Continuum with Groove Music - what am I missing here?

[6029KingStephen]

I have a 950XL and got the Display Dock from Microsoft to go with it.

I really only have one use case for it, but to me it's an important one - playing my Groove Music content through the TV and so through the home cinema kit connected to it.

I have run into what seems like a show-stopper issue for this use - as soon as the phone screen times out, the music stops playing. And I cannot set the screen timeout interval to any longer than 5 minutes. I thought, ah I can just restart the music from the lock screen, but no, it doesn't allow that :angry:

Am I missing something here? All I want to do is to connect up the phone, start playing an album or playlist, and just leave it playing through my TV, the way I can to a bluetooth speaker, for instance. Thanks for any help you can offer

 

[mooro26]

Ditto. Can't find a workaround.

 

[6029KingStephen]

Please vote for this issue on the Windows Feedback app, and fingers crossed the Groove team will deal with it. Thanks.

 

[elindalyne]

It's something they're working on... but check out this for now - Turn off your phone's display during Continuum with this simple app | Windows Central

 

[6029KingStephen]

I think I need the opposite to that! An app that prevents the phone from timing out when Continuum is in use playing media.

 

[mcbeastly]

Still have the same problem over 12 months later. Is this really being addressed?

 

[daimv]

Frustrating, yeah. But meanwhile I think the "Blackout for Continuum" app will let you have your phone screen off and prevent it from locking, which should work fine for you.

 

[sketchy9]

The latest insider build allowed you to set the external screen to never time out, so your can play music without it stopping.

 

[Jimmy Banksss]

If you go into now playing and fullscreen it doesn't time out (without using any external apps or making any changes to timeout settings anywhere)

I use groove music on continuum and it is 100% like using a full PC (I checked).

That's one of the main uses that I use continuum for. When I am doing something intensive on my laptop, I plug in continuum to my other monitor, to lighten the load on my laptop.

 

[SlideWRX]

Glad I found this. I'm using blackout for continuum and my phone is noticeably cooler running.