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[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput initWithPixelBufferAttributes:] output attributes setting not work
My app want Converting iphone12 HDR Video to SDR,to edit。 follow the doc Apple-HDR-Convert. My code setting the pixBuffAttributes        [pixBuffAttributes setObject:(id)(kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_709_2) forKey:(id)kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrixKey];       [pixBuffAttributes setObject:(id)(kCVImageBufferColorPrimaries_ITU_R_709_2) forKey:(id)kCVImageBufferColorPrimariesKey];       [pixBuffAttributes setObject:(id)kCVImageBufferTransferFunction_ITU_R_709_2 forKey:(id)kCVImageBufferTransferFunctionKey];       playerItemOutput = [[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput alloc] initWithPixelBufferAttributes:pixBuffAttributes]; but I get the playerItemOutput's output buffer   CFTypeRef colorAttachments = CVBufferGetAttachment(pixelBuffer, kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrixKey, NULL);     CFTypeRef colorPrimaries = CVBufferGetAttachment(pixelBuffer, kCVImageBufferColorPrimariesKey, NULL);     CFTypeRef colorTransFunc = CVBufferGetAttachment(pixelBuffer, kCVImageBufferTransferFunctionKey, NULL);      NSLog(@"colorAttachments = %@", colorAttachments);     NSLog(@"colorPrimaries = %@", colorPrimaries);     NSLog(@"colorTransFunc = %@", colorTransFunc); log output: colorAttachments = ITU_R_2020 colorPrimaries = ITU_R_2020 colorTransFunc = ITU_R_2100_HLG pixBuffAttributes setting output format invalid,please help!
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Jul ’21
Indicate Packet Loss With AVAudioConverter for OPUS Decoding
I'm using an AVAudioConverter object to decode an OPUS stream for VoIP. The decoding itself works well, however, whenever the stream stalls (no more audio packet is available to decode because of network instability) this can be heard in crackling / abrupt stop in decoded audio. OPUS can mitigate this by indicating packet loss by passing a null pointer in the C-library to int opus_decode_float (OpusDecoder * st, const unsigned char * data, opus_int32 len, float * pcm, int frame_size, int decode_fec), see https://opus-codec.org/docs/opus_api-1.2/group__opus__decoder.html#ga9c554b8c0214e24733a299fe53bb3bd2. However, with AVAudioConverter using Swift I'm constructing an AVAudioCompressedBuffer like so:         let compressedBuffer = AVAudioCompressedBuffer(             format: VoiceEncoder.Constants.networkFormat,             packetCapacity: 1,             maximumPacketSize: data.count         )         compressedBuffer.byteLength = UInt32(data.count)         compressedBuffer.packetCount = 1   compressedBuffer.packetDescriptions! .pointee.mDataByteSize = UInt32(data.count)         data.copyBytes(             to: compressedBuffer.data .assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self),             count: data.count         ) where data: Data contains the raw OPUS frame to be decoded. How can I specify data loss in this context and cause the AVAudioConverter to output PCM data whenever no more input data is available? More context: I'm specifying the audio format like this:         static let frameSize: UInt32 = 960         static let sampleRate: Float64 = 48000.0         static var networkFormatStreamDescription = AudioStreamBasicDescription(             mSampleRate: sampleRate,             mFormatID: kAudioFormatOpus,             mFormatFlags: 0,             mBytesPerPacket: 0,             mFramesPerPacket: frameSize,             mBytesPerFrame: 0,             mChannelsPerFrame: 1,             mBitsPerChannel: 0,             mReserved: 0         )         static let networkFormat = AVAudioFormat( streamDescription: &networkFormatStreamDescription )! I've tried 1) setting byteLength and packetCount to zero and 2) returning nil but setting .haveData in the AVAudioConverterInputBlock I'm using with no success.
