MacBook Pro 2021 M1 crackling sound from Apple TV app

I advise you all to report it here. Bug Reporting - Apple Developer

Go to Feedback assistant and log it under Apple TV app

I am having the same issue. Will instantly revert back to the original Hz setting.

Rattling only seems to be the Apple TV app - sound is fine if a play Apple TV in Google Chrome (but the picture quality is not as good).

EDIT

Make sure you have closed any open programs that might be trying to use the speakers - for me I closed Apple TV and Logic Pro - I was then able to change the setting.

I'll add my voice to the chorus here as this seems to be the largest thread I've found so far on this issue (granted I've only just started looking harder).

• My issue is system-wide - not just the Apple TV app. Music, Youtube videos in Safari, Quicktime, etc.
• It's happening on 2 different 2021 MacBook Pro with M1 Pro.
• My personal machine I had first and thought it was Soundsource (Rogue Amoeba app), but uninstalling didn't fix the problem.
• I started a new job recently and they sent me a very similarly configured MBP. Problem showed up pretty quickly, but before even installing Soundsource.
• The problem has spanned at least 12.2, 12.2.1 and into 12.3. I don't recall it happening before, but maybe I didn't notice it as I wasn't even using my personal maching to playback a lot of videos or music when I first bought it (iPad or iPhone usually). So I'm not sure if an update introduced it or it was there prior to 12.2 (I think my personal machine I started at 12.0.1 whereas my work machine was already at 12.2).
• I check Audio MIDI Setup and I was already at 48Khz. Toggling to 44.1 and back hasn't fixed it.
• I'm going to boot my personal MBP into Safe Mode and leave it there for a while to see if it is something I may have installed.
• I did notice the same message in the Console logs mentioned in a post earlier (Music  HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOWorkLoop: skipping cycle due to overload), but also I see Messages had the same message and it's neither a warning nor error so I have a feeling that is a red herring.
• I will log a ticket with Apple Support.

This is not likely to be hardware.

There are two distinct issues here:

1. Crackling noises when you use the Apple TV app in full screen. The noises stop when viewing Apple TV in a window. That is what this discussion is about.
2. Intermittent pops and clicks whenever a sound (from any application) is played.

Issue 1 can sometimes be fixed by using the Audio Midi Setup app. This suggests a software issue.

Issue 2 cannot be fixed as far as we know. It might be a hardware issue. You should return your MacBook or hand it in for service.

You aren't writing Apple here. A forum host, yes, but not anyone at Apple who can or will respond in this primarily user to user only forum.

Use the Get Support button at the top of this page if you want to have direct communication with someone from Apple.

I'm pretty sure I never experienced it when using external speakers via the headphone jack. But with the internal speakers as well as with wireless headhones it's happening all the time.

Nothing helped me to solve issue. Tried everything suggested and still crackling sound on 16-inch M1 Pro in all apps, Apple TV, Apple Music, Youtube all browsers. Very annoying. Hope fix will be soon.

Random question, do other people having this issue use an external monitor that may be at a different (in my case 44.8khz) sampling rate than their MB Pro (in my case 44.1khz)? I may have noticed there is some kind of correlation between using an external monitor and this popping/crackling.

I get the cracking sound when playing Music no matter what. External display, crackle. No display, crackle.

My sound in the Midi app is already 48000hz.

I have found a restart fixes the issue... for a short time.

Macbook Pro 2021 (M1) Monterey 12.2. I don't recall that I was having this issue before 12.2...

I'm on a 2021 M1 Pro Monterey 12.2. I did have the same behavior on 12.1, basically if I am playing Apple music it's going to make an awful cracking sound at some point. I set my kHz to 48 still no luck. The only other thing that seems to consistently cause it is a background application trying to send a sound for a notification, like messages or slack. But even without that it seems to happen intermittently. I tried to watch my console logs for some kind of an error or warning but nothing is sticking out to me.

I contacted Apple support with the above error message and basically pleaded with them to send it up the chain to an engineer to get a response, but they were rather non-committal on whether they would do that. They suggested I restart in safe mode and see if the problem persists. Which I am doing, in order to go through the suggested steps, but the tricky thing about this problem is that restarting seems to temporarily make the issue go away. Obviously we don't want to have to restart every few days...etc. The point is, I'm working on it. If anyone else experiences this problem, I'd suggest contacting apple support and point ing them to this thread and the error message I previously posted.

I actually had two m1 macbook pro 14'' (one for a very short time) and both had this issue. It's really disappointing for a machine that expensive. The aforementioned "fixes" don't fix it for me either. Restarting helps for a short time but the issue always comes back eventually.

The crackles come from the mismatch of sample rates. 44.1k. vs 48k. This is a pretty typical symptom when using digital audio sources. In most Digital Audio Workstations no audio will be sent but is seems like the Apple audio API tries to do the best it can.

Now the root cause may be an incorrect defalt value for this parameter out of the box. Or maybe it was changed when I installed LogicX?

No solution that I know of except the workaround of watching videos from Apple TV not in full screen mode (this is for Macbook Pro M1 Max 16”). Apple has not provided a fix. The Audio Midi solution applies to attached midi devices, and not to Macbooks with built in speakers - but if you find this is not the case let me know.

Also worked for me, and I have the same question.. why? I'm running a number of other apps which may affect the audio, including Parallels (and running sound apps in a linux VM there), GarageBand, Wondershare All-My-Tube, and VLC. Perhaps one of them is changing the default away from 48k (to 44.1, which is where the Audio Midi Setup said mine was).