Why doesn't Airplay from Apple TV (2nd Gen) to Airplay enabled speakers allow movies and tv shows but allows music and music videos?

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Why doesn't Airplay from Apple TV (2nd Gen) to Airplay enabled speakers allow movies and tv shows but allows music and music videos?

I bought a Pioneer SMA4 Airplay enabled speaker system from Best Buy tonight. After getting it set up I was able to stream music from my Apple TV using the external speaker functionality that was just added on Sept 24.However once I tried to watch an episode of The Office I bought from iTunes on the Apple TV the audio came from the television itself instead of the Airplay speaker that was set as the preferred audio output device. I looked around on forums and it sounds like movies and TV shows would stream sound to an airplay enabled set of speaker in the beta but this functionality has been crippled. If a person sets the movie or television show in iTunes to a Kind:Music Video it will work! But that's a lousy work around and it ruins what I thought one of the main use cases of would be -- wireless audio from a film or TV show to a nice set of Airplay speakers and the video only out of the TV. Is this just a bug?

Posted on Sep 29, 2012 9:50 PM

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Answer 1

lestill

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Sep 30, 2012 5:17 AM in response to camelCasing

I hope it is just a bug, and apple will fix this bug next update.

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Answer 2

Nov 15, 2012 8:46 AM in response to camelCasing

bought an appletv last night for this same purpose.

so i have my home stereo connected through my airport express. i can stream music (audio only) from my iphone and appletv to my speakers.

and when watching tv or dvds, i have them play sound thru my home stereo, not the tv itself.

but when i watch video on appletv (say, thru the movie trailers app), it will not play the sound thru the airport express speakers.

just got off the phone with apple support and they told me its not possible to watch video and have audio thru airplay speakers. so appletv is basically worthless, since i can already airplay my music from my imac.

super disappointed in appletv.

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Answer 3

PhilMP

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Dec 2, 2012 8:46 AM in response to camelCasing

I agree, especially considering AirPlay speakers work when playing a movie on an ipad. Plus, if you Google the tear downs of the Apple TV 2, it is running the same CPU as an ipad 2 & 3.

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chrcph

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Dec 27, 2012 3:03 AM in response to camelCasing

Hi,

I have the same issue. I really expected ATV to be able to stream audio from TV/Video to my AirPlay enabled speakers. Come On Apple ... You can do better :-) !!!!

We need a fix for this and we need streaming to multiple AirPlay speakers and volume control.

Thanks.

Kind Regards,

Christian

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Answer 5

Alley_Cat

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Dec 27, 2012 3:49 AM in response to camelCasing

Send feedback here:

Apple - Apple TV - Feedback

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Answer 6

Dec 27, 2012 9:53 AM in response to chrcph

ok, so i have figured out a work-around to use the appleTV in the way that IT SHOULD WORK.

so my airport express was being used to broadcast my internet wirelessly and for airplay thru my home stereo. first, i retired my airport express and am using the wireless setting on my modem for internet. then i had to purchase an optical cable and an optical-to-rca converter.

so now my appletv functions as the airplay device and is hooked up to my home setero via the optical/rca converter (appletv > optical wire > toslink to rca converter > rca inputs in stereo receiver).

so now when i stream from my iphone or imac to my tv, i can get sound through my home stereo set-up.

fixed.

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