Problem
Music is streamed to my sound system using Apple Music and AirPlay. After an album or playlist has completed and I manually start to play a new list, the music begins to output through my MacBook instead. The AirPlay output on Apple Music still shows the receiving device as active, though said device is not receiving anything.
Internet on my MacBook is working up until the point where I manually start the next song list. After it is started, internet access dies for just the MacBook. Loading a website loads “forever”. The process of loading the website doesn’t kill itself. Every other device on the network can access the internet fine, which hints this is a localized issue.
When I try disconnecting the AirPlay device Apple Music freezes and needs to be forced quit. The reloading of Apple Music is slow. The start-up is normally very fast. Once it loads I tried selecting the AirPlay output device, but it eventually freezes out.
I have to restart the MacBook in order to recover internet access and to be able to stream via AirPlay again.
Context
I’ve tried looking at Activity Monitor to see, outside of Apple Music, what other process could be responsible for this. I couldn’t identify anything.
Using Spotify doesn’t exhibit this issue. Though it does use Spotify Connect. I don’t know how that relates to any use of AirPlay. I would prefer to continue using Apple Music due to the lossless option.
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Anyone have a similar experience? Any ideas on how to resolve this? It is annoying to have my MacBook internet “die out”, music unenable to stream, and then having to restart every time this happens.
Music is streamed to my sound system using Apple Music and AirPlay. After an album or playlist has completed and I manually start to play a new list, the music begins to output through my MacBook instead. The AirPlay output on Apple Music still shows the receiving device as active, though said device is not receiving anything.
Internet on my MacBook is working up until the point where I manually start the next song list. After it is started, internet access dies for just the MacBook. Loading a website loads “forever”. The process of loading the website doesn’t kill itself. Every other device on the network can access the internet fine, which hints this is a localized issue.
When I try disconnecting the AirPlay device Apple Music freezes and needs to be forced quit. The reloading of Apple Music is slow. The start-up is normally very fast. Once it loads I tried selecting the AirPlay output device, but it eventually freezes out.
I have to restart the MacBook in order to recover internet access and to be able to stream via AirPlay again.
Context
- MacBook Pro 16” M1 Pro
- macOS Monterey 12.5
- Apple Music streaming with hi-res lossless
- Receiving AirPlay device is a Bluesound Node 3
I’ve tried looking at Activity Monitor to see, outside of Apple Music, what other process could be responsible for this. I couldn’t identify anything.
Using Spotify doesn’t exhibit this issue. Though it does use Spotify Connect. I don’t know how that relates to any use of AirPlay. I would prefer to continue using Apple Music due to the lossless option.
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Anyone have a similar experience? Any ideas on how to resolve this? It is annoying to have my MacBook internet “die out”, music unenable to stream, and then having to restart every time this happens.
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