Amadeus (Lite) just won't play ball (or music files!)

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DaveF
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Amadeus (Lite) just won't play ball (or music files!)

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With an old iMac running Mavericks, I've always had problems coaxing Amadeus Lite to play back sound I can hear. He really prefers to 'play back' in total silence. Today, I've just spend a good hour wrestling with the problem and got nowhere - it's really frustrating!

The thing is, I must use bluetooth because I'm rather deaf. My system preferences are set to play sound through bluetooth to a gismo called ComPilot which I wear around my neck, and which streams the music directly into my hearing aids. It's a brilliant bit of technology - way better than "normal" hearing IMHO (full stereo right inside my head!).

My iMac and my ComPilot "make beautiful music together"! I've never a problem playing sound files in iTunes or even the finder itself. Maybe old Wolfgang's jealous. :)

I have Amadeus's prefs set to play through the ComPilot, but I'm wondering if he sometimes baulks at my use of bluetooth? Re-starting the Mac doesn't help, nor switching bluetooth off and on again.

I'd appreciate any observations or opinions you guys can offer.

TIA, Dave.

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Amadeus just won't play ball (or music files!)

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Dear Dave, I am sorry to hear that. When you try to play sound back and it refuses, does it print anything into the console? (see Applications/Utilities/Console.app)

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Post by DaveF »

Hi Martin, thanks a lot for your response.

Sorry, I didn't think to check the Console before (I'm not very IT minded).

But now that you mention it, no it doesn't show anything happening at all; Amadeus merrily "plays" along, i.e. the blue play head creeps across and the time indicator runs, but the Console window shows nothing happening.

I can't imagine what that signifies, so I won't try. I'm in your hands, my friend. :)

Dave.

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Post by DaveF »

So, doesn't anyone have any suggestions about why Amadeus Lite refuses to make any sound during "play back"?

Dave.

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