AppleTV keeps quitting when I add a playlist

Why does my Apple TV app quit every time I add a playlist?

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 26

Posted on Jan 30, 2026 9:22 AM

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Posted on Jan 31, 2026 12:55 AM

Can you elaborate in more detail?

As far as I know, the Apple TV app on the Apple TV box doesn’t support playlists. The Computers app on the Apple TV box does support video playlists from the Apple TV app on a Mac through Home Sharing, but only for downloaded content that isn’t in HSL (.movpkg) format, but rather .mp4/.m4v/.mov .


Note that video playlists are best used for consecutive playback of multiple videos. It wouldn’t be effective for sorting or grouping videos in an organizational way.

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Jan 31, 2026 12:55 AM in response to ecleage

Can you elaborate in more detail?

As far as I know, the Apple TV app on the Apple TV box doesn’t support playlists. The Computers app on the Apple TV box does support video playlists from the Apple TV app on a Mac through Home Sharing, but only for downloaded content that isn’t in HSL (.movpkg) format, but rather .mp4/.m4v/.mov .


Note that video playlists are best used for consecutive playback of multiple videos. It wouldn’t be effective for sorting or grouping videos in an organizational way.

AppleTV keeps quitting when I add a playlist

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