External Speakers and Monterey

[dhokes]

Update: I've just changed the Sound settings on my MBP and set the Output to Dell USB Audio and that appears to work!

[GoodGuy2Know]

Originally Posted by liam_bowers

I've got a D6000 dock, and I've just upgraded to Monterey, and my external audio output no longer works.

Killing the coreaudiod process 'fixes' the issue for me too although it's obviously far from ideal.

Killing the coreaudiod also worked for me - I was having the same issue. Not great that you have to do that every time you unplug the Mac from the hub - but it beats restarting it

[mgroshong]

How do you kill the coreaudio?

[mgroshong]

Originally Posted by dhokes

Update: I've just changed the Sound settings on my MBP and set the Output to Dell USB Audio and that appears to work!

Can you tell me how to do that?

[Designwonk]

Originally Posted by mgroshong

How do you kill the coreaudio?

On a Mac, go to your "Activity Monitor" and search for "coreaudiod" if it's not at the top. Hit the circle X in the top of the panel to quit the process.

Following these steps fixed the problem for me. While it's not ideal, it's a lot better than disconnecting or restarting every time my MacBook wakes from sleep! Thanks for "fix" everyone!

[AlexT]

I experience the same problem.

[uri200]

Same issue here


MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
Monterey 12.2.1 (21D62)
DisplayLink Manager 1.6.1


Killing coreaudiod worked for me

[uri200]

The workaround is not woring anymore.

After having it done once, you need to restart the computer

We really need to find a way to fix that or this hub will not be useful

[steraji]

Originally Posted by steraji

I've been having a similar problem.

I have a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) running Monterey version 12.0.1
and this docking station https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

I've been restarting the app where I experience the audio problem, and that's been working for me as a quick fix.

I just installed the DisplayLink Manager 1.5.0 and am curious to see if that makes a difference.
https://ca.qgeem.com/drivers

FYI - I don't normally shutdown or restart my MacBook. I just close the lid, and let it sleep (I suppose, like most people).

Since my last post, I've upgraded to Monterey 12.2.1. Somewhere between this version and Monterey 12.0.1, my touch bar would be unresponsive when I tried to wake my MacBook from sleep. From there, I'd have to restart my device to get things back to normal.

I've found that if I first disconnect the DisplayLink before waking up the MacBook, then connect the DisplayLink after the system is up, things work as expected - including the audio.

[michaellau]

Originally Posted by mgroshong

How do you kill the coreaudio?

Open your terminal and type the command "sudo pkill coreaudiod". It will prompt you for your password before it kills coreaudio.

I've added an alias to my shell config:

alias resetAudio="sudo pkill coreaudiod"

But you can also create your own mini application to do this using the Script Editor application.

In script editor, enter the following

do shell script "pkill coreaudiod" password "blah" with administrator privileges

but replace 'blah' with your password. Then from the File menu, choose Export..., then for File Format choose Application, and for Export As give your application a name you'll remember. I chose "Reset Audio"

This will create a simple application that will reset your audio and then immediately close.

Now whenever I plug in my display link I can simply use cmd+spacebar to open up spotlight search, quickly search for "reset audio" and press return. I don't even have to type the whole thing, spotlight search will usually find it just after "re".