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Smooth YouTube playback on Apple TV

Follow these tips to get the smoothest YouTube playback on Apple TV, with fewer drop-outs.

Mac OS

Do not use the Airplay icon in the menubar to connect to the Apple TV:

Airplay menu

Instead, find the Airplay menu in the YouTube video:

Airplay menu in YouTube

Select your Apple TV. The video will begin playing on the Apple TV in full-screen mode.

You'll see this on your Mac:

This video is playing on Apple TV

If you want to see the video progress or access the playback controls, you just need to hover over the video:

See video progress bar

iPad and iPhone

youtube_airplay.1453708090.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/01/25 07:48 by djf