DaveWT
Well-Known Member
A neighbour of mine posed this question... He has a second generation Apple TV and wondered if my 4th generation Apple TV works differently...
If he is on his Mac and is playing music (e.g.. youtube) via Safari on his Mac, he would like to use Airplay to hear it on his Apple TV but he would also like the audio to also come out of his Mac connected speakers or headphones. (A different room)
I experimented and started up Airplay and sent my Mac stuff to my Apple TV. The sound came out on the TV in the family room. Then I went to the menu bar and under the speaker icon, there was a check mark next to "Apple TV" but there was also a choice for
Headphones. I clicked on the "headphones" line that appeared there. It became checked too but the "Apple TV" item also remained checked suggesting both outputs were in play. However the sound then came out at my Mac but was no longer playing in the family room on the TV.
Is it possible to have it in both places? And if not why do they show both "Apple TV" and "Headphones" outputs selected under the speaker icon in the menu bar at that time?
If he is on his Mac and is playing music (e.g.. youtube) via Safari on his Mac, he would like to use Airplay to hear it on his Apple TV but he would also like the audio to also come out of his Mac connected speakers or headphones. (A different room)
I experimented and started up Airplay and sent my Mac stuff to my Apple TV. The sound came out on the TV in the family room. Then I went to the menu bar and under the speaker icon, there was a check mark next to "Apple TV" but there was also a choice for
Headphones. I clicked on the "headphones" line that appeared there. It became checked too but the "Apple TV" item also remained checked suggesting both outputs were in play. However the sound then came out at my Mac but was no longer playing in the family room on the TV.
Is it possible to have it in both places? And if not why do they show both "Apple TV" and "Headphones" outputs selected under the speaker icon in the menu bar at that time?