2

[zhouhao27]

Same issue. I recorded yesterday but can not record today.

[kyleneideck]

@zhouhao27 Which beta are you using? I tried in macOS 15 beta 4 (24A5298h) in a VM but couldn't reproduce the issue.

@haaddii Thanks for attaching logs for this. So far, I haven't found anything that looks promising. I'm not seeing any logs from Background Music itself. That might be because the logs cut off or you might not have debug logging enabled. (Option-click on the Background Music icon and check "Debug Logging".)

[Blendertom]

Same, getting constant Mic usage

[turingzhi]

Same issue, with M1 mac

[ssbarnea]

I would rather not want to process microphone via the app than seeing the macos organge icon. Worst thing,.. if you still do, you might endup at some point streaming your sound in a meeting without knowing it!

That MacOS feature is brilliant from the privacy point of view, is just sucks for some particular use-cases, like this.