Mac Won't play sound through Apple TV

So I've been using Apple TV with all my devices for quite some time now and it works great. One of the issues I constantly run into when using my 2012 Macbook Air is if I open safari and navigate to a video, then decide I want to Air Play that video through Apple TV the video will carry over but the sound remains on my Mac. When I open sound preferences it gives me the option to select Apple TV as the output but it immediately, and automatically switches the sound output back to Mac Speakers. A reboot of the mac fixes this every time, but i'm wondering if there's an easier way to solve this problem that doesnt involve wasting time restarting my system..

many repport that restarting their wifi router or updating it's firmware fix that issue

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It does recognise DVD's but no audio cd's whatsoever, originals, burned ones. You name it. As I don't use CD's a lot the newest CD dates from 2003, but that can't be it, can it?
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Am I going para? Where did my post go? It's totally gone, not even under 'my posts' or anywhere...
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