When a Mac Studio Display (monitor w/ onboard speakers) is the system audio device, the game launches but no audio plays. In in-game options, if the audio device or directional audio buttons are pressed, the game crashes with exit code 5.
No crash logs were recorded in the game directory.
I confirmed that the game audio works normally and I can switch audio devices when the system audio is changed to something else, however, the game doesn’t recognize the studio display as an audio device in this situation.
I confirmed the game operates as expected in any other previous version (I’ve been playing with this setup for >3 years, and specifically confirmed with 25w42a and the latest release).
Environment
Mac Studio 2022
Apple Studio Display 27"
macOS Tahoe 26.0.1
32GB RAM
Minecraft Java Snapshot 25w43a
Minecraft Launcher 3.21.5
This may be related to these OpenAL warnings which appear when running 25w43a on Mac using Prism.