So I just got a new Mac Mini that I want to use as a HTPC. I got everything all set up. I can get the sound to come out of my tv, but it will not come out of my sound bar. Basically I have the Mini hooked up via HDMI to HDMI 1 on my LG tv. From here I have an optical cable running out of the LG TV to my LG Sound Bar. Now I have a blu ray player and an xbox hooked up via HDMI 2 and 3. Both have sound coming out of the sound bar.
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What is the best sound conversion software for making apple sound files?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Every once in a while my Mac Mini will start to chirp/squeak. It almost sounds like crickets. It started doing it again about 5-10 minutes ago and just stopped as I began typing this post. Does that sound like it could be the fan making the noise or the hard drive? I would think that if it were the drive I would here it MUCH more often.
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View 24 Replies View RelatedI just bought an iMac 24" 2.8Ghz Dual Core, 2Gb RAM, 320 HDD. This nice iMac has been with me only 2 days and the problems already started. I don't know why when I play a song either in iTunes or in web(audio streaming) the audio suddenly changes. It's as if you applied an EQ and removed all the low frecuencies and after a few seconds the sounds returned just as normal. When this "auto EQ" happens, the sound becomes "brighter" (I hope you understand what I am trying to say) but just as I said, after a few seconds, the sound is played normaly. I am running Mac OS X v 10.5.2.
I have a person that sent along this video and it concerns me that a hard drive would make such a noise. It's unlike anything I've heard in a drive. He claims the original owner installed a new Seagate 7200rpm in the book, and that it mostly happens when loading a web-page on Safari.
Every time I look up "hard drive click" I get the SMS triggered "tink" but this notebook is not in motion and instead makes a "ca-chink".
I'm pretty new here, though I posted over a year ago here with a few questions as a beginning switcher. My switch completed in Christmas of 2005 with a late '05 Power Mac G5 Dual-Core 2.3GHz with 1GB RAM and 250GB HDD. I decided to get another monitor and it is a Sony 19" LCD one. I also didn't get any speakers since I used headphones a lot at the time. I recently decided to start using speakers. So temporarily, I am using the Altec Lansing BX1120 2.0 Stereo speakers from Walmart for only $15. They sound great but I would like 5.1 surround sound to watch my DVDs (and to soon upgrade to BluRay & SACD/DVD-A; but that's for another thread later on). Before I go on, I would like to ask questions and provide facts with what my 'puter has. My specific products I'm looking for is at the bottom of this message.
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so basically,
how do I do the same thing on mac?
do i need to install additional software? if yes.. any suggestion?
For some odd reason, I have been experiencing some creaking when I move the display of my Unibody 15.5" Macbook Pro. At all. It just is very annoying, as it has a distinct plastiky sound to it, and it was not there to begin with. I don't know if this matters, but I have a Speck clear case that I used, but then I took it off because it seemed to be twisting the display a bit. Is this creaking a known issue with the Unibodies, or is it just because of the Speck case? I have never dropped my computer, and it has never been mistreated. It just leads its life on my desk or in my laptop bag. Any ideas?
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So here's my problem: There's parts of this movie that have very high pitched sounds, like electronic sounds that are just sound effects in the movie. Whenever I get to those parts in this movie (maybe even other movies for all I know, I don't play many) and the sound goes quiet, like the speakers can't handle that high pitched sound.
I feel there must be something I can do about it, right? I just use the regular default DVD player application that pops up when I put a DVD in. I tried playing with that equalizer but nothing changed. Any ideas...?
i have a JVC Everio camcorder and when ever i try and upload a movie into imovie 08 the picture is there but the sound is not.
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MacBook Pro 2.2, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 4 GB
I have a 19" and a 17"
both have the dell sound bar underneath the screens (purchased separately)
1 is hooked up, but i would like to hook up both,
any info on how i could do this with my mac pro 2008 model?
ibookG4 1.3 mhz 1 ram 10.4.11
I'm looking for something like Sony Sound Forge, for mac...
Is it possible to turn of the sound of one safari window and keep the sound on in another? If it is, how do i do it?
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The sound is *really* low. If I change my source to my Xbox 360 the sound is really high on my t.v at volume level 20-30 (never have to go above 40 usually) - This is on a Samsung 40 inch t.v
Now when I'm on my Mac Mini I have to put my volume output all the way full and then go all the way to like 90 on my t.v and it still isn't that loud... it's loud but almost sounds like it's being too loud without too much oomph (feel no bass or anything yet on the 360 I definitely feel bass of off my t.v)
Is this just the sound card quality off of the mini? Not that great? What do I do to improve this?
My mac mini provides no sound since the last update (10.7.3).It's very strange, the display shows that the sound is at the highest level
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
I would like to know if this would work:
I will be using two displays and Plex for both Movies and Music. For Movies I would like to use the HDMI port as my second display (I hope both video and audio would go through this port at the same time.) Then on the default display I want to use to control the music and would hope that I can send the audio out the USB port to a USB out board DAC. Is this doable?
So today i was upgrading my new mini and everything goes great (or so it seems) it boots up just fine and then i try and play a song..nothing, no sound at all the volume changer is gone and everything. I take it back apart to take a look to see if i just missed something and i see this little wire dangling from where the HD is but i don't know where it goes or if it has anything to do with my problem. So if anybody has any ideas about this let me know.
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I use to hear only a fan that's only if I put my ear right next to the fan in other words it was silent, but for some reason when I updated to 10.7.4 I can hear this clicking sound that is coming from the Mac I did not have this ploblem in previous version (10.7.3 &10.7.2) this started happening exactly when it finished updating.
Oh and the Mac Mini is new I only use it for basic task (email & surfing the web) and I updated the exact same day when 10.7.4 was released.
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
For reasons unknown the internal sound option has disappeared from my MBA. The little speaker icon on the menu bar is grayed out and nothing comes from the jack. Internal speakers don't even show up as an option under sound output. I do use an Airport Express for external speakers but it's been playing happily with the internal speakers for months.
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