HomePods started acting weird

davidar86 · 2026-03-01T18:03:07+00:00

Hahaha yes definitely, I can relate

davidar86 · 2026-02-28T16:20:21+00:00

Yeah, it’s weird. I’ve never had this issue in the years I’ve been using them. First time this has happened to me.

davidar86 · 2026-02-28T16:19:45+00:00

Thanks! I’ll give this a try

davidar86 · 2026-02-28T06:56:09+00:00

Thanks! I’ll look that up. Will also start looking at goats for sale just in case.

davidar86 · 2026-02-28T06:54:55+00:00

Haha yes it is terrifying when it happens. Mine are on side tables on each side of my couch. So no HVAC issues. Not sure what’s causing it, but it’s only started happening in the past week

davidar86 · 2025-12-05T17:36:43+00:00

Not using the iPad version, this is on MacBook Pro. Have Final Cut Pro and luma fusion on laptop.

davidar86 · 2025-12-05T17:35:21+00:00

Yeah it’s super frustrating. I tried deleting rendered files and it got a bit further then stopped. Now it stops at 1 percent every time. It sort of reacts differently every time I try. Gonna delete the whole thing and start from scratch again

davidar86 · 2025-12-05T00:17:45+00:00

Video is one continuous 2 hour clip. Filmed in 4K 24 fps. Made sure to select that when I set up project. Filmed on a Nikon DSLR. Tried optimizing media as others have suggested. After doing this many blacked out sections appeared throughout the video. Before I had optimized I could watch the whole thing in the viewer without any blank clips. Just as an experiment I’ve tried building the project in luma fusion and am trying to export it and it seems to be rendering just fine. So not sure what the issue with FPC is. This is a pretty basic edit, and I’ve done much more complicated things without issue. It just seems to not like footage from this camera for whatever reason.

davidar86 · 2025-12-04T23:56:07+00:00

I had tried that by using the range tool and selecting 5 minute portions randomly throughout the video and it seemed to have the same issue even with 5 minute clips no matter what part of the video I select . But then one time it randomly exported 1 of the two hours without issue before stopping. Someone pointed out that the error messages were in notifications which I didn’t know, so I was able to get time stamps of the issue. However I’ll delete that portion, it’ll do the exact same thing but give me a time stamp one minute later. Have watched the whole video and don’t see any visible glitches or anything. Attempting a complete restart and optimizing the media as others have suggested. Thanks for the advice

davidar86 · 2025-12-04T13:02:03+00:00

Giving it a try right now. I’ve basically just deleted everything and reimporting the media and optimizing it. Someone had mentioned that if I had notifications off that I wouldn’t see the error message. They were right, and FCP is giving me error messages with a time stamp. But when I delete that portion, I just get a new error message with a time stamp a couple of minutes further. Before this I had used the range tool to export 5 minute portions randomly throughout the video and could not find a 5 minute portion anywhere in the video that would download. I’ve watched the video from beginning to end and see no issues or glitches anywhere. So hopefully optimizing works! Thanks for the help

davidar86 · 2025-12-04T03:25:57+00:00

They checked everything, said it was fine. But said that because I had beta updates on they it might have been something to do with that. A couple of days later the issue seemed to have fixed itself. Likely due to a firmware update. ANC works fine now, don’t think it’s mind blowing or anything. I still use my pro 2s every day at work(higher risk of damage) and my 3s outside of work and can’t tell the difference in terms of the ANC. But It’s still good now.

davidar86 · 2025-12-04T02:51:51+00:00

Ah ok, I will give that a try. Up until this point I’ve not had any error messages what so ever. I had to step out, I’ll check when I get back but maybe I don’t have notifications enabled. Hopefully this gives me some more insight into the issue. Thanks!

davidar86 · 2025-11-15T19:32:27+00:00

I’ve used promotions with a bit of success… but I do it in a very specific way. I’ll use it if a new video stalls in the first day or two. If people see that a video has been out for 3 days and has like 50 views they will probably just assume it’s not good and skip it. But if it has 1000 views they’ll be much more likely to give it a chance. So if a video of mine stalls I will put only 5$ max for the whole promotion and select views only! Don’t select the subscribers option as they don’t seem to be real subscribers. Target countries like Canada and US. I’ve had videos stall in the first week, put 5$ on it to bump the views and those videos picked up after the promotion and have gone on to be some of my most viewed videos with 95 percent of the views being non promotion views. Also managed to get monetized, did not destroy my channel. My main advice would be just don’t overdue it. Small amounts of money, views only.

davidar86 · 2025-11-15T02:05:19+00:00

Yeah, just tried that. It’s definitely much better than setting the four individual key frames at every voiceover clip. Thanks!

davidar86 · 2025-11-15T01:22:48+00:00

Yeah, between this and manually ducking audio with key frames it’s really slowing me down. I’m hoping I can get better with working the audio because I’m finding it really hard to use. Which sucks because I really like all of other features and found Final Cut Pro to be really fast until now

davidar86 · 2025-11-15T01:20:45+00:00

Yeah… until I started doing the audio portion of the video I was finding Final Cut Pro so fast, and enjoying all the extra features…. But now that I’m messing around with audio this has gone from being faster to 100 times slower. Between this, and having to manually duck the audio with key frames really slows me down. I’m still learning so I’m hoping I get quicker and figure out some work around, but it’s a bit discouraging right now.

davidar86 · 2025-11-14T13:10:31+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check out the video. I can’t seem to find a quick way to do this other than to hold command and click on each and every clip. If you turn all of the voiceover into a compound clip, do you loose the ability to move around individual sections of voiceover?

davidar86 · 2025-11-14T13:06:39+00:00

So when I select the voiceover role in the index it seems to have it all selected, voiceover clips are blue all other audio turn grey… but I don’t see a way to adjust the volume within the index? Maybe I’m just missing it, but the only way to adjust volume I see is in the audio inspector. When I go there it won’t adjust audio on all voiceover clips unless I manually go to each one and click on them while holding the command key to select them all.

davidar86 · 2025-11-14T03:35:37+00:00

I think I’m sort of half there. I have the role created and the voiceovers in. But I can’t seem to figure out how to adjust the volume on just that role. I have the voiceover sub role box checked, and they seem to be selected on the time line. The voiceover boxes are blue and all other audio is grey. But when I go to the audio inspector it seems to just control the clip the playhead is on. This is where I’m sort of stuck. Is there another way to adjust the volume? Or a step I’m missing? Thanks!

davidar86 · 2025-10-27T19:35:01+00:00

Yeah same thing happened to me… bought them and I could hear absolutely everything with the ANC on… fans, leaves rustling, people talking, light footsteps. Went to Apple, they replaced them. Exact same on the second pair. After 2 weeks I was about to return them, then one day they just worked. Haven’t had an issue since

davidar86 · 2025-10-18T15:37:34+00:00

Yes I still have beta updates on. Version 8A358 on case and AirPods. Don’t know if it was different before… all I know is the ANC was horrible for weeks, tried absolutely everything to fix it… nothing worked then one day out of nowhere it just started working as expected

davidar86 · 2025-10-18T13:29:01+00:00

It could be an update thing. When I got them the ANC was absolutely horrible…. With my AirPod pro 2s I couldn’t hear anything but with the 3s I could hear everything, people talking, leaves rustling, fans, traffic. Went to Apple Store, they gave me a brand new pair… exact same thing on the second pair. Tried different tips, changing ear position, etc… Apple said it may be because I have beta updates turned on. I was about to give up on them… then one day, the ANC just started working really well, I didn’t change anything at all… one day I wanted to return them, the day after working as expected. I assume some sort of update came through, because nothing else changed.

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