Apple TV quits playing music after one song

'm a new Apple TV owner. The first couple days were fine. I've updated the software.
When I select music to play from my Mac, it will play a song or two and then quit.
I have my HDMI directly to the TV; and I have an optical audio directly to my BOSE home theater system.
The Apple TV box LED blinks when this happens. I can restart the songs, but it only lasts about a song before it drops again.

Is the music in a playlist, is it by any chance set to skip when shuffled in iTunes. Is your music checked in iTunes.

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