Airplay drops after short inactivity

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Airplay drops after short inactivity

I'm having problems with Airplay on my iPad - it works fine - it'll play all day UNTIL that is, I pause a track (whilst using Spotify). When I resume playback the sound is played through my iPad speakers rather than the Airplay device - I have to select the Airplay device all over again. To an extent, this has always happened, but recently it seems the "timeout" period has reduced significantly. Ideally I'd like to lock the Airplay to my HiFi device until another App needs to use it. Any Ideas welcome thanks.

Posted on May 21, 2016 4:22 AM

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Answer 1

gaolbird

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Dec 20, 2017 1:29 PM in response to Teddy 3

Im having the same issue with an appleTV 2. if i stream drom apple music on my iphone 8, ios 11.2, and pause it disconnects instantly.

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Kal K

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Jan 10, 2017 2:47 AM in response to amk221

Hey any chance you can post up the old firmware: airDAC_s9604.0.112.bcd ? I updated mine to the most current and now I'm suffering from the same issues as Teddy 3. Much appreciated 🙂 Hope it's still possible to go back to that.

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Kal K

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Jan 29, 2017 3:29 AM in response to amk221

Nearly 2 weeks of use with the earlier firmware version: 76c95-airdac_s9604.0.112 and it has only failed to connect once. I can confirm and recommend this version to use with the current macOS and iOS (I'm running the beta of both).

Thanks very much amk221

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Rudegar

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May 21, 2016 5:22 AM in response to Teddy 3

also with the build in music player ?

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Teddy 3 Author

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May 21, 2016 6:56 AM in response to Rudegar

Thanks for your reply. Just checked it and YES - exactly same behaviour with built in music player.

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Teddy 3 Author

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May 22, 2016 10:57 AM in response to Teddy 3

I've done a bit more troubleshooting - using my iPhone as well as my iPad AND using 2 different streaming devices. The problem persists - suggesting it's an iOS issue. At first I thought I'd solved it my using my iPhone (rather than iPad) however, the time it takes for the device to decide it's going to drop my Airplay connection is variable - sometimes drops straight after I've paused and some times if I resume after a minute the connection is still good. There is never any stutter whilst playing, the iOS devices seem to have a mind of their own. I wish someone could explain w the f is going on.

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Teddy 3 Author

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Aug 3, 2016 2:22 PM in response to Teddy 3

I am amazed no one experienced this, it's still happening and I need a solution

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Answer 8

Aug 3, 2016 2:53 PM in response to Teddy 3

I think this may be a feature of your AirPlay receiver. You mentioned a HiFi device; what is the make and model?

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Teddy 3 Author

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Aug 4, 2016 1:58 AM in response to Diana.McCall

Hi Diana,

My Hi Fi streaming devices are made by Linn (the model is irrelevant as I have 2 different ones and they both exhibit the same issue with my iOS devices). I have been on the Linn Forums and other Linn users were quick to advise they are experiencing the same thing. Some have suggested the behaviour we are experiencing became markedly worse after the introduction of iOS9. I thought the issue could be related to Spotify but the same (airplay connection drop after pause) behaviour occurs with the inbuilt iOS music application and so that was a red herring - nothing to do with Spotify either. I firmly believe this is an iOS issue. I appreciate Apple will deny it's their problem but any help in sorting this highly annoying issue would be appreciated.

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Answer 10

Aug 4, 2016 9:06 AM in response to Teddy 3

AirPlay was substantially revised for iOS 9, so that may explain your observation. Hard to say if the change in drop time is intentional or accidental.

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Answer 11

Aug 4, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Diana.McCall

So, as a test, I started Slacker radio AirPlay from iPad Air 9.3.3 to Apple TV 9.2.2. Let it play for a moment, then paused for 5 minutes, using the iPad Slacker app. Play resumed smoothly. How long a pause is required to cause the drop that you observe? Is it possible that you're doing something on your device or receiver that triggers the disconnect? Might you need to update the firmware on your receivers?

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Answer 12

Aug 4, 2016 9:40 AM in response to Diana.McCall

Paused for 15 minutes, no drop in AirPlay. iPad busy web browsing during these pauses.

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Teddy 3 Author

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Aug 4, 2016 1:32 PM in response to Diana.McCall

The connection drops after mere seconds of pause - no time to do anything to trigger the behaviour which is completely reproducable.

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Aug 4, 2016 1:41 PM in response to Teddy 3

Then it looks like it may be a problem with the AirPlay receiver, not the iOS client. If the Linn firmware has not been updated since Sept 2015, when iOS 9 was released, an update may be needed.

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Teddy 3 Author

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Aug 4, 2016 2:01 PM in response to Diana.McCall

My Linn firmware has been updated several times since then. It seems we have a classic case of you saying it's their fault - and vice versa 😟

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