AirPod Removal Causing Audio Across the House to Stop

[jakegoat]

Hi there, I’m running 15+ Sonos devices across my property and am just switching to Roon vs native Sonos support. So much learning for me in this ecosystem but I was specially wondering how to stop this:

When I take my AirPods out - connected to my laptop - all audio in the house stops. Looks like this user had something similar. The answer - very much appreciated as it is! - feels like a hack. Is there a way to shut down AirPlay and all the rest to just rely on SonosNet?

Airpods Causing Roon to Stop

Networking Gear & Setup Details: Intel NUC i3 with 8 Gig RAM connected directly to Google Fiber router. 2-terabyte SSD with Library connected to NUC via USB. Connected Audio Devices: Cambridge Audio CXN-V2; Cambridge Audio DACMAGIC 200; three Sonos One speakers via Airplay. Number of Tracks in Library: 50, 941 Description of Issue I did a search but did not find anything on this issue, but it happens everytime I use my Airpods while Roon is playing. Basically, if I stop using the Airpods…

Thanks folks!

[bearFNF]

I have seen others with this issue. You could try just turning off Automatic Ear detection in the earpods.

[daniel]

Hi @jakegoat,
Thanks for writing in to ask about this issue. I would advise trying what @bearFNF suggested and let us know if you are still having issues.

[jakegoat]

Unfortunately I use that AirPod functionality all the time for work so disabling it isn’t an option. It feels like the problem is tied to the OSX Roon client - isn’t there a fix to be made there?

[connor]

Hi @jakegoat,

Thanks for posting.

The particular behavior unfortunately depends on the order of operations - it’s handled by MacOS and is largely outside of Roon’s control.

When the Airpods are removed with an active BT connection, they instruct MacOS to send a pause command from system controls to active applications, similar to hitting the Pause button on the keyboard. When the BT connection closes before the removal is detected by the AirPods (ie. closing Roon or disconnecting the BT in MacOS settings), then the Pause command doesn’t happen. It’s a laborious workaround. Development can’t influence the behavior of MacOS, but please put in a Feature Suggestions and the Product team will investigate if there is further action we can take to improve this behavior for users.