sound in Mac Ventura 13.2.1 broadcasted to TV instead of output in settings

No.

No such operations were initiated with any intention to beam or "mirror" media to the TV.

It was unprecedented.

There was a coincidence that occurred now that I review the sequence of events.

A. Mac mini media (a YouTube video) was still beamed to a TV that was off.

B. My UMC22 Behringer audio interface did not output audio into my headphones.

*Since then I tested my UMC22 audio interface on another laptop and it is normal.

I hear normal audio.

It still doesn't solve the reason why media was beamed to the TV in the adjacent room but my headphones now are operating normally.

As a reminder, I saw the words 'Airplay' with the media projected on the 32inch TCL Roku TV.

I hope this helps future readers.

I'll consider his solved but will return to this thread if left open and the same scenario repeats itself in the future.

Thank you.

JWP

Is this what you may be referring to?

The excerpted snapshot does not have "32in TCL Roku TV" selected.

Ok.

Updated.

Restarted.

Audio still muted on Mac mini by some AirPlay takeover that beams the media to TV.

Even when TV has been turned off.