Open Radar

 
04-Jan-2013 Joris Kluivers:
Summary:
When streaming music from iTunes on Mac OS X to the Apple TV music sometimes stops playing when one song ends and another should start playing.

Steps to Reproduce:
- Start playing a playlist or start playing music and have at least multiple other songs in the Up Next list.
- At some point music on the Apple TV stops playing in between songs.

Expected Results:
The next song in the Up Next list should have started.

Actual Results:
In case iTunes is just streaming to the Apple TV music stops playing, with 2 seconds left in the song indicated by -0:02 in iTunes.

In case iTunes is streaming to multiple speakers music keeps on playing on all speakers, except the Apple TV which stops.

Notes:
- I own a second generation AppleTV
- I'm not using song cross fading.
- This only happens when streaming from iTunes on the Mac. Streaming from an iOS device doesn't show these stalls.
- Seems easier to reproduce shortly after waking the Apple TV from sleep
- Multiple speakers in my case happen to be iTunes on a MacBook Pro, AirPort Express first generation and AppleTV. Only the AppleTV stops playing, iTunes and AirPort Express continue playing.
- More people experiencing the same problem: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2697498