Apple TV 4, tvOS 10.2 (14W265). Plex version 1.9 (5581). PMS version 3.0.1 on Ubuntu.
For some strange reason auto-play will stop after a few episodes as if it’s waiting for input to plat the next episode. I start by hitting play on a season like normal, it will play two or three episodes, and then stops. There won’t be any 15 second count-down at that point, it just sits and waits for my to hit the Play button on the next episode. This behaviour is only noticeable on my Apple TV devices and is not limited to any single show or any single PMS installation. I’ve played multiple seasons on two different PMS installs and they all stall out eventually on Apple TV. My Roku boxes will play the entire season end to end without any hiccups.
There’s one other thread on this issue but it’s a dead end as well. Autoplay pausing in the middle of the night which is exactly what I’ve been experiencing.
Not on Apple here, also noticing this. Would like to be able to choose how many episodes go for before it auto-stops. We’re not Netflix – we have our own collections, networks etc… I think we should be able to choose auto-play settings. Not someone else.
I can confirm the same on my Apple TV 4 and 4K. Totally random and I do not see any errors in the logs. Ironically my Apple TV 2 does not have this issue via PlexConnect. Episodes play endlessly. So it does not seem to be a Plex Media Server issue, but rather something with the tvOS app. Please resolve! Thanks a bunch :).
Follow-up… If I create a playlist for a TV show in Plex and use that on the Apple TV 4 or 4K, then all episodes play without any random stops. So it’s definitely a bug with the tvOS Plex app. Maybe a glitch with the auto-play / Up Next function?
Has there been a resolution to this? I can play 2 to 3 episodes and then it just holds. I have to manually push play to trigger the next file to play. Then it repeats.
This is also happening to me on a Roku 3 when I’m shuffling a TV series. After several episodes it will sit on the screen where it would usually be counting down but I have to manually press to watch the next episode.
This is still happening in 2019. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature (that nobody wants). You can tell because if you set the debug level to the highest on the server and look in the debug log, there’s a log entry when playback stops.
The workaround is to make a playlist of all the items you want to play and shuffle that instead – it will shuffle play forever.
This is happening on my Chromecast, as well. I agree with @WhateverWorks1728. Please allow more granular control of autoplay or default it to continuous playback.
