Airplay question.

[Lspice]

Hi everyone. I just got a 4K Apple TV. I have never utilized airplay very much, but I have streaming websites I love now and I em excited to use it. Here is my problem:

When I am streaming a show and then I move over to the Amazon app (shopping, not prime video), the show will stop and the Amazon ads will at start playing on the Apple TV instead. Is there anyway to stop this from happening, or do I have to avoid apps that might have video while I am using Airplay? Thank you for the help in advance!

 

[techwarrior]

Hi everyone. I just got a 4K Apple TV. I have never utilized airplay very much, but I have streaming websites I love now and I em excited to use it. Here is my problem:

When I am streaming a show and then I move over to the Amazon app (shopping, not prime video), the show will stop and the Amazon ads will at start playing on the Apple TV instead. Is there anyway to stop this from happening, or do I have to avoid apps that might have video while I am using Airplay? Thank you for the help in advance!

Airplay can often be enabled from within an app. Or, it can be used to mirror your device, when activated from Control Center.

When you mirror, everything that is in the foreground will display and\or stream audio to the ATV. If you are in an app and press the airplay icon, it will stream the content from that app, whether it is in the foreground, or background.

I frequently watch video from Safari. The controls that appear if I gently press on the video that is playing bring up pause\resume, stop, etc. There is an airplay icon there as well (triangle pointing to the bottom of a rectangle). If I press this Airplay icon, I am free to use other apps on the iOS device and the video continues streaming.

Same is trump in Mac, there is an Airplay icon on the menu bar that mirrors the entire Mac, or from within Safari or other apps, there is an airplay icon.

Many iOS apps support airplay from within the app, same with Mac apps.

 

[Hermes Monster]

It depends on the steaming source as to wether it will continue working while you do something else. Doesn’t sound like the site you’re using supports it

 

[Lspice]

I am using Admit One through safari. So, if I’m watching a show in a website in safari and simply go to the Amazon app, the video keeps playing just fine. I can go to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Flipboard. I can open a new tab and come here and go to reddit and the show keeps play. But then I go to amazon and do a search for Super Mario Odyssey and the Apple
TV menu comes up for a split second and then a Nintendo Switch ad starts playing from Amazon. I just don’t understand it. I guess I just need to stay away from Amazon when I am watching.

 

[techwarrior]

I am using Admit One through safari. So, if I’m watching a show in a website in safari and simply go to the Amazon app, the video keeps playing just fine. I can go to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Flipboard. I can open a new tab and come here and go to reddit and the show keeps play. But then I go to amazon and do a search for Super Mario Odyssey and the Apple
TV menu comes up for a split second and then a Nintendo Switch ad starts playing from Amazon. I just don’t understand it. I guess I just need to stay away from Amazon when I am watching.

Ok, so how are you enabling Airplay? Via Control Panel on iOS (Swipe up and press Screen Mirroring), or from the player controls within safari? If from within Safari, it should only stream Safari content, so if you browse with the other apps, they should not airplay. If you are opening another Safari tab, I guess it would potentially airplay. You can always use another browser so the only media in Safari is the video you are viewing. Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Opera are a few alternatives.

 

[Lspice]

I start the video from the player in the browser. I have no idea why this is happening. I just need to avoid the Amazon app. The Amazon website doesn’t do it.