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Feb ’22
Audio / Video sync issue on iOS using AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer
My current app implements a custom video player, based on a AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer synchronising two renderers: an AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer receiving decoded CVPixelBuffer-based video CMSampleBuffers, and an AVSampleBufferAudioRenderer receiving decoded lpcm-based audio CMSampleBuffers. The AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer is started when the first image (in presentation order) is decoded and enqueued, using avSynchronizer.setRate(_ rate: Float, time: CMTime), with rate = 1 and time the presentation timestamp of the first decoded image. Presentation timestamps of video and audio sample buffers are consistent, and on most streams, the audio and video are correctly synchronized. However on some network streams, on iOS, the audio and video aren't synchronized, with a time difference that seems to increase with time. On the other hand, with the same player code and network streams on macOS, the synchronization always works fine. This reminds me of something I've read, about cases where an AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer could not synchronize audio and video, causing them to run with independent and potentially drifting clocks, but I cannot find it again. So, any help / hints on this sync problem will be greatly appreciated! :)
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May ’23
Strange crash in iOS AudioToolboxCore when using AVSpeechSynthesizer in iOS 16
I'm getting Crashlytics crashes from some my users, deep in the Apple code: Crashed: AXSpeech EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS 0x00000007ec54b360 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x3c9c objc_retain_x8 + 16 1 AudioToolboxCore 0x99580 auoop::RenderPipeUser::~RenderPipeUser() + 112 2 AudioToolboxCore 0xe6090 -[AUAudioUnit_XPC internalDeallocateRenderResources] + 92 3 AVFAudio 0x90a0 AUInterfaceBaseV3::Uninitialize() + 60 4 AVFAudio 0x4cbe0 AVAudioEngineGraph::PerformCommand(AUGraphNodeBaseV3&, AVAudioEngineGraph::ENodeCommand, void*, unsigned int) const + 768 5 AVFAudio 0x56b0c AVAudioEngineGraph::_Uninitialize(NSError**) + 132 6 AVFAudio 0x7834 AVAudioEngineImpl::Stop(NSError**) + 388 7 AVFAudio 0x636c -[AVAudioEngine dealloc] + 52 8 TextToSpeech 0x30674 _TTSNameForVoiceInformation + 20864 9 libobjc.A.dylib 0x20a4 object_cxxDestructFromClass(objc_object*, objc_class*) + 116 10 libobjc.A.dylib 0x6e00 objc_destructInstance + 80 11 libobjc.A.dylib 0x104fc _objc_rootDealloc + 80 12 TextToSpeech 0x2d2f4 _TTSNameForVoiceInformation + 7680 13 TextToSpeech 0x496c TTSVocalizerCopyURLForFallbackResource + 8540 14 TextToSpeech 0x26094 TTSSpeechUnitTestingMode + 5548 15 libAXSpeechManager.dylib 0x108b0 -[AXSpeechManager .cxx_destruct] + 192 16 libobjc.A.dylib 0x20a4 object_cxxDestructFromClass(objc_object*, objc_class*) + 116 17 libobjc.A.dylib 0x6e00 objc_destructInstance + 80 18 libobjc.A.dylib 0x104fc _objc_rootDealloc + 80 19 libAXSpeechManager.dylib 0x5298 -[AXSpeechManager dealloc] + 268 20 Foundation 0x3b8a4 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 272 21 CoreFoundation 0xd3208 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 28 22 CoreFoundation 0xdf864 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 176 23 CoreFoundation 0x646c8 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 244 24 CoreFoundation 0x7a1c4 __CFRunLoopRun + 828 25 CoreFoundation 0x7f4dc CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 612 26 Foundation 0x420c4 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 212 27 libAXSpeechManager.dylib 0x13390 -[AXSpeechThread main] + 552 28 Foundation 0x5b634 __NSThread__start__ + 716 29 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x16b8 _pthread_start + 148 30 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0xb88 thread_start + 8 It's most likely related to my use of AVSpeechSynthesizer. I do change some of the utterance fields, including the voice that's being used (which is set to a value from speechVoices()). UtilAudioIos_tts = AVSpeechSynthesizer() let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance utterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(identifier: voice.voiceCode) utterance.volume = volume utterance.pitchMultiplier = pitch utterance.rate = rate UtilAudioIos_tts!.speak(utterance) By coincidence or not, the following sometimes appears in the device log: 2023-05-30 20:35:29.948078+0100 <appname>[466:12882] [catalog] Unable to list voice folder and also, sometimes: 2023-05-30 20:37:35.345933+0100 <appname>[466:13298] [catalog] Query for com.apple.MobileAsset.VoiceServices.VoiceResources failed: 2 2023-05-30 20:37:35.360854+0100 rehearserfree[466:13433] [AXTTSCommon] MauiVocalizer: 11006 (Can't compile rule): regularExpression=\Oviedo(?=, (\x1b\\pause=\d+\\)?Florida)\b, message=unrecognized character follows \, characterPosition=1 2023-05-30 20:37:35.363163+0100 <appname>[466:13433] [AXTTSCommon] MauiVocalizer: 16038 (Resource load failed): component=ttt/re, uri=, contentType=application/x-vocalizer-rettt+text, lhError=88602000 2023-05-30 20:37:35.363182+0100 <appname>[466:13433] [AXTTSCommon] Error loading rules: 2147483648 All of these crashes have been on the various versions of iOS 16. Edit: I can't reproduce the crash myself - it's just some (not all) app users. The log entries above appear locally on my device (with no crash) but I can't see the logs of the users who have the crashes. Any idea what this might be caused by, or how to go about tracking the problem down?
