Live Camera Video Unavailable on M2 MacBook Air When Connected to Studio Display

John Irvine1 wrote:

This thread is closed, but it represents the problem perfectly:

My M1 Mac Mini can't view HomeKit camera … - Apple Community

However, when plugged into an Apple Studio Display, even with the microphone and speaker set to the Studio Display, Home cannot show a livestream of a camera. If I unplug the Studio Display, the mic and speakers automatically reset to the MacBook Air onboard units and live streaming the cameras works fine. Plug in the Studio Display, and it stops working.

Home requiring a specific microphone to view live streams from a camera is an absolute Apple-side bug. I spent about 10 hours troubleshooting this yesterday after installing a new Logitech Circle View Doorbell camera, and I eventually found the above post. Even then it took me a while because, no, I had a mic and speaker configured on the Studio Display and they worked fine. Frustrating.

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