Annoying shut down when playing music

Can anyone help please. My mac is 6 months old has the latest OS. When I leave it playing music either in Itunes or on u tube. It shuts down to login after 15 minutes. If I am using it it does not. I have disabled all energy saving options and all "never shut down" options selected. But everytime I leave it religiously shuts down after 15 minutes.
Thanks

Hi Paul,
Take a look at the Security & Privacy settings in System Preferences, the are advanced options which are described in the article below that can create an issue like where a Mac will automatically log out after 15 minutes of inactivity.
OS X Mavericks: Set your Mac to log out when not in use
Take care,
-Jason

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