External mic not working with Apple Facebook app

I actually hook my phone to a connector to the sound board at our church. So the external mic turns off, and all you hear comes from the sound board. Until 14.2, now I ONLY have the iPhone mic and not what comes through the board.

I have tried plugging in 15 seconds or so

after FB live starts, have tried pulling down from the right corner, it says iPhone and when

you plug it in it converts to Headphones, but still uses the mic. This has really messed up our FB live feed. Really hoping someone has a fix for this.

Were are you able to get a microphone to work on your iPhone? I tried the trick of waiting several seconds after I started a live before I plugged the microphone in, but that still did not work for me. I can get it to work on my iMac computer because I can actually choose the microphone setting, but I’d really love it to work on my iPad or iPhone

I was having the same problem with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface, Facebook live would not recognize it. I tried plugging it in after I started live and it worked. Hopefully Apple and Facebook can get this figured out because that is a really annoying glitch that affects the professionalism of the content that users are creating. The only indicator that I have been able to verify that it was working is a slight crackle in the headphones once the app recognizes the audio interface.

This whole situation is ridiculous. Sometimes the Facebook hack works, sometimes it doesn't. Now my microphone isn't working with even the regular video recording feature built into the iphone. There should be a way to control the audio input source on the iphone itself.

This worked until yesterday. With the new FB update it is not working any more.

I wrote to the FB team. This is very frustrating as I checked the whole thing with my community and they were very happy it works again. Please let us know if you have any idea. Thanks.

Thanks Facebook... NOT

after new update of FB the option to connect your audiojack in the iPhone after you start FB live is not working anymore...?!?!

so you now you can’t stream live with external audio.

This sucks! What an amateurs by FB and Apple that they still don’t solved this issue.

Weird, it was NOT working for me when I had 14.2 either. For me the issue started on 12/19. Plugging in the external mic after starting Facebook live does not work. Neither does selecting the mic source in the upper right pull down menu.

I struggled with this when I first noticed this in mid-November. Tremendously frustrated not being able to find any support about it online. Tried what seemed like everything to no avail. Our Røde XLR to lightning connector worked fine with other apps but not Facebook. (This actually forced our hand to a new live-streaming platform using OBS and multiple Canon cameras.)

Found this thread yesterday after realizing I’d need to stream with the iPhone today. Like some who have posted here, I too tried the suggestions here on my iPhone with no success while my friend’s iPhone worked successfully (same version of IOS and Facebook.)

After comparing a number of iPhone settings between our iPhones , we determined that you’ll need to:

1) Ensure that Bluetooth is enabled on the iPhone. (I also disabled uploading photos and videos in HD in Facebook settings.)

2) Start the live broadcast.

3) Connect the external mic after a couple of seconds.

That did the trick for me. Hope this helps, particularly for those who state that the fix used to work but stopped working.

This did not work for ne. I tried every combination, mic in before powering on, mic in after powering on but before starting the FB app, mic in after starting the FB app but before starting the stream and finally plugging the mic in after starting the live stream Is there an alternate to the FB app since they apparently don't care to support their own app?

The workaround of plugging in after started FBLive worked for me until today. Nothing would connect the i11 phone to the mixer (using Rode Go or Tascam). Swapped to an old iPhone 6s and it worked immediately. So it seems more like an Apple issue than FB. REALLY pulling my hair out on this one. Ideas??

I really don't think it's an Apple issue. Like so many others who have written on this forum, external mics (in my case RODE Wireless Go) stopped working on FB Live around December 19. I have an iPhone XR, iOS 14.2, which worked fine with FB Live until the end of last week. We are all experiencing this problem only with FB.

Mic/DJmixer in my iPhone Xs after staring FB live was a solution to the problem...till 2 a 3 weeks ago.

Still not working...

Tried today on my iPad2.... older devise...and didn’t work!

Tried todayon my wifes iPhone 6s... mic not normal working, but plugging it in after starting FB live..it works on this ‘older devise’

so what the problem is?? No idea

But it sucks big time that Apple and Facebook still didn’t solved this, for many users, big problem!

I just came across an app call Prism Live Studio that allows you to stream to multiple sites at the same time like Facebook and YouTube. I’m going to try it using my external mic this week with the app to see how it works.

Hi folks. Just wanted to let you know that I used an app today called Prism Live Studio, which allows you to live stream to various social media platforms at once, including Facebook and YouTube. I did a 3 minute test with me Wireless Rode Mic and it worked great. The app streamed to Facebook for me. It’s probably not ideal as you have a 3rd party app doing the streaming for you (maybe more chance of things crashing.) but until Facebook gets its act together I’ll be using this as it allows us to use our external mic’s. Just thought I would share. It was just a few minute test...I’ll be doing a longer stream later this week.

Are you all plugging the Røde adapter into the lightning adapter after starting Livestream or plugging both adapters at once. I have noted plugging only the Røde adapter in after starting seems to work ok.