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Geoff in Aus
Contributor I
June 19, 2024
Question

How do I stream YouTube video sound from my TV to my Sonos speakers?

  • June 19, 2024
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To stream YouTube music from my TV direct to my Sonos speakers should my optical cable be plugged into the TV at one end and the play bar at the other? This doesn’t work!

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106rallye
106rallye
June 19, 2024

Can you elaborate on what exactly does not work when you use your Playbar like this? No sound at all? No sound from speakers other than the Playbar? No sound from YouTube only? Where is YouTube playing from (app on your TV, Chromecast)? 

nik9669a
Senior Virtuoso
June 19, 2024

You need to set the input to the Playbar as “TV”. There is a setting too, TV Autoplay which will switch to tv when a signal is detected 

The TV may also need a setting changed, so that it disables the built-in tv speakers and sends the audio signal to the optical output. 

Rhonny
Prodigy III
June 19, 2024

To stream YouTube music from my TV direct to my Sonos speakers should my optical cable be plugged into the TV at one end and the play bar at the other? This doesn’t work!

Surely to get any sound from your tv to your Playbar it needs to be connected as you describe? 
But you don't need your TV to play YouTube music to the Playbar. Add YouTube Music as a music service on the Sonos app and play it from there, selecting the Playbar as the speaker.  

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