Apple TV 4K Switching input to AirPlay on Received when Netflix or iTunes Movie Starts Playing

I want sound to prossesed by the reiver..

Diana is correct. I set my audio out to receiver and it goes to airplay Anytime a movie is played. The sound is great but no pic. Go back to Apple TV input and I have a pic but no sound. Not sure why this setting is even in here. I would rather let my receiver handle all audio, it will do a much better job then Apple. By resetting your system, it defaulted back to Apple TV audio which fixed the issue. I can’t find an answer to this problem so I am going to ask Apple direct how to make the receiver handle audio, which is what this option does, but make it keep the picture as well.

I fixed this by changing “audio output” to be “Apple TV” and nothing else. If your Apple TV is connected to an amp it can sure that here.

No idea what this does, switching it to “Apple TV” results in no issues either.

Setting found her: settings > video and audio > audio output.

Hi Helicosw. Just to clarify, when you set the Audio Output to Apple TV, that actually sends it to the HDMI output. If Apple TV is connected to the A/V receiver by HDMI, the receiver will get the audio.

The issue is that the TV is now being the audio controller .. ergo, volume up and down are now through the TV, though the receiver is actually processing the audio ... essentially, you can no longer do volume up or down through the receiver when this issue happens and or when you chose .. Apple TV as the audio output.. because of this issue (and I am sure the OP had the same) is that I now have to manually go to the receiver and manually turn up the volume via the knobs ... no longer through the remote... I want volume control (up / down) to be the receiver ... NOT the TV

I am experiencing the exact same issue with just a different AVR. My Marantz 1608 switches over to Media Center just fine, but as soon as you hit play on a Netflix movie/show, it switches over to Airplay. I'd love to hear if others are having this issue and how they corrected it.

I had this problem too with my Yahama RX-V681, and it was maddening. Since the Apple TV provided my receiver as an option for the sound, it seemed like the right thing to choose since that's what I want to handle the sound output.

After considering the symptoms and the solution I think I have a better understanding of why this was happening and why the Apple TV would have this setting. I think it would be better labeled as "AirPlay Audio Output". The believe the dropdown displays all available AirPlay targets. I think this would be used in the case that you have the HDMI connected to your TV, but want the audio to be routed elsewhere that's not connected to the TV. (Like say if you had a pair of HomePods.) In the case of the HDMI-connected receiver that also listens for AirPlay, the behavior is quite unfortunate since the AirPlay connection is given priority and the input on the receiver switches from the HDMI audio/video from the Apple TV to the audio-only AirPlay data being sent from the Apple TV.

Exactly as rush has stated.. I see no reason why Apple AirPlay is turned on and pushed out as a signal when an HDMI cable is used ... perhaps there should be another audio option available to show / state AirPlay signal and thus leave 3 options total

1) Apple TV

2) receiver

3) Apple AirPlay

I have the same issue with a Marantz 1608. To get this right the Apple TV audio output should be set to AppleTV. In this case I have a picture but the sound is either "stereo" or "Multi channel in" instead of the Dolby formats.

Has anybody an idea how to solve this?

Hi. Be sure your Apple TV audio output is set to Apple TV. Hard to say what else this could be.

Same problem here with a Pioneer VSX-LX302. I turned off Airplay on the Apple TV, but any movie channel switches to Airplay.

Also having this problem. Very frustrating!

Did sombody find a solution too this problem?

Hvy dosent apple tv engeners fix this?