Sound on Apple TV not working.

First cheap trick to solve this bug is restart your device from Settings > General > Restart.

I noticed this audio problem after I turned on Conference Room and then turned it off. I would hear Apple TV sound effects but no audio from apps like HBOGO or Music. If I streamed music over from my laptop it would play fine. Really odd bug. Unplugged cables, changed Dolby settings and no difference. Finally a restart cleared up whatever the cause was and back to normal.

Hopefully Apple will patch and fix this soon.

hi guys, i just got this problem solved.

just go to preferences-sound-output and choose the output to LGTV (type HDMI)

i think the problem is the sound output default settings was set to built in. you just need to change it

its all done.. hopefully helps

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...I managed to get sound from my Macbook, it´s been working fine the past few weeks. BUT, now when switched back to AppleTV + Netflix, sound is missing. Tried to watch House of Cards, but I can only get sound for 2-3 seconds. Pressing Play/Pause on the remote brings the sound back, for seconds. **** this ****.

I have followed the steps in both articles and still do not have sound, or any kind, coming to the TV...not even the little clicks with Sound Effects turned on. I have also updated my software...in fact I did that before I pursued the steps in the articles. I also tried an alternate HDMI port on the TV without success. TV sound is normal. Any other suggestions?

I have the same problem. I have been trying to follow all the steps mentioned here but there is still no sound. I hear the effects during switching menus but when i opened a tv show or movie (even a radio), then nothing. I tried mirroring from my macbook pro to apple tv, again no sound. Please help.

I have this problem

I can hear clicks

but nothing on films or music

and I restarted the apple tv

I changed the setting

I changed the hdmi cable to see it it was a cable problem

I changed the tv to make sure it was not a tv problem

any suggestions?

I had the same issue. Perfect video, but no audio other than the sound effects from the navigation buttons. I tried all of the recommendations made in the two Apple articles listed above to no avail. My Apple TV was purchased 2015 connected directly to Samsung TV via HDMI cable.

The solution that finally worked came from the Apple tech support via phone. The tech support person was surprised that this solved the problem.

Here was my solution:

Go to Apple TV Settings --> General --> Network --> Choose the Wi-Fi network for my home --> Choose Forget Network

Then, rejoin the network.

We actually created a mobile hotspot with my iPhone to join that network, tested it, then dropped that network and rejoined the home network. Tech support says doing the above Forget Network step should serve the same function.

No more problem with no audio.

Hope that helps.

I found the solution,

After enabling mirroring apple tv through airplay, go to setting of display and select optimize for apple tv, instead of iMac/MBP, and it will work just fine, i tried it yesterday through xbmc , and had the same audio playing through internal speakers, checked sound settings and it wouldn't change, then did the workaround of optimizing for apple tv instead of iMac and it worked perfectly fine.

I found the solution,

After enabling mirroring apple tv through airplay, go to setting of display and select optimize for apple tv, instead of iMac/MBP, and it will work just fine, i tried it yesterday through xbmc , and had the same audio playing through internal speakers, checked sound settings and it wouldn't change, then did the workaround of optimizing for apple tv instead of iMac and it worked perfectly fine.

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I have the same problem of picture but no sound. My apple tv is connected via hdmi cable to my pioneer receiver and it worked great until I had to reset my apple tv. Now there's no sound. I shouldn't have to buy some Dr HDMI or whatever to fix this. Sounds like you posted an ad for that company.

I'm also having issues....

Open Spotify

Select Apple TV as to where i want the sound to come from

Nothing happens and the sound plays on my iPhone?

Pretty frustrating as this is a reason i purchased as I was told this would work in the shop

Just had this issue. Menu clicks, but no audio from any app (Netflix, iTunes Movies / Shows, etc...).

I toggled all audio settings and nothing worked.

Finally solved it by checking:

Settings > Airplay > Speakers.

Audio was being output to wrong speakers.

I had the same issue and your post helped a lot! In my case the choice was the audio was being sent to my Airport Express and I switched it to Apple TV. I don't ever remember changing it, but now I get program audio not just the menu clicks!

The first solution fixed the issue for me: http://appletv2.com/apple-tv-no-audio-fix/