Apple tv home share issues

I have 2 AP2. One sees my library and the other doesn't even though I have logged in with the proper particulars. Is the Appletv defective or should I do something? I've resetted but not restored. (ethernet)
thanks

Well,
I suddenly saw the Airplay icon today. It shows up when I am connected to the main router ( I forgot to mention that all my devices are connected to a router via an access point). So when connecting Apple TV to the default gateway (main router) and iPhone to the access point (or vice versa), I can use Airplay and Mirroring. I do not know WHY??
Can any one tell.
Does it happen that Access point close some of the ports opened by the main router?

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Been browsing all the home share issues here but not seeing this symptom. I have 4 comps on the same wired network. Upgraded all to the newest itunes and activated home share with the same account on all...sharing options all checked and turned on.
This issue is on one of the 4 comps. I can see the other 3 home share libraries, but when I click on one it says "loading xxx library" but then after a few seconds the window goes back to the music library on that computer...it never shows the other libraries on any of the other home share comps. I can access the folders on those machines directly over the network...even can play the songs on them using Tunes as the music player. But I can not get those libraries to show up from the home share function.
Any ideas out there ?. I don't even know what to tinker with at this point.

Same issue for me. 3 pc's running iTunes 9.0.1, two on Vista and one on XP. My daughter's PC (running Vista) can see the other libraries on the Home Share but clicking on it only briefly shows my Library and then the focus returns to her Library. Additionally she can no longer connect to the iTunes store as the progress bar simply stalls at around 50% when clicking on the iTunes store icon.
No internet issues from her laptop - she's able to do everything (and see our network) as she always has been.

Why won't Apple TV Home Share with my iMac?

Why won't Apple TV Home Share with my iMac? I have no problem Home Sharing with MacBook Pro. I have set up all Sharing settings on my iMac exactly the same as my MacBook Pro. The operating system on my iMac and MacBook Pro is the same (OS X Mountain Lion - 10.8.4).

shared lib was around long before appletvs
in the form of computers on the same network being able to access eachothers shared lib in itunes
if you can do that from your macbook pro as in access the shared lib of the imac
then the problem is with the appletv somehow
if you also can't access the shared lib of the imac from the macbook then you setup something wrong
or have a firewall blocking it or are not on the same network with the 2 devices
if the later when you fix the shared lib between computers chances are if will also be fixed from the appletv

HT3819 Home Share issue: I have a Mac and Apple TV. Both are log into the same Wifi network and the same iTunes account (I can view purchased movies on AppleTV). Home Sharing shows 'ON' for both devices. BUT...AppleTV shows no computers. Itunes sidebar-no

Has anyone else found solution to Apple devices not 'seeing' each other on Home Share? I have a Macbook Air (new Nov'12) and Apple TV (new Dec'12). Software updated on both. Both are logged into the same Wifi network and the same iTunes account (I can view movies purchased from iTunes on my AppleTV). Home Sharing shows 'ON' for both devices. BUT...AppleTV shows no computers... and ... Itunes sidebar does not have a 'Shared' area at all. Help please as without this functionality, my Apple TV only provides portal to purchased (i.e. Netflix,...) content which I can get from Wii or Xbox.
I have already tried the following without success:
1. Homeshare DID work the first day after I setup Apple TV... but the next day it has not worked since then.
2. Powered off 30 sec then re-started (Apple TV & Macbook & iTunes login)
3. Checked Firewall settings per Home Sharing troubleshooting guide (correct settings)
4. Turning on Photostream in iPhoto and selecting iPhoto within iTunes and then checking to see if Photostream shows anything on AppleTV (it shows 'on' for my iTunes account but 'Zero' pictures found ... despite the >3,000 pictures showing avail in iTunes).
I also have 'Remote" app on my iPhone 4, with Home Sharing turned on (same Wifi network)... it has a very similar message as the Apple TV and same result that despite all devices having HomeShare 'on' they cannot see each other: "Remote will automatically find the iTunes libraries and Apple TVs that have Home Sharing turned on using the account xxxx (it lists my correct itunes account name)."