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When to set AVAudioSession's preferredInput?
I want the audio session to always use the built-in microphone. However, when using the setPreferredInput() method like in this example private func enableBuiltInMic() { // Get the shared audio session. let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance() // Find the built-in microphone input. guard let availableInputs = session.availableInputs, let builtInMicInput = availableInputs.first(where: { $0.portType == .builtInMic }) else { print("The device must have a built-in microphone.") return } // Make the built-in microphone input the preferred input. do { try session.setPreferredInput(builtInMicInput) } catch { print("Unable to set the built-in mic as the preferred input.") } } and calling that function once in the initializer, the audio session still switches to the external microphone once one is plugged in. The session's preferredInput is nil again at that point, even if the built-in microphone is still listed in availableInputs. So, why is the preferredInput suddenly reset? when would be the appropriate time to set the preferredInput again? Observing the session’s availableInputs did not work and setting the preferredInput again in the routeChangeNotification handler seems a bad choice as it’s already a bit too late then.
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Sep ’23
Add icon to DEXT based on AudioDriverKit
Dear Sirs, I'd like to add an icon to my audio driver based on AudioDriverKit. This icon should show up left of my audio device in the audio devices dialog. For an Audio Server Plugin I managed to do this using the property kAudioDevicePropertyIcon and CFBundleCopyResourceURL(...) but how would you do this with AudioDriverKit? Should I use IOUserAudioCustomProperty or IOUserAudioControl and how would I refer to the Bundle? Is there an example available somewhere? Thanks and best regards, Johannes
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Sep ’23
storing AVAsset in SwiftData
Hi, I am creating an app that can include videos or images in it's data. While @Attribute(.externalStorage) helps with images, with AVAssets I actually would like access to the URL behind that data. (as it would be stupid to load and then save the data again just to have a URL) One key component is to keep all of this clean enough so that I can use (private) CloudKit syncing with the resulting model. All the best Christoph
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Oct ’23
iOS 17 camera capture assertions and issues
Hello, Starting in iOS 17, our application started having some issue publishing to our video session. More specifically the video capture seems to be broken in some, but not all sessions. What's troubling is that we're seeing that it fails consistently every 4 sessions. It also fails silently, without reporting any problems to the app. We only notice that there are no frames being rendered or sent to the remote devices. Here's what shows-up in the console: <<<< FigCaptureSourceRemote >>>> Fig assert: "! storage->connectionDied" at bail (FigCaptureSourceRemote.m:235) - (err=0) <<<< FigCaptureSourceRemote >>>> Fig assert: "err == 0 " at bail (FigCaptureSourceRemote.m:253) - (err=-16453) Anyone seeing this? Any idea what could be the cause? Our sessions work perfectly on iOS16 and below. Thanks
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Feb ’24
Random EXC_BAD_ACCESS using AVFoundation
My app uses the AVFoundation to pronounce some words. Running the app from Xcode, either to a simulator or device, I frequently get this crash at start-up: AXSpeech (13): EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=EXC_I386_GPFLT). It seems to occur randomly, maybe 20%-30% of the time I launch the app. When it does not crash, using audio works as expected. When launched from the device, it never crashes (so far, at least). Here's the code that outputs speech: Declared at the top level of the View struct: @State var synth = AVSpeechSynthesizer() In the View, as part of a Button's action closure: let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: answer) utterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: "en_US") synth.speak(utterance) Any idea on how to stop this? It's annoying having to launch the app multiple times to test on a simulator or device.
