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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

27 replies

Aug 4, 2016 2:33 PM in response to Teddy 3

Hey, I'm just a user like you. I had a Sony GS8 media player that was killed by the addition of encryption to AirPlay in iOS 9. But my observations with iPad and Apple TV seem to indicate that the iPad does not drop the AirPlay connection even when a third-party app stops sending audio for many minutes. Since there's no reason to think that your iPad behaves any differently than mine, it casts doubt on the receiver.

Do you know if Linn is an Apple licensee? It seemed to me that the iOS 9 update was designed to quash reverse-engineered AirPlay implementations.

Are you by any chance using peer-to-peer AirPlay? Do you need to enable Bluetooth in order to see the receivers? Peer-to-peer might be quicker to drop the connection, since it creates a temporary direct link between the devices.

Teddy 3 Author

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Aug 5, 2016 8:41 AM in response to Diana.McCall

I'm not sure what you mean by peer-to-peer. However I don't need bluetooth to see the receivers. I doubt if Linn is an Apple licensee - but I will check. What you seem to be saying if it isn't, Apple found a way of preventing manufacturers who aren't licensees from using Airplay? If this is the case it does seem more than a tad mean?

Aug 5, 2016 10:00 AM in response to Teddy 3

Per-to-peer AirPlay uses Bluetooth for discovery and doesn't require both devices to be on the same network. If you don't need Bluetooth, you're not using it.

Apple added security in the form of encryption to video AirPlay with iOS 9. This probably doen't affect audio AirPlay, but it put reverse-engineered video receivers out of business. Is that mean? AirPlay is a proprierary protocol used to communicate between Apple products. There's no reason to expect it to work with other products. Since my observations show that audio AirPlay does not tend to disconnect automatically when the music pauses, the Linn implementation may be missing some aspect of the protocol.

Teddy 3 Author

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Aug 5, 2016 10:56 AM in response to Diana.McCall

It may well be - "missing some aspect of the protocol"- this will matter little to me - as I now, as a result of this thread, intend to move away from Apple - it's just too much of a "closed" system, and when all's said and done, there are better more "open" products out there.

Teddy 3 Author

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Aug 5, 2016 11:37 AM in response to Teddy 3

I tried to edit my previous but could not - obviously some kind of Apple glitch? All I wanted to say was, I think it is perhaps not the best move (not in Apples best interest) to remove previously working third party functionality. I'm sure some folks will think - hmm - better get Apple TV - not me, and I suspect I'm not alone.

amk221

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Dec 8, 2016 11:17 AM in response to Teddy 3

You are not alone - I too have this problem. I'm using an Airport Extreme connected to an ARCAM AirDac (which is the Airplay receiver). If I pause a track, very shortly after it disconnects, meaning when I press play to resume, it doesn't work.

aymal

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Dec 9, 2016 12:05 AM in response to amk221

I also have th AirDAC and have the same issue - it looks like a timeout issue on the latest Arcam firmware. I've emailed them to ask for help. Let's see what the response is. It's bloody annoying.

amk221

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Dec 9, 2016 12:37 AM in response to aymal

@aymal I emailed them too. They were quick to respond but didn't initially think their product was at fault. Hopefully your email will add weight

amk221

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Jan 4, 2017 1:49 AM in response to amk221

I can confirm that using an older version of the firmware fixes the play/pause/play issue.

Specifically, using airDAC_s9604.0.112.bcd everything works fine.

amk221

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Jan 10, 2017 6:57 AM in response to Kal K

Sure, https://ufile.io/76c95

Kal K

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Jan 16, 2017 9:33 PM in response to amk221

Thank you! I will test and let you know the outcome. It did flash correctly, so that is good 🙂

amk221

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Jan 29, 2017 1:02 PM in response to Kal K

No problem.

From ARCAM:

There are no plans to redevelop the software at the moment so if the older version is working better for you then definitely stick with that.

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Airplay drops after short inactivity