Trouble playing music via airplay on My apple tv 4K. If I try and add a second apple tv or iPod as an additional source, the music stops playing in the apple 4K device.

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wmcquay Author

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Trouble playing music via airplay on My apple tv 4K. If I try and add a second apple tv or iPod as an additional source, the music stops playing in the apple 4K device.

What’s going on? It use to work.

Posted on May 10, 2021 3:37 AM

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Urquhart1244

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May 10, 2021 6:39 AM in response to wmcquay

Music from an Apple Music (or iTunes Match) subscription will play from one device at a time. Multiple sources requires multiple accounts/subscriptions (or Family subscription), or DRM-free home sharing tracks.
Audio-only AirPlay to multiple devices requires that those destination devices are all AirPlay 2-enabled.

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wmcquay Author

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May 10, 2021 7:04 AM in response to Urquhart1244

Thanks for your response. We do have a Family Subscription and its only the 4K Apple TV device that acts this way. I can connect to our Home Pods scattered in other rooms and they do play simultaneously. And the 4K Apple TV behavior only recently developed. It use to work as part of a multi-room playback network.

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Trouble playing music via airplay on My apple tv 4K. If I try and add a second apple tv or iPod as an additional source, the music stops playing in the apple 4K device.

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