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ATV autoplay through Airplay2 instead of HDMI

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Hi,

I'm using an AppleTV 4K and a Beam connected to my TVs HDMI ARC. When I start my Apple TV it choose to play the sound on Airplay 2 in on my Sonos One in the kitchen instead of just playing through HDMI. I've chosen HDMI as the default output on my ATV. Anyone got any sugestions?

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nordstiern

Bruce is correct, this is an Apple, not Sonos, issue.

Assuming you're using tvOS 13, goto Settings/Video and Audio/Audio Output and actually go into the device list itself, where you need to remove the check mark from your Kitchen Sonos One Speaker... you can play to more than one audio output from Apple TV and you obviously have more than one output selected. See example screenshot from my ATV.

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Ken_Griffiths

the_chris,

As another thought, have you tried toggling off AirPlay altogether on the ATV in its AirPlay Settings?

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T0mmy

Lyricist III

I’m having the same issue. As i remembered this was not an issue before tvOS 13, I hope this will be fixed trough a software update.

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A John B

Contributor I

… the ATV can’t transmit to airplay 2 as I understand, just receive ...

I always transmit sound from my Apple TV 4K to a Sonos Beam via Airplay 2.

That way I don’t need a TV to provide HDMI ARC and manage the volume control.

Just the best 4K HDR monitor I could find.

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A John B

Contributor I

Hi,

I'm using an AppleTV 4K and a Beam connected to my TVs HDMI ARC. When I start my Apple TV it choose to play the sound on Airplay 2 in on my Sonos One in the kitchen instead of just playing through HDMI. I've chosen HDMI as the default output on my ATV. Anyone got any sugestions?

This might sound a bit off the wall but…

Have you connected the Apple TV to the Beam with an ethernet cable?

If so, try removing it.

Type your message here.

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T0mmy

Lyricist III

Not sure why this has been marked as answered.
Nordstierna mentioned in the question, that the default output was the beam.
The problem is that this seems to be reset every-time you start up the Apple TV.

Streaming to a new room, doesn’t bother me so much, but it also streams to the Beam over AirPlay, so the sound is off and really bad.

Ken_Griffiths

Not sure why this has been marked as answered.
Nordstierna mentioned in the question, that the default output was the beam.
The problem is that this seems to be reset every-time you start up the Apple TV.

Streaming to a new room, doesn’t bother me so much, but it also streams to the Beam over AirPlay, so the sound is off and really bad.

Are you connecting the Sonos Beam and ATV via your TV ports, or ‘indirectly' via an 'audio extractor/splitter' with built-in HDMI-ARC enabled?

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T0mmy

Lyricist III

Aaaaaaah, seems to be working. Was using a splitter for my ATV and Switch, because I only got two HDMI-Port.
i will keep an eye if it will stay working.

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T0mmy

Lyricist III

Not sure why this has been marked as answered.
Nordstierna mentioned in the question, that the default output was the beam.
The problem is that this seems to be reset every-time you start up the Apple TV.

Streaming to a new room, doesn’t bother me so much, but it also streams to the Beam over AirPlay, so the sound is off and really bad.

Are you connecting the Sonos Beam and ATV via your TV ports, or ‘indirectly' via an 'audio extractor/splitter' with built-in HDMI-ARC enabled?

Aaaaaaah, seems to be working. Was using a splitter for my ATV and Switch, because I only got two HDMI-Port.
i will keep an eye if it will stay working.

Update: Did not change the setup, but now the issue is back.

Ken_Griffiths

Note the port on an Apple TV is only HDMI and the Sonos Beam requires an HDMI-ARC connection, so presumably the connection between the two devices is via an AirPlay link instead. That appears to be why the chosen Airplay device is taking precedence over the HDMI connection… er.. at least that is what appears to be the case IMHO.

Airgetlam

Note that you can have both active at the same time. I did a test this week, and was getting audio through the HDMI to my TV and then to my PLAYBAR, and at the same time via AirPlay 2 to a pair of PLAY:5s. There was a delay between the two, with the PLAY:5s trailing, but slightly. What I have no idea about is if that delay was due to encoding to AirPlay 2 on the Apple TV side, or the decoding of the AirPlay 2 signal on the Sonos PLAY:5. Since I prefer the surround sound experience, I turned offAirPlay 2, and allowed the Apple TV to continue to feed the audio along the same path as the video.

Bruce

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