Airplay stops

I’ve had the same problem. #1, keep iPad or iPhone plugged into power source while playing so that it never goes into sleep mode. #2, turn off cellular data. You’re already on wireless in home but it will stop Device from jumping back and forth between bands. You will still get emails and texts but just remember to turn cellular data back on when leaving the house since nothing will work once you leave wireless connection. If anything keeping device plugged into power source while sending to Apple TV will stop interruptions.

Definitely Bug with update, Airplay use to work previously when locking iPhone. Now as soon as you lock or go to home screen air play stops.

Workaround is after Airplay, switch to other tab and then lock phone. This seems to keep Airplay working.

Note : If you receive text message Airplay will again stop

I was frustrated by this issue as well. My son found a post that suggested a different application was seizing the AirPlay interface when the iDevice locks. This appears to be the case - I stopped all applications that may have been running in the background and the problem has gone away. At this stage have not been able to identify the culprit app, but quitting all apps except the player you are trying to use seems to work.

No, I blame wifi, because that's what it most likely is.

All of my TV's and devices in multiple locations work perfectly so it's not bugs, but I have read other posts as you suggest and almost everyone that resolves these problems finds it to be a wifi issue, this post is no different, see the post 5 above.

I don't really care whether you accept the matter or not, but until you accept it's almost certainly your wifi you won't solve the problem.

That's exactly my point... but whatever proofs we bring on the table, there is always a bunch of deniers who go the easy way: "it is your wifi"... I have also run multiple tests, used different routers, APs, changed channels, isolated the wifi so as to have just the 2 components running, measured bandwidth utilization, checked for interferences, etc. and the problem still remains. It is definitely some bug on the way airplay works, but is always easier to deny rather than to investigate and solve...

FYI, Bose decided some time ago to stop using Airplay for their devices because of the bunch of problems to maintain a stable connection they were having. Isn't this something to consider as well? Is not "just another user" who is saying that Airplay is unstable...

I have some more details.

• Update ios 11.0.1 does not fix the problem
• Airplay stopping only occours if i stream from an app like netflix, amazon, safari, youtube
• it stops after more or less exactly 2 minutes
• After Showing the AppleTV Menu for a second, airplay reconnects and the stream continues (except for the Netflix app - it shows error-code 30103)
• Airplay does not stop if i turn on "Screen Mirroring" and stream from the same apps
• none of my other devices has this problem
• problem first time occurred on iOS 11

Really funny... typical IT support "denial style" answer: "I don't have the problem, hence, the problem is your network..." But I can tell you, I don't have wifi issues as all my other non-iOS 11 devices work properly, but my iPad Pro and my wife's iPad mini since updated to 11 started behaving with the same reported issues.

Nevertheless, you can keep on blaming wifi. It's the easy answer so is pointless to keep going on with the discussion.

I'm not IT support, I'm just an experienced user sharing accumulated knowledge, I get no benefit if you solve your problem other than the satisfaction of doing it. I have nothing to lose if you don't wish to accept facts, good day.

This exact issue is all over the net. WiFi is not the issue, as I, and many of us have troubleshooted the **** out of that and still get the same result: airplay drops after ~2 minutes. Apple's go-to explanation is WiFi, but if you know anything about computers, you have this issue and you spend even just 5 minutes reading all of the troubleshooting others have done on top of your own, it is easy to see that WiFi is not the issue here. It is annoying as all ****, especially when Apple TV is so expensive.

Hardly, it's reported by a small group while the majority out of the millions that use the device have it working just fine. If such a bug existed this forum alone would be full of reports.

I have also worked with many users and when proper troubleshooting is done to find the issue within the network the issue is resolved.

OK. As you wish... always the easy answer "the problem is your wifi"... all you "experts" make me laugh when it comes to blame the wifi for any abnormal behavior of apple software. Instead of really checking what the problem could be, you always say "it's the network..."... Denial!!!!!

Perhaps you can tell us why, if it's the wi-fi, I can stream Hi Def video on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, every time flawlessly, yet I cannot get my (current software) iMac & 4th Gen ATV to play local mp3's for 10 minutes without breaking connection. My TV is one floor down and 10 feet over. My JBL bluetooth speakers play farther than that range, also flawlessly.

I would love to hear a reason that makes sense. I've tried debugging this issue for literally 15 years, give up, come back to it, upgrade devices, come back to it, etc. etc. Same pathetic dysfunction endlessly. I'm just inches away from the hassle of running ethernet through the walls of my house. Apple's cutting edge solution from the late 80's.

Even when play stream works, it's pathetically dysfunctional in other ways. Always erratic at getting simple album art to the ATV, also to my phones Remote app. Often it freezes on art and / or (this is how random it is) freezes on song info as new songs advance. Then like a cosmic joke, it sometimes does advance with each song - wait for it - to the artwork and title info of the *previous* song, like waiting for a radio DJ to tell you what played. Awesome!

Both devices can sometimes control track advance & scroll & give other info, sometimes not; it may play but no control over anything. (Of course if i want it to stop I can wait 5 minutes.) Please explain how Wi-Fi could be doing that while playing app video so well, other than ATV airplay just being a bug-riddled hot mess, as thousands have experiened. I'm trying not to be snarky but I'm deeply burnt out on hearing the same confident advice from apologists that I've wasted collective days if not weeks of my life trying to fix.

No not really, however if you were to try your equipment on someone elses network in another location you will likely find it works just fine, which is why I believe it's YOUR network that has the problem. Yes others experience issues from time to time, although it's not as common as your ridiculous suggestion, some discover it was their networks all along, others like you refuse to accept this and so far as I know likely never resolve the problem because they are looking in the wrong place. Before I go let me remind you there are more parts to YOUR network than just the wifi.

What exactly did I suggest? Let me restate my main query: if my WiFi is the problem, why does it send HiDef video that needs thousands of times more bandwith, through every app on ATV perfectly, but can't Airplay local mp3's from iTunes when, iMac and ATV are on the same Wifi signal as the cable modum? (The cable modum IS the Wi-Fi, but I've tried with a separate Netgear Wi-Fi as well.) Again, I'd love to hear a reasonable answer.

I'll put it even more simply. How could a bugged-up network send Hi-Def video perfectly? What exactly would the difference be between cable modum source and iMac iTunes source. (Besides iTunes being broken. I take it back about it definitely being ATV. iTunes, though it's getting better, has been in feature bloat funkytown since I can remember.) If you answer that I'll issue a full apology.

One more question. Let's say there is an innate difference between how iTunes works on Wi-Fi that would be no problem if set up in another location. When all my other devices work fine with the Wi-Fi RIGHT HERE, how does that not lead to the conclusion iTunes is not up to snuff? Is making products comparably impervious to others in preventing interference not a responsibility of a design staff? But no, the onus is on us to work out all the problems they should have. Same way Apple puts out buggy / under-tested updates and uses first adopters as de facto beta testers. (Including an iOS update that fried my iPhone 4S's Wi-Fi antennae. Google that one and get back to me on how that's also my responsibility to work out. I found Apple's favorite solution: buy a new iPhone. If I wasn't dug in with Apple equiptment it would have been a Samsung.)