Music stops playing on MS Surface when screen turns off.

I've also noticed that it matters if my Surface 2 is plugged in the power adapter or not. If it's plugged in to a power source, playback is more likely to continue once the screen goes black. If not plugged in, playback is more likely to stop between songs without advancing. Ideally, playback would be uninterrupted once the screen goes black, even when a power source is not plugged in.

It looks like this conversation has been going on for over a year with no resolution. I just tried Amazon cloud player and it stopped when the screen blanked.

When can we expect a fix?

It happens with both, but the behavior is inconsistent and seems situational. Sometimes I will listening to local files (files in SkyDrive that are "available offline") and playback will be fine. Other times the same local files will not advance between songs once the screen goes black OR the songs will only advance after a long delay (30secs+ of no playback).

But the behavior is much more common when streaming. I will reiterate though, if I time out of a WiFi connection that requires some sort of verification to reestablish the connection, all functionality of the Xbox music ap ceases, even if I reconnect to the network. The ap will stop searching, won't be able to play even local songs, and just looses all functionality.

Hope this helps.

Greetings,

When the screen turns off while music is playing in Xbox Music, are you playing Local music, Streaming, or does it do it with both?

I don't use the Xbox Video ap so I can't speak to that. But I have noticed two things:

1. I experience the same behavior on the Nokia MixRadio ap when playing songs from my local library. When playing locally stored songs using that ap, playback will not advance if a song finishes while the Surface's screen is black. I feel like this may have something to do with the way that the Surface manages aps while it's in standby.
2. The Xbox Music ap has A LOT of trouble if it loses internet conection or can't connect to SkyDrive. I frequently use a WiFi connection that times out, and has SkyDrive websites blocked. I've noticed that once the internet connection times out, the music ap essentially breaks- it won't be able to play even locally stored songs, and it won't be able to search for anything (get's trapped in an endless loading loop). Also, I've noticed that the ap runs a lot smoother when SkyDrive access isn't blocked.

I really think both of these issues are development glitches.