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Is AVAudioPCMFormatFloat32 required for playing a buffer with AVAudioEngine / AVAudioPlayerNode
I have a PCM audio buffer (AVAudioPCMFormatInt16). When I try to play it using AVPlayerNode / AVAudioEngine an exception is thrown: "[[busArray objectAtIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)element] setFormat:format error:&nsErr]: returned false, error Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10868 (related thread https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/700497?answerId=780530022#780530022) If I convert the buffer to AVAudioPCMFormatFloat32 playback works. My questions are: Does AVAudioEngine / AVPlayerNode require AVAudioPCMBuffer to be in the Float32 format? Is there a way I can configure it to accept another format instead for my application? If 1 is YES is this documented anywhere? If 1 is YES is this required format subject to change at any point? Thanks! I was looking to watch the "AVAudioEngine in Practice" session video from WWDC 2014 but I can't find it anywhere (https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/747008).
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Feb ’24
Mixing ScreenCaptureKit audio with microphone audio
Hi, I'm new to AVAudioEngine(and macOS programming in general). I'm trying to mix microphone audio with ScreenCaptureKit audio using AVAudioEngine without playing it back. I've created a AVAudioPlayerNode and scheduling buffers in my SCStream handler: playerNode.scheduleBuffer(samples) and have connected the playerNode to the mainMixerNode. audioEngine.connect(audioEngine.inputNode, to: audioEngine.mainMixerNode, format: micFormat) audioEngine.connect(playerNode, to: audioEngine.mainMixerNode, format: format) The problem is that mainMixerNode plays the audio to the speaker creating a feedback loop. How can I prevent the mixer output from being played back. Also: Is this the best way of mixing microphone input with some other input? I ran into AVAudioEngine's manual rendering mode, which seems like the way to go for mixing audio without playing it back. However, I couldn't figure out how to connect microphone input to the AVAudioEngine in manual rendering mode?
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Feb ’24
Can backgrounded apps record audio?
I'd like to find out: Can backgrounded apps record audio? In the past as I recall, I found that backgrounded apps were pretty restricted and couldn't do much of anything. However I'm not familiar with the current state of affairs. With iOS 15.8 and above, can backgrounded apps record audio if they've been given permission by the user to access the microphone? Thanks.
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Dec ’24
ShazamKit supported for iOS apps that can run on Mac silicon?
I am having issues deploying my iOS app, that uses ShazamKit, to get working on a Mac with Apple silicon. When uploading the archive to App Store Connect I do get ITMS-90863: Macs with Apple silicon support issue - The app links with libraries that aren’t present in macOS: /usr/lib/swift/libswiftShazamKit.dylib Is ShazamKit not supported for iOS apps that can run on Macs with Apple silicon? Or is there something I should fix in my setup / deployment?
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Jan ’25
On iOS 18, Mandarin is read aloud as Cantonese
Please include the line below in follow-up emails for this request. Case-ID: 11089799 When using AVSpeechUtterance and setting it to play in Mandarin, if Siri is set to Cantonese on iOS 18, it will be played in Cantonese. There is no such issue on iOS 17 and 16. 1.let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: textView.text) let voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: "zh-CN") utterance.voice = voice 2.In the phone settings, Siri is set to Cantonese
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Jan ’25
UVC Camera ,AVFoundation can not start video stream
I develop a application with an uvc camera, this camera is a webcam, I use the AVFoundation library ,but when I run the code "[self.mCaptureSession startRunning]" ,I can not get the buffer, I already set the delegate, any answer will help.
