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"Error Capturing System Audio" when sharing from a specific application

You may receive an error when choosing to share audio from an application that has not yet played audio through your system output.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Some applications do not appear as a source for system audio sharing until they have actually made an audible sound on your Mac. For example, if you're trying to share a video in Google Chrome, but Chrome hasn't yet made a sound through your speakers (or your chosen sound output) you might receive the following error:
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In this case, Ecamm Live will fall back on capturing all audio that plays through your system output, including the desired application.
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To select just the application you want to share, play a sound in that application and try again. You can avoid the problem entirely by ensuring you have launched the desired application and played out a sound before your recording or stream.
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