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title: "YouTube on Apple TV"
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tags: ['apple tv', 'homepod', 'rant', 'youtube']
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date: 2020-05-15T11:22:59+00:00
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Today's post will mostly be me ranting about the YouTube app on Apple TV.<!--more--> See, I have a pretty typical Apple user setup for my TV (and as you'll maybe learn in future posts, it's not only for the TV). I have:
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* an **Apple TV**: an internet connected device on which you can install apps like Netflix, YouTube, VLC, Plex, Molotov, etc.
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* a **HomePod**: Apple's smart speaker
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* a TV (didn't see that coming, did you?)
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The sound of the Apple TV media is supposed to come out of the HomePod via the magic of **AirPlay**.
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I don't know much about AirPlay except that:
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* Apple created it, so it's supposed to work well within "[the ecosystem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4_WIPE7vo)"
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* it's a wireless application protocol to transmit sound, video and controls (play, pause, next, ...)
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* the 2nd version supports casting the same media to multiple devices
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And indeed it works really well! I can pull my iPhone out of my pocket, play a music and stream it to my HomePod. No issue here. I can also flawlessly launch a Netflix movie or show and have the sound come out of the HomePod because that's how I left it the day before.
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But when I open the YouTube app, everything falls apart.
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When launching a video, the sound consistently comes out of the TV even if the HomePod is selected in the "sound output" settings and I've been watching Netflix all day long.
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Because I'm stubborn and I don't want to use the TV speakers, here's what I **must** do every time I launch my first YouTube video:
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* Click on the video, notice the sound comes from the TV
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* Change the sound output from HomePod to TV
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* Play the video again
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* Change the sound output from TV to HomePod
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* Play the video, now the sound comes from the HomePod but it has a 2-seconds delay
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* Go to the previous menu
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* Open *another* video, notice the sound comes from the HomePod and is in sync
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* Go to the previous menu
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* Finally watch my video in peace.
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That's a bit of an instructions list, huh? Well I don't know how crappy the code of this app is but it's *the only one* that does that. Netflix, Plex, VLC, Molotov... They all manage to handle this without making me crazy. But not YouTube. Which is a pain in the neck, really.
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The only "cool" thing is that once it's fixed, it's fixed for all videos I play in a row. I know: wow. I don't know when it resets but I know that if I watch YT every day, I'll have to do this every day.
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So if by any chance a Google engineer comes across this blog post, I'd be more than happy to share my experience with them to help improve the app experience.
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And if you have any suggestions to peacefully watch YouTube on the Apple TV with an AirPlay speaker, please [reach out to me](/about-me) 😊
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This concludes my 4th post of #100DaysToOffload.
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Keywords/tags:
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#appletv #home #youtube #homepod #airplay #100DaysToOffload #HundredDaysToOffload
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