Notification to Mac Interrupts Streaming "Computer"

[HelixOmnimedia]

So I've had this issues for a long time, and I'm going to be honest - not sure if its Mac or AppleTV.


When I'm watching my own contact on AppleTV via 'Computer' - if I get a iMessage notification to my MacBook and its not answers, as soon as the notification slides away into notification centre, the stream to the AppleTV interrupts. Its boots you out of what your watching and almost resets - a quick flash of the "library/source" before loading all the computer content again.

Its one of the most annoying bugs I've come across. Especially if I'm responding to messages on iPhone, and that one time I'm not paying attention my Mac picks up the notification - it then causing the above issues.

I noticed that a Mac restart and AppleTV restart fixes the issues for a short period but it does come back... randomly.
Both Mac and ATV have been completely restored but it still happens.

Is it just me and my luck?

 

[MandiMac]

Good point, I never caught that. Would "Do not disturb" mode help, so you don't get a visual notification?

 

[waw74]

you could try an alternative way to play your media

Plex, infuse are 2 good options.
they basically turn your media into your own personal streaming service,
Both will gather information about your media, and organize it, and give you a more "Netflix like" experience.
The big advantage is while your computer must be awake, you don't have to interact with your computer to choose media.
Both are free, but both do offer a paid service with extra features.

Plex requires you to run a server on your computer, it has clients for pretty much any device you might want to watch video files on (iOS, android, tvOS, roku, most smart TVs, or any web browser)
The server will automatically convert files that aren't playable as-is on the client
It's nice because you can watch on one client, stop and pick up on another.
It also has remote connection, so if your connection supports it, you can stream to your devices when you're not at home.
You can even share your library with friends accounts,
With the paid service you can sync media to your devices for playback with no connection.


Infuse requires you to share folders from your computer (like you would to access from another computer)
It does all the scanning on the aTV,
The paid service is required to play certain file types

I use plex, and have played with infuse, which is why there's less info