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Alessandro De Santo

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Aug 16, 2020
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Hello to everybody i just buy M1 Mac mini and i would to use an Homepod mini like speaker for the Mac mini for saw video on youtube or netflix

it's possible to do this? somebody already try? any latency problem?

Hello from Italy.......
 

Steve156

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Oct 18, 2022
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I'm trying to do the very same thing with my Studio and it's been a frustrating experience. You need to reconnect Airplay every time you reboot and it seems to randomly lose sound even though it's still showing connected. So far, only a reboot of the HomePod Mini brings sound back. I'm about to bin the idea and get something I can simply plug into the 3.5mm jack.
 

Alessandro De Santo

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Aug 16, 2020
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i found a video on youtube with some fix problem


one fix it's about the Airplay connection after reboot.....you can try.....
 

Steve156

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Oct 18, 2022
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I had every intention of doing that, however, that only addresses the limitation that Airplay needs to be restarted on reboot, it doesn't solve the HomePod Mini going silent whilst still connected.
 

Alessandro De Santo

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Aug 16, 2020
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ok understand.....but when it's connect do you have any problem with video on youtube or VLC or netflix? Audio and video are synchronized? you press play and audio and video start or audio arrive some second later?
 

Steve156

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Oct 18, 2022
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ok understand.....but when it's connect do you have any problem with video on youtube or VLC or netflix? Audio and video are synchronized? you press play and audio and video start or audio arrive some second later?
When it works, it works fine. To be fair, I’ve only used it on YouTube but there wasn’t any sync problems
 

Steve156

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Oct 18, 2022
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Just for info, I appear to have solved the random drops outs in sound whilst still being connected, and to recap, the only way to get sound back was to select a different speaker output then reselect the HomePod Mini....and repeat to fade...

What solved it was turning off the 5Ghz wifi on my TP-Link router and solely using 2.4Ghz for wifi. I'm fortunate that anything that would have benefitted from 5Ghz is also hardwired.
 

Basic75

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ok understand.....but when it's connect do you have any problem with video on youtube or VLC or netflix? Audio and video are synchronized? you press play and audio and video start or audio arrive some second later?
Audio arrives a second or two later, but when it arrives it's synchronised to the video. Or it delays the start of the video until both can be synchronised. Also, when your video stops or pauses you'll hear another second or two until it stops. Don't try to use the HomePod for anything interactive like a voice chat.
 
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