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[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput initWithPixelBufferAttributes:] output attributes setting not work
My app want Converting iphone12 HDR Video to SDR,to edit。 follow the doc Apple-HDR-Convert. My code setting the pixBuffAttributes        [pixBuffAttributes setObject:(id)(kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_709_2) forKey:(id)kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrixKey];       [pixBuffAttributes setObject:(id)(kCVImageBufferColorPrimaries_ITU_R_709_2) forKey:(id)kCVImageBufferColorPrimariesKey];       [pixBuffAttributes setObject:(id)kCVImageBufferTransferFunction_ITU_R_709_2 forKey:(id)kCVImageBufferTransferFunctionKey];       playerItemOutput = [[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput alloc] initWithPixelBufferAttributes:pixBuffAttributes]; but I get the playerItemOutput's output buffer   CFTypeRef colorAttachments = CVBufferGetAttachment(pixelBuffer, kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrixKey, NULL);     CFTypeRef colorPrimaries = CVBufferGetAttachment(pixelBuffer, kCVImageBufferColorPrimariesKey, NULL);     CFTypeRef colorTransFunc = CVBufferGetAttachment(pixelBuffer, kCVImageBufferTransferFunctionKey, NULL);      NSLog(@"colorAttachments = %@", colorAttachments);     NSLog(@"colorPrimaries = %@", colorPrimaries);     NSLog(@"colorTransFunc = %@", colorTransFunc); log output: colorAttachments = ITU_R_2020 colorPrimaries = ITU_R_2020 colorTransFunc = ITU_R_2100_HLG pixBuffAttributes setting output format invalid,please help!
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Jul ’21
Indicate Packet Loss With AVAudioConverter for OPUS Decoding
I'm using an AVAudioConverter object to decode an OPUS stream for VoIP. The decoding itself works well, however, whenever the stream stalls (no more audio packet is available to decode because of network instability) this can be heard in crackling / abrupt stop in decoded audio. OPUS can mitigate this by indicating packet loss by passing a null pointer in the C-library to int opus_decode_float (OpusDecoder * st, const unsigned char * data, opus_int32 len, float * pcm, int frame_size, int decode_fec), see https://opus-codec.org/docs/opus_api-1.2/group__opus__decoder.html#ga9c554b8c0214e24733a299fe53bb3bd2. However, with AVAudioConverter using Swift I'm constructing an AVAudioCompressedBuffer like so:         let compressedBuffer = AVAudioCompressedBuffer(             format: VoiceEncoder.Constants.networkFormat,             packetCapacity: 1,             maximumPacketSize: data.count         )         compressedBuffer.byteLength = UInt32(data.count)         compressedBuffer.packetCount = 1   compressedBuffer.packetDescriptions! .pointee.mDataByteSize = UInt32(data.count)         data.copyBytes(             to: compressedBuffer.data .assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self),             count: data.count         ) where data: Data contains the raw OPUS frame to be decoded. How can I specify data loss in this context and cause the AVAudioConverter to output PCM data whenever no more input data is available? More context: I'm specifying the audio format like this:         static let frameSize: UInt32 = 960         static let sampleRate: Float64 = 48000.0         static var networkFormatStreamDescription = AudioStreamBasicDescription(             mSampleRate: sampleRate,             mFormatID: kAudioFormatOpus,             mFormatFlags: 0,             mBytesPerPacket: 0,             mFramesPerPacket: frameSize,             mBytesPerFrame: 0,             mChannelsPerFrame: 1,             mBitsPerChannel: 0,             mReserved: 0         )         static let networkFormat = AVAudioFormat( streamDescription: &networkFormatStreamDescription )! I've tried 1) setting byteLength and packetCount to zero and 2) returning nil but setting .haveData in the AVAudioConverterInputBlock I'm using with no success.
