Playback stops when external screen is off

i am using a mac mini running origin. my music library is stored on a NAS. audio is output to my anthem AVM 90 via HDMI cable. playback stops when the TV is turned off, but not immediately. playback will continue for a period of time and then randomly stop. this problem also happens if the TV screen is off and i use the remote app to play music.

Hello, welcome…
What does the HDMI signal path look like? Where is the TV connected? Is it connected to an HDMI output of the AVM 90? Are you sending audio and video via the HDMI output of the Mac Mini to the TV then out to the AVM 90 via ARC?

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Debug Info as follows:

Audirvana Origin 2.5.9 (20509)

macOS 14.2.1 with 16GB physical RAM

Connected account of : Jon Orie

NETWORK
Status: available

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion:
	Globally: OFF
	Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE

UPSAMPLING:
r8brain not in use
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase linear

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: /Volumes/audio_video/music
iTunes/Music library synchronization: not synchronized
Library database path: /Users/jon/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Remote Control server:
Listening on 127.0.0.1 on port 49358

=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================

Active method: Local

Max. memory for audio buffers: 8380MB

Local Audio Engine: CoreAudio
Exclusive access: ON
Integer mode: ON
Use max I/O buffer size: OFF
Actual I/O buffer frame size: 512

Preferred device:
ATM AVM 90
Model UID:068D0100-0000-0000-001F-010380905178
UID:068D0100-0000-0000-001F-010380905178

Active Sample Rate: 44.1kHz
Hog Mode is off

Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFF

Selected device:AVM 90
Manufacturer: ATM
Model name: ATM AVM 90
Model UID: 068D0100-0000-0000-001F-010380905178
UID: 068D0100-0000-0000-001F-010380905178
ID 0xd23

9 available sample rates up to 768000Hz
32000
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
705600
768000
Audio buffer frame size : 15 to 2304 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512

Volume Control
Physical: No
Virtual: No
Max volume alert: Enabled

MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: No
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Unhandled

Device audio channels
Multichannel: 8 channels
Preferred stereo channels L:1 R:2
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1
Channel 2 unused
Channel 3 unused
Channel 4 unused
Channel 5 unused
Channel 6 unused
Channel 7 unused

Audio channels in use
Number of channels: 8
Use as stereo device only: Yes
Simple stereo device: No

1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1

Stream ID 0xd24 8 channels starting at 1
49 virtual formats:
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 192kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 192kHz
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6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 192kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 192kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 192kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 32kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 32kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 32kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 32kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 32kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 32kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 32kHz

147 physical formats
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
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7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 32kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
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3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 32kHz
3 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 32kHz
4 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 32kHz
5 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 32kHz
6 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 32kHz
7 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 32kHz
8 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 32kHz

Local devices found : 2
Device #0: ID 0xd23 AVM 90
Manufacturer: ATM
Model UID: 068D0100-0000-0000-001F-010380905178
UID: 068D0100-0000-0000-001F-010380905178
Model name: ATM AVM 90
Device #1: ID 0x49 Mac mini Speakers
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Model UID: Speaker
UID: BuiltInSpeakerDevice
Model name: Apple Inc. Mac mini Speakers

UPnP

UPnP devices found : 1
Device #0: ID 0x0 : AVM 90-588A06
UID: uuid:df8e1c72-52bf-46d0-a90f-e87e1aac651d
Location: http://192.168.1.41:40473/df8e1c72-52bf-46d0-a90f-e87e1aac651d.xml
Manufacturer: Anthem
Model name: AVM 90

Chromecast

Chromecast devices found : 2
Device #0: Basement TV
ID: d81d7eee5688636c75fc76418607c68e
Model name: BRAVIA 4K VH2
Device #1: AVM 90-588A06
ID: cab43e83c3b61b8a3cfa86a8bc8b26c5
Model name: AVM 90

The Mac Mini is connected to the AVM 90 via HDMI. No eARC or ARC. The Sony Bravia TV is connected to the AVM 90 via the HDMI output on the preamp into the eARC HDMI input on the TV. I turned off the CEC controls on the AVM 90.

If you are using the TV as the display for the Mac Mini, when you turn the TV off, it is obvious the Mac loses it’s HDMI audio handshake when the HDMI signal route is interrupted in the AVM 90…

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Okay. How do I prevent the audio from stopping when the screen is off? Is there a way to do that?

This is a question for Anthem to answer…

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Makes sense. I appreciate the help,