No sound in MacOS 8.6

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almeath
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No sound in MacOS 8.6

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I do not have any sound in my install of MacOS 8.6 , with the volume slider in the control strip permanently stuck on the lowest setting. In the Monitors and Sounds control panel under 'Sound Output Quality' is displays as "0.0000 khz".

I have the default settings for audo in SheepShaverPrefers , i.e. Disable sound output is not ticked, and I have not changed the default output or mixer paths.

My install of 9.0.4 has sound - is there something I need to copy across from the sound manager/quicktime components?
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Ronald P. Regensburg
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Re: No sound in MacOS 8.6

Post by Ronald P. Regensburg »

The answer can be found in the setup manual:

To enable sound, select "built-in" for the output device in "Sound" control panel. In Mac OS 8.5/8.6 the Sound control panel is installed in the "Apple Extras" folder. No need to move the control panel, you can use it to select the built-in output device while it is in the "Apple Extras" folder.

(This specific setting is not available in the "Monitors and Sound" control panel.)
almeath
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Re: No sound in MacOS 8.6

Post by almeath »

Ahh, it was the different location of the sound control panel in 8.6 which threw me off.

Thanks :smile:
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