I solved this by reset of the Wifi (unplug cable and power to both modem and wifi ... wait 60 sec ... plug in modem cable and power ... plug in wifi power and LAN to modem ... restart AppleTV and Mac ... Turn Home Share 'OFF' in iTunes then back "ON" ... it took ~60 sec for the AppleTV to pick up my Mac in computers.

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I have my my music libary on my Mac and I have a windows PC (work) I am trying to import movies and music from my MAC to windows laptop. When I try to import a song i get a message that says "AUTHORIZATION IS NEEDED TO ACCESS 0" when i try a movie I get the same message or "network has timed out". i also get a message "THE URL 0 COULD NOT BE FOUND ON THE SERVER"
I just did a test in reverse I imported from my windows laptop library to my MAC library and that worked fine?
Is there some kind of fix for this? Does this "sharing" really work?
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Message was edited by: cazzie98

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This is a re-post. Moving to the correct spot (hopefully).
Please remove my post from
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2153694&tstart=0
I have two machines. With iTunes 8, sharing was working just fine. Upgraded to 9 - No more sharing.
I have found something interesting. Seems like everyone is troubleshooting firewall ports, playlist settings, file permissions, ect.
Is it possible the 'credentials' for the home share are not being passes properly?
Try this.
STEP1:
Advanced Menu>Turn On Home Share
Enter Apple ID and password.
Click create 'create home share'.
DO NOT CLICK DONE!
TEST1:
Under the shared menu, right click on home sharing, click 'open in new window'.
Notice that your credentials are missing.
TEST2:
Double click 'Home Sharing'. Again, no username shown.
Test3:
Click the Down arrow next to home sharing. It should 'minimize' home sharing. Click it again, home sharing comes back. Click on home share. Again, Apple ID.
Any way we can test this? What port does this thing talk over on the LAN?
Any script we can test with the iTunes COM?

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I had been having problems with Home Sharing while other functions (Netflix etc) worked fine. My setup is wireless using Time Capsule. My network was "open" (password not needed). I had tried everything from recycling my DSL modem and Time Capsule and turning Home Sharing off and on (on my computer and the Apple TV) without success.
My Time Capsule has the ability to connect at 5GHz or 2.4GHz. Additionally, my networks may or may not be password protected. I finally changed to a network that required a password and my Home Shareing issue ended. Since that network change everything works fine.

I was going crazy trying to play music from my Itunes library and watch slideshows of my photos as, once started, the application would quit within a minute of starting. I called Apple Support and tried everything they sughgested - restart, restore etc. Finally, I turned my router off and let it reset. When I turned it back on. everything worked. I could have saved a lot of aggravation had I been instructed to do so originally.

Can different apple IDs home share and share i tunes/app purchases?

Can different apple IDs in a household home share on the devices and share i tunes/app purchases?

Thanks for the reverse thinking Winston, but the thing is my original apple ID is really old, and correspond to an email service provider I no longer trust in terms of stability, availability of the service or which ever other expression you might want to link to reliability.
This is why when I created my iCloud profile and started using multiple OS and OSX devices I decided to have a different ID. One that will help me take advantage of the Cloud benefits, Apple TV, email sync, iTunes Match and everything else.
Apple support told me there will be no problem setting my iCloud ID as my primary; only that the original would remain associated to the store and the credit card.
(BTW; Let’s just remember apple IDs cannot be merged)
The problem now, however, is that somehow everything has gotten mixed between devices. Until the moment I am writing here and at the same time, I am carrying some instructions from another forum:
- In all of your devices:
Sign out from iCloud
Sign out from iTunes
Sign in to iCloud with your preferred apple ID
Sign in to iTunes with your original (credit card related) apple ID
All of your movies, photos, music and so on, should look the same in all devices.
I hope this helps someone.
Cheers!!!

