Apple TV screensaver pauses music when initiating

a few times I’ve found my music will pause when the Apple TV screensaver turns on. This happens when my TV flickers to initiate HDR10. Any fixes?

Apple TV 4, tvOS 12

Posted on Dec 23, 2019 12:40 PM

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Dec 23, 2019 8:28 PM in response to tnick771

Hello,

Have you tried restarting Apple TV?

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