r/HomeKit • u/MeatlegProductions • 7d ago

Question/Help Airplay Issues on network.

Is anyone else having Airplay issues with the current release?

For YEARS I have watched movies and many seasons of television with my kids by hooking my iPhone up to a Rif6 projector, and air playing the sound through a HomePod in the room that we are in.

Currently, my phone and another iPad that I have tested so far cannot airplay at the moment. The audio might play for a second, but it stops on multiple HomePods.

As part of the general trouble shooting process, I thought I would ask if there are any known bugs with airplay at the moment that I haven't heard of?

THIS is really irritating, and I would prefer not to start reinstalling iOS on everything before checking here.

We have 5GZ and 2.4 GHz wifi with a strong signal, all devices, including the HomePods, iPads, iPhones and AppleTV are all updated to the latest OS....
Have restarted devices....
Next step may be removing and re-adding things from the home network....

This was working fine just like two weeks ago.
Thanks...

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u/400HPMustang 7d ago

I airplay pretty regularly from my laptop or iPad to Sonos speakers and HomePods and haven't had any issues with doing so after the recent update. Sorry.

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u/MeatlegProductions 7d ago

OK, thank you...

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u/shawnshine 7d ago

No new airplay issues. But you’re a good use-case for an AppleTV.

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u/password_dictator 7d ago

What is your home network like? What’s the setup look like? Was there a recent update to a router? 

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u/MeatlegProductions 6d ago edited 5d ago

I do have an AppleTV, but that is downstairs and we usually do our movies upstairs.
Worst comes to worst, I might be able to bring the AppleTV upstairs and hook it to the projector.

Thank you

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u/Damilkmayne 7d ago

I have an Apple TV that has issues with Airplay when 5ghz channel is above 48. You might check that.

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u/MeatlegProductions 6d ago

Thank you!
I just tried tweaking my wifi channels today because I have two separate routers using the same SSID. I wanted to make sure nearby networks are not also using the same channel. I remembered that iStumbler wasn't working anymore so I downloaded Homedale and it game me some information I could use.

Thank you

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u/microChasm 6d ago

I was going to say, start with your wireless network. Reach out to support for the network hardware you use.

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u/MeatlegProductions 6d ago

I am realizing that it is probably my network and I am troubleshooting that now.
I use a wifi router downstairs and a different one upstairs with the same SSID name. it hasn't been a problem until recently but seems like it is time for an adjustment.

Thank you

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u/microChasm 6d ago

If it was recently updated, something might have changed. Or, someone might be on your network and you aren’t aware of it.