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Feb ’22
Audio / Video sync issue on iOS using AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer
My current app implements a custom video player, based on a AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer synchronising two renderers: an AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer receiving decoded CVPixelBuffer-based video CMSampleBuffers, and an AVSampleBufferAudioRenderer receiving decoded lpcm-based audio CMSampleBuffers. The AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer is started when the first image (in presentation order) is decoded and enqueued, using avSynchronizer.setRate(_ rate: Float, time: CMTime), with rate = 1 and time the presentation timestamp of the first decoded image. Presentation timestamps of video and audio sample buffers are consistent, and on most streams, the audio and video are correctly synchronized. However on some network streams, on iOS, the audio and video aren't synchronized, with a time difference that seems to increase with time. On the other hand, with the same player code and network streams on macOS, the synchronization always works fine. This reminds me of something I've read, about cases where an AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer could not synchronize audio and video, causing them to run with independent and potentially drifting clocks, but I cannot find it again. So, any help / hints on this sync problem will be greatly appreciated! :)
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Strange crash in iOS AudioToolboxCore when using AVSpeechSynthesizer in iOS 16
I'm getting Crashlytics crashes from some my users, deep in the Apple code: Crashed: AXSpeech EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS 0x00000007ec54b360 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x3c9c objc_retain_x8 + 16 1 AudioToolboxCore 0x99580 auoop::RenderPipeUser::~RenderPipeUser() + 112 2 AudioToolboxCore 0xe6090 -[AUAudioUnit_XPC internalDeallocateRenderResources] + 92 3 AVFAudio 0x90a0 AUInterfaceBaseV3::Uninitialize() + 60 4 AVFAudio 0x4cbe0 AVAudioEngineGraph::PerformCommand(AUGraphNodeBaseV3&, AVAudioEngineGraph::ENodeCommand, void*, unsigned int) const + 768 5 AVFAudio 0x56b0c AVAudioEngineGraph::_Uninitialize(NSError**) + 132 6 AVFAudio 0x7834 AVAudioEngineImpl::Stop(NSError**) + 388 7 AVFAudio 0x636c -[AVAudioEngine dealloc] + 52 8 TextToSpeech 0x30674 _TTSNameForVoiceInformation + 20864 9 libobjc.A.dylib 0x20a4 object_cxxDestructFromClass(objc_object*, objc_class*) + 116 10 libobjc.A.dylib 0x6e00 objc_destructInstance + 80 11 libobjc.A.dylib 0x104fc _objc_rootDealloc + 80 12 TextToSpeech 0x2d2f4 _TTSNameForVoiceInformation + 7680 13 TextToSpeech 0x496c TTSVocalizerCopyURLForFallbackResource + 8540 14 TextToSpeech 0x26094 TTSSpeechUnitTestingMode + 5548 15 libAXSpeechManager.dylib 0x108b0 -[AXSpeechManager .cxx_destruct] + 192 16 libobjc.A.dylib 0x20a4 object_cxxDestructFromClass(objc_object*, objc_class*) + 116 17 libobjc.A.dylib 0x6e00 objc_destructInstance + 80 18 libobjc.A.dylib 0x104fc _objc_rootDealloc + 80 19 libAXSpeechManager.dylib 0x5298 -[AXSpeechManager dealloc] + 268 20 Foundation 0x3b8a4 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 272 21 CoreFoundation 0xd3208 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 28 22 CoreFoundation 0xdf864 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 176 23 CoreFoundation 0x646c8 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 244 24 CoreFoundation 0x7a1c4 __CFRunLoopRun + 828 25 CoreFoundation 0x7f4dc CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 612 26 Foundation 0x420c4 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 212 27 libAXSpeechManager.dylib 0x13390 -[AXSpeechThread main] + 552 28 Foundation 0x5b634 __NSThread__start__ + 716 29 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x16b8 _pthread_start + 148 30 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0xb88 thread_start + 8 It's most likely related to my use of AVSpeechSynthesizer. I do change some of the utterance fields, including the voice that's being used (which is set to a value from speechVoices()). UtilAudioIos_tts = AVSpeechSynthesizer() let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance utterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(identifier: voice.voiceCode) utterance.volume = volume utterance.pitchMultiplier = pitch utterance.rate = rate UtilAudioIos_tts!.speak(utterance) By coincidence or not, the following sometimes appears in the device log: 2023-05-30 20:35:29.948078+0100 <appname>[466:12882] [catalog] Unable to list voice folder and also, sometimes: 2023-05-30 20:37:35.345933+0100 <appname>[466:13298] [catalog] Query for com.apple.MobileAsset.VoiceServices.VoiceResources failed: 2 2023-05-30 20:37:35.360854+0100 rehearserfree[466:13433] [AXTTSCommon] MauiVocalizer: 11006 (Can't compile rule): regularExpression=\Oviedo(?=, (\x1b\\pause=\d+\\)?Florida)\b, message=unrecognized character follows \, characterPosition=1 2023-05-30 20:37:35.363163+0100 <appname>[466:13433] [AXTTSCommon] MauiVocalizer: 16038 (Resource load failed): component=ttt/re, uri=, contentType=application/x-vocalizer-rettt+text, lhError=88602000 2023-05-30 20:37:35.363182+0100 <appname>[466:13433] [AXTTSCommon] Error loading rules: 2147483648 All of these crashes have been on the various versions of iOS 16. Edit: I can't reproduce the crash myself - it's just some (not all) app users. The log entries above appear locally on my device (with no crash) but I can't see the logs of the users who have the crashes. Any idea what this might be caused by, or how to go about tracking the problem down?
