Bug: Audio interruption when Apple Airpods are on

[GiORdANio]

STEPS:

1. Turn some music on via external speakers
2. Put on your Airpods (audio try switch to airpods)

ACTUAL BUG:
Audio interruption.

Latest version of eqmac 1.8.5.
macOS Sonoma Version 14.3
Sound driver installed on eqmac installation/update.

Re-install with emac 1.8.3 - do the same issue for 3-4 seconds and after that audio is ok.

[IamTheLoki]

Same here...Annoying....

[navidagz]

Same here.
Mine starts switching between audio sources back and forth.

[DravenzoQ]

Same, as soon as I connect to apple airpods pro or max the sounds just keeps switching and doesn't work unless I switch to macbook speakers. Installed all the latest updates and drivers and still the same issue very annoying

[ptdarkness]

AirPods seem to go into a type of standby mode any time audio stops playing, and this restarts the (AirPods <--> AirPods eqMac) loop all over. If you manually select "Person's AirPods Pro (eqMac)" from the sound dropdown (where Person is replaced by the name you use), it stops the loop until the next audio switch.

I hope this helps someone else until this bug is patched.

[bxvd]

Can confirm manually selecting the eqMac output works (I was rapidly clicking it in the System Settings). But my Airpods being connected to another device at the same time causes audio issues -- either choppy, low quality (sounds like it's passing through a microphone), pitched down, or pitched up. After disconnecting the other device it's fine.

[joshuadenson]

I also have this behavior. Also appears that the entire UI seems to hang when the looping behavior starts..

MBP 2023 - M3 Max
Running the latest version of eqMac - v1.8.7 App/Driver v2.5.3
macOS Sonoma 14.3.1

As @ptdarkness said that is a good workaround and also works for me! I've been setting it to bypass mode also as a workaround..

[sslotay]

I confirm. Whenever I turn on eqMac, and an audio is playing, sounds coming to airpods pro 2 will cut. Interestingly though it only sseems to cut media sound, Voiceover screen reader can be heard normally. Macos 14.5, macbook pro m2 2023, latest version of eqMac.