Airplay not working in Music app on M1 Mac running Ventura 13.3.1

Hey there MarkC0001,

We want to help by learning more about what's happening, along with ruling out some possible causes:

1. When did this start to occur with the Apple Music app?
2. Sometimes unexpected behavior can be resolved with a restart. Check out the section ‘Restart your Mac' here: Shut down or restart your Mac
3. If you have a different device that you use with AirPlay and Apple Music, does that device have any issues using the same speakers you mentioned?

Cheers!

Hi MarkC0001,

Thanks for providing further information. Let's start by ensuring all devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. For the purpose of troubleshooting, let's also disconnect your Mac from ethernet if it is connected. Once you've done that, please again restart the Mac, and also restart your AirPlay devices and the network hardware (router, modem). After you've completed those steps, let's test to see if you are able to use AirPlay on your Mac.

Cheers!

I had been using airplay from Mac Studio from Music app to my Kef wireless 2 speakers fairly frequently. I'm not sure or not the latest MacOs software undid that ability to airplay to the speakers,, but that indeed is what happened during the last couple of days. I tried almost every trick, made sure network was on same network etc, I almost gave up,, because spending ½ days trying to get it going again. After reading Jeff_W post,, I decided to unplug my Ethernet cable from Mac,, and lo and behold, it was working fine again. Thank you,, looks like I found a simple but effective solution as unplugging ethernet. Obviously, I still have Wifi from router working. I'm trying to figure out, why the Ethernet was interfering ? I might, just out of curiosity, reconnect the ethernet, and still see if my airplay to speakers is still working. My bet it will,, but at least, perhaps if goes haywire again, I know how to fix.