Issues when playing through bluetooth speaker (youtube mutes)

1. I listen to iTunes via Archt One BT speaker
2. I pause iTunes, try to play youtube video and there is no sound
3. while youtube stil playing "muted", I then play iTunes again and both can be heard
4. this doesn't happen with Swinsian (alternative to iTunes)

I'm on Mac OS Mavericks.

Any solution? Is it just an iTunes/OSX bug? I think it's not related to that particular BT speaker although it's with it that I experience this for the first time.. I don't remember if I used Swinsian or already back to iTunes when testing the previous speaker.

Solution 1:

It's not really a solution, more like a work-around, but for me it helps if I

1. open System-Preferences -> Sound -> Output
2. switch Output to Internal Speakers
3. close iTunes if still open
4. switch Output back to your bluetooth connected device (sometimes the output sounds like being under water for a few seconds and than plays normal)

But yeah, it's really annoying. Seems like iTunes has a built-in "manage bluetooth" function, which you cannot switch off. Not using iTunes seems the best solution ;-)

Solution 2:

Play both through iTunes and YouTube so you can hear both and then press the play/pause button on your keypad. this should pause the iTunes music but still play the YouTube video sound. Then you can exit the iTunes app.

Hope it Helps!

Solution 3:

Still happening on Mojave using bluetooth headphones, with Apple Music, Spotify & the browser. I've noticed that if you go into audio midi setup, and change the channel format from one option to another, and then back to the original highest setting, the headphones work again.