Virtual Channels Sound

[pmartindale]

I have an Apple 4K and a stereo pair of HomePod minis, when I select a virtual channel, the sound is fine. When the episode is over and the next episode starts, No Sound. Is it a ATV setup issue? HomePod bug? HDMI cable?

[maddox]

Please refer to this topic:

Apple TV + Channels + HomePods

HomePod audio output when paired with tvOS is unreliable when watching in Channels. Background Channels uses its own custom video player. This allows it to play back codecs and video containers directly that would otherwise have to be transcoded/remuxed to play in the tvOS/iOS system video player, which only supports h.264 and h.265 with very limited container support. The custom player also allows for many of the features you see in Channels and is not something that will change any time soo…