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When to set AVAudioSession's preferredInput?
I want the audio session to always use the built-in microphone. However, when using the setPreferredInput() method like in this example private func enableBuiltInMic() { // Get the shared audio session. let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance() // Find the built-in microphone input. guard let availableInputs = session.availableInputs, let builtInMicInput = availableInputs.first(where: { $0.portType == .builtInMic }) else { print("The device must have a built-in microphone.") return } // Make the built-in microphone input the preferred input. do { try session.setPreferredInput(builtInMicInput) } catch { print("Unable to set the built-in mic as the preferred input.") } } and calling that function once in the initializer, the audio session still switches to the external microphone once one is plugged in. The session's preferredInput is nil again at that point, even if the built-in microphone is still listed in availableInputs. So, why is the preferredInput suddenly reset? when would be the appropriate time to set the preferredInput again? Observing the session’s availableInputs did not work and setting the preferredInput again in the routeChangeNotification handler seems a bad choice as it’s already a bit too late then.
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Add icon to DEXT based on AudioDriverKit
Dear Sirs, I'd like to add an icon to my audio driver based on AudioDriverKit. This icon should show up left of my audio device in the audio devices dialog. For an Audio Server Plugin I managed to do this using the property kAudioDevicePropertyIcon and CFBundleCopyResourceURL(...) but how would you do this with AudioDriverKit? Should I use IOUserAudioCustomProperty or IOUserAudioControl and how would I refer to the Bundle? Is there an example available somewhere? Thanks and best regards, Johannes
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Sep ’23
storing AVAsset in SwiftData
Hi, I am creating an app that can include videos or images in it's data. While @Attribute(.externalStorage) helps with images, with AVAssets I actually would like access to the URL behind that data. (as it would be stupid to load and then save the data again just to have a URL) One key component is to keep all of this clean enough so that I can use (private) CloudKit syncing with the resulting model. All the best Christoph
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Oct ’23
iOS 17 camera capture assertions and issues
Hello, Starting in iOS 17, our application started having some issue publishing to our video session. More specifically the video capture seems to be broken in some, but not all sessions. What's troubling is that we're seeing that it fails consistently every 4 sessions. It also fails silently, without reporting any problems to the app. We only notice that there are no frames being rendered or sent to the remote devices. Here's what shows-up in the console: <<<< FigCaptureSourceRemote >>>> Fig assert: "! storage->connectionDied" at bail (FigCaptureSourceRemote.m:235) - (err=0) <<<< FigCaptureSourceRemote >>>> Fig assert: "err == 0 " at bail (FigCaptureSourceRemote.m:253) - (err=-16453) Anyone seeing this? Any idea what could be the cause? Our sessions work perfectly on iOS16 and below. Thanks
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Feb ’24
Random EXC_BAD_ACCESS using AVFoundation
My app uses the AVFoundation to pronounce some words. Running the app from Xcode, either to a simulator or device, I frequently get this crash at start-up: AXSpeech (13): EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=EXC_I386_GPFLT). It seems to occur randomly, maybe 20%-30% of the time I launch the app. When it does not crash, using audio works as expected. When launched from the device, it never crashes (so far, at least). Here's the code that outputs speech: Declared at the top level of the View struct: @State var synth = AVSpeechSynthesizer() In the View, as part of a Button's action closure: let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: answer) utterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: "en_US") synth.speak(utterance) Any idea on how to stop this? It's annoying having to launch the app multiple times to test on a simulator or device.
