My Apple TV is connected to a receiver. When I start playing a show on Netflix, or even rewind back a bit and start playing again there's a 2 to 3 second delay before the audio starts playing. During that time it looks like the receiver is trying to decode the signal. Has anyone else experienced this? It's kind of annoying.
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Audio takes a few seconds to start playing
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Yes i am in same boat; no matter i use Netflix, youtube or any video app, there is slight delay (i would say close to 1 second) before you can actually hear the audio. Mine is Apple TV4 connected via HDMI to my TV and audio is sent via HDMI ARC to my receiver.
The delay is normal for some receivers when switching between two channel PCM and a bitstream signal. That delay in decoding can be exacerbated by running the signal through your TV(or other device) first.
My old Yamaha receiver did it. Thankfully my newer Yamaha receiver is almost instantaneous when it starts decoding.
Has anyone solved this yet? I have about a 7 second delay going from ATV4 through HDMI splitter with optical out into my Bose Lifestyle 35 optical port. This is the only way I can get both surround sound AND sound with the TV off but the delay is really annoying/
