Music won’t play when screen recording is on

Ever since I updated iOS to 11.3.1, when I try to screen record while music is playing in the background, there’s no sound. The song is playing, but I hear no sound coming out. Even when I have earbuds plugged in or I go back and watch the video, there’s absolutely no sound. Help?

iPhone SE, iOS 11.3.1

Posted on May 18, 2018 4:01 PM

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May 24, 2018 12:36 AM in response to brunoscloud

Hi! I found a solution by myself. Crazy how it was 3 minutes after you replied to this question lol. But what I did was:


1. I started recording

2. Double pressed the home button and swiped the Music app up, closing it completely

3. While my device was still recording, I went back to the Music app and clicked on a random song.


It started playing right when I clicked on it while it was recording. If you still have questions let me know :)

Oct 3, 2018 1:20 AM in response to briandallas

I have been using screen recording to record music I have created on GarageBand. The view that anybody who uses screen recording is breaching copyright laws is an ignorant narrow minded point of view. Regarding the problem I have spoken to Apple support and they have said if restore doesn’t work it will need to fixed ??? My iPad my iPhone my girlfriends iPhone and I will be testing my friends and work colleagues iPhones and from what I have a read about other people having the same problem I’m guessing Apple are going to be busy repairing many phones.

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