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Feb ’24
Is AVAudioPCMFormatFloat32 required for playing a buffer with AVAudioEngine / AVAudioPlayerNode
I have a PCM audio buffer (AVAudioPCMFormatInt16). When I try to play it using AVPlayerNode / AVAudioEngine an exception is thrown: "[[busArray objectAtIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)element] setFormat:format error:&nsErr]: returned false, error Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10868 (related thread https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/700497?answerId=780530022#780530022) If I convert the buffer to AVAudioPCMFormatFloat32 playback works. My questions are: Does AVAudioEngine / AVPlayerNode require AVAudioPCMBuffer to be in the Float32 format? Is there a way I can configure it to accept another format instead for my application? If 1 is YES is this documented anywhere? If 1 is YES is this required format subject to change at any point? Thanks! I was looking to watch the "AVAudioEngine in Practice" session video from WWDC 2014 but I can't find it anywhere (https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/747008).
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Feb ’24
Mixing ScreenCaptureKit audio with microphone audio
Hi, I'm new to AVAudioEngine(and macOS programming in general). I'm trying to mix microphone audio with ScreenCaptureKit audio using AVAudioEngine without playing it back. I've created a AVAudioPlayerNode and scheduling buffers in my SCStream handler: playerNode.scheduleBuffer(samples) and have connected the playerNode to the mainMixerNode. audioEngine.connect(audioEngine.inputNode, to: audioEngine.mainMixerNode, format: micFormat) audioEngine.connect(playerNode, to: audioEngine.mainMixerNode, format: format) The problem is that mainMixerNode plays the audio to the speaker creating a feedback loop. How can I prevent the mixer output from being played back. Also: Is this the best way of mixing microphone input with some other input? I ran into AVAudioEngine's manual rendering mode, which seems like the way to go for mixing audio without playing it back. However, I couldn't figure out how to connect microphone input to the AVAudioEngine in manual rendering mode?
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Feb ’24
Find IDR in AVAsset
Is it possible to find IDR frame (CMSampleBuffer) in AVAsset h264 video file?
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Apr ’24
SIGABORT with ExtAudioFileWrite and .m4a file
Hi, I am getting into a trap. Please check stack-trace, howto fix this? regards, Joël stack-trace with ExtAudioFileWrite
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May ’24
Get device Voice Isolation status via Core Audio?
Is there any feasible way to get a Core Audio device's system effect status (Voice Isolation, Wide Spectrum)? AVCaptureDevice provides convenience properties for system effects for video devices. I need to get this status for Core Audio input devices.
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Jun ’24
Should AVAudioFormat be Sendable?
AVAudioFormat has no Swift concurrency annotations but the documentation states "Instances of this class are immutable." This made me always assume it was safe to pass AVAudioFormat instances around. Is this the case? If so can it be marked as Sendable? Am I missing something?
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Jul ’24
(iOS 18) SFSpeechRecognitionResult providing new text after a gap in speaking
Here is the demo from Apple's site This issues is specific to iOS 18. When running this demo, we are getting new text when we have a gap in speaking, the recognitionTask(with:resultHandler:) provides new text which is only spoken after the gap and not the concatenation of old text and the new spoken text.
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Oct ’24
Can backgrounded apps record audio?
I'd like to find out: Can backgrounded apps record audio? In the past as I recall, I found that backgrounded apps were pretty restricted and couldn't do much of anything. However I'm not familiar with the current state of affairs. With iOS 15.8 and above, can backgrounded apps record audio if they've been given permission by the user to access the microphone? Thanks.
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Dec ’24
ShazamKit supported for iOS apps that can run on Mac silicon?
I am having issues deploying my iOS app, that uses ShazamKit, to get working on a Mac with Apple silicon. When uploading the archive to App Store Connect I do get ITMS-90863: Macs with Apple silicon support issue - The app links with libraries that aren’t present in macOS: /usr/lib/swift/libswiftShazamKit.dylib Is ShazamKit not supported for iOS apps that can run on Macs with Apple silicon? Or is there something I should fix in my setup / deployment?
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Jan ’25
On iOS 18, Mandarin is read aloud as Cantonese
Please include the line below in follow-up emails for this request. Case-ID: 11089799 When using AVSpeechUtterance and setting it to play in Mandarin, if Siri is set to Cantonese on iOS 18, it will be played in Cantonese. There is no such issue on iOS 17 and 16. 1.let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: textView.text) let voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: "zh-CN") utterance.voice = voice 2.In the phone settings, Siri is set to Cantonese
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