Apple TV shuffle play does not work like itunes

I have iTunes 12.12.4.1 library on Windows 10 laptop that I play through the "Computer" app on Apple TV 4K on my home theatre system.

I can play any song, artist, or album as normal with no issue.

What I would like to do is shuffle play an Artist's complete library of songs.

If I select from the music menu of the Apple TV the Artist option it will display all albums by the artist.

I then select the shuffle icon displayed on the same screen.

I may get some of the artists songs to play in the shuffle but then it seems the entire library (all artists) gets included in the created shuffle play list.

iTunes on my laptop will play the artists shuffled songs when exactly the same process of selection and play options as the Apple TV.

Seems like I was able to perform this Artist shuffle play previously.

Can you assist?


Posted on Jul 15, 2022 05:29 AM

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Jul 23, 2022 10:13 PM in response to BrianK90

This pat response does not address the actual original question.


The "Library" subsection of the Apple TV Music app does not access the same content as the "Music" subsection of the Computers app. Some of us choose not to sync our personal music libraries to the cloud for various and very valid reasons, therefore we rely on the Computers app to access our content.


So what we are suggesting is that the music player in the Computers app should function the same as the iTunes/Music apps on the computer itself as well as the Music app on Apple TV. Hopefully mikefromnb has submitted this observation to the product feedback link.

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