Playback has no sound after computer wakes from sleep
This has been a longtime problem with Musescore 3 and up to now with the latest Musescore 4 on my setup. Not sure if it has anything to do with it but I am using iMac 2017's headphone output driving external amp/speakers.
When Mac wakes from sleep and I hit play in Musescore, there is no sound. Closing and reopening the file does not help. I have to quit Musescore and open it again to get sound back. Youtube, Music and every other app with sound plays fine so the problem is with Musescore only. Any help appreciated.
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Seems to happen only after it goes to sleep automatically for a while (hours), or overnight.
In reply to Seems to happen only after… by firepiston
Anyone else have this problem or just me?
In reply to Anyone else have this… by firepiston
This is, indeed what happens. Sibelius also does this. The only way around it is if Mac has a setting to not have it go to sleep when you close it.
In reply to This is, indeed what happens… by bobjp
Thanks bobjp for the reply. Now I know it's normal behavior.
In reply to This is, indeed what happens… by bobjp
This is almost definitely something that the MuseScore developers could fix, so it is good to confirm that it affects many people so that they know that it is a real issue.
It is likely possible for the application to check if the audio subsystem is working correctly using the system API and to reset it from within the application if it is not working, or at the very least to provide an option from within the app to manually reset the audio system without closing and re-opening the app.
There is an issue on GitHub that seems to represent this problem: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/17163