I want to be able to select my AirPlay speakers as fixed output. That that is no longer possible after the last update is 1 thing. A bigger problem is that my AirPlay speakers no longer reproduce the sound synchronously. Before the last update everything worked perfectly. Tried everything. Even went back to factory settings. Took a lot of time no success.
I am in the same situation. Its like Apple assume you connect the Apple TV to a ... TV. I dont have a TV, I use a projector instead so the Apple TV is connected to the projector through HDMI. The sound has to go somewhere else and I have therefor previously selected AirPlay as the default output. This has worked beautifully in the past but not now with the tvOS 15.0 update. Now it selected the projector speakers (it has built in crappy speakers) as default speakers, I dont want that but it is the only option in tvOS 15.0. AirPlay speakers can only be selected as temporary speakers but this selection doesn't persist. It is like Apple assume that the Apple TV is connected to a TV set or amplifier through HDMI and that you only ant to add additional speakers via AirPlay. No one on the development team seems to be creative enough to think out of that box. So right now I have to first deselect "default speakers" (the built in projector speakers) and select temporary speakers (AirPlay) each time I want to use my Apple TV. Another major problem is sound being out of sync to an AirPlay 1 speaker. Don't tell me to update to latest software and reboot my gear. I know exactly how to test and verify this, its a fact, streaming to an AirPlay 2 speaker works but the sound to an AirPlay 1 speaker is out of sync. The whole situation is super annoying and it totally ruins my user experience. Unfortunately Steve Jobs is not around anymore to tell the development team that this is unacceptable.
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Hi Janoes,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
We understand that your speakers are not in sync with your Apple TV, is that right? What type of speakers are we working with?
Can you tell us what steps you've taken specially? We know you've already went back to factory settings. Did you restore your Apple TV?
We look forward to your reply.
Cheers!
I use Yamaha Music cast for audio output via airplay. Given the problems, I also tested the audio output via the airplay option on my raspberry pi on which I run Volumio. Both devices give the same problem. I also performed the synchronization of the wireless audio option on the Apple TV, but during calibration the audio is sent via the HDMI output…?! So this doesn't work either. I'm very disappointed with this crappy update.
So I just got my third reply deleted by the Apple Support Communities Staff. So I add another version below where I have deleted the offending mentioning of a kind of software you are not supposed to talk about in this forum... I just wish the tvOS development team was as picky with their releases as the Apple Support Communities Staff are banning replies. I also wish Apple was just as efficient releasing bug fixes as they are censuring their support forum. My edited re-post:
I am in the same situation. Its like Apple assume you connect the Apple TV to a ... TV. I dont have a TV, I use a projector instead so the Apple TV is connected to the projector through HDMI. The sound has to go somewhere else and I have therefor previously selected AirPlay as the default output. This has worked beautifully in the past but not now with the tvOS 15.0 update. Now it selected the projector speakers (it has built in crappy speakers) as default speakers, I dont want that but it is the only option in tvOS 15.0. AirPlay speakers can only be selected as temporary speakers but this selection doesn't persist. It is like Apple assume that the Apple TV is connected to a TV set or amplifier through HDMI and that you only ant to add additional speakers via AirPlay. No one on the development team seems to be creative enough to think out of that box. So right now I have to first deselect "default speakers" (the built in projector speakers) and select temporary speakers (AirPlay) each time I want to use my Apple TV. Another major problem is sound being out of sync to an AirPlay 1 speaker. Don't tell me to update to latest software and reboot my gear. I know exactly how to test and verify this, its a fact, streaming to an AirPlay 2 speaker works but the sound to an AirPlay 1 speaker is out of sync. Whats worse, these errors persist in the latest ***CENSURED***. The whole situation is super annoying and it totally ruins my user experience. Unfortunately Steve Jobs is not around anymore to tell the development team that this is unacceptable.
Today Apple event was promoted on my ATV, I thought I'll check it out. I have to say it detracted from the experience that when Tim Cook started talking the sound came a few seconds later. What a joke.
I guess more people should be bothered by this? What is Apple's response? I have never experienced such disappointment with an Apple product in all these years.
Thanks for letting us know, Janoes,
In this case, we'd recommend that you contact Apple Support directly to investigate this further with you. They're best suited to assist you. You can reach out to them here: Contact Apple Support
Take care.
Thanks for thinking along, I appreciate that. However, I had already contacted support before. I had someone on the phone who I thought was not tech savvy. Got answers from a standard decision tree or something like that, couldn't do much with it.
Understand that airplay 1 support has been given less priority now we have airplay 2
hi, any news yet?
great news! Atv has received an update that fixes the audio delay
With the latest update of the Apple TV, the sound settings are messed up.