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Got a PC, installed iTunes, set up Home Sharing. Everything went fine, shared the music, huzzah!
The problems came when I wanted to move some of my movies over to the new machine. Only 5 of my 70+ movies are showing up in home sharing. And it's an odd collection. Some iTunes purchases show up, some most don't. Some rips show up, most don't. Any ideas?

I have not figured this out....and no one else has replied with any ideas...it's very frustrating...the home share seems to work on 3 of 4 comps

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I was having some remote and keyboard issues so I reset my AppleTV to it's original settings and updated it. Good news is my remote and keyboard are now working fine. Bad news is, none of my Home Sharing is working. My Apple TV and iTunes have Home Sharing turned on with the proper AppleID. When I select "Computers" from the main menu of AppleTV I should be able to see my iTunes library. Instead I get "To access your iTunes library on AppleTV, turn on Home Sharing in iTunes..."
My AppleTV has the latest software update, my AirPort is working fine, and I'm running the latest version of iTunes on Mac OS X. I've gone through all of the trouble shooting tips and I'm stumped.
Help!

Hi JimmyNorth,
If you are having issues Home Sharing to your Apple TV, you may find the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful (apologies if you have already seen it):
Apple Support: Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Regards,
- Brenden

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Both of my Apple Tv's loose connection on occation. My recurring problem which has became worse is home sharing. It's so bad with Itunes 11!! Everytime I want to use the apple tv it seems like everytime I have to restart it and itunes. Anybody else having these issues?

Home sharing has never worked for me since updating to the latest iTunes and Apple TV software. It also rarely worked before, that's why I updated in the first place.
I have an Apple TV 2nd generation, updated to the latest version. I have iTunes on a Windows 7 desktop PC and updated to the latest version. Both are connected to the Internet via an ethernet connection. I wired the connection to the Apple TV after people said it was more reliable, but that is not the case for me unfortunately. Sharing works flawlessly from the same PC to both iPhones in the house as well as an iPad, but not the Apple TV.
It is very puzzling how this basic feature has been so difficult to implement with the Apple TV. Anyone have a Roku, does it have a similar feature that actually works as advertised?

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I set up homeshare successfully and had no problems with authorizing any computer within my network. However now that I can access my computers via homeshare I am not able to import songs onto my other computers.
Anyone know how to fix this or is anyone having the same issues?

They still won't play if you can't authorize them, even if you transfer them by USB.
Do a right-click > Get Info on one of those tracks. Look at the Summary tab, and see if "Purchased By" or "Account Info" has any tiny difference between a track that did transfer OK. Does one have a lower case letter and the other does not? You might have to contact itunes store customer service.
Mine still all play (knock on wood) but I have noticed through the years, Apple has changed my "Purchased By" details several times. Just lately they have all changed to the Ping display name I briefly had in place. The "Account Info" (email) has stayed the same, though.

My apple tv home share is slow

My streaming from my computer to my Apple TV has slowed down considerabally and is almost unuseable. This behavior is new. I tried resetting without luck.

Have you tried a restore? Rebooting router?
In case you haven't had a look
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

IPad & iPhone not showing correct Home Share (Apple TV is!)

I have setup Home Sharing in iTunes and have enable it across iPad & iPhone and they are both using the correct Apple ID
The problem I have is that my Movies and TV Shows that I have recently added are not showing up on the Home Share on iPad or iPhone.
The Home Share is setup for Apple TV and everthing is fine.
I have:
Disabled Home Share and re-enabled it
Restarted iTunes several times.
I have deleted one file that was visable on iPad and that now no longer appears - So there is a connection but I'm not sure where the iPad is looking?
On iPad I have two different TV Shows displayed but multipe copies of them are showing: See image: When
Eg, Series 1 Episode 1-10 are showing 5 times if not more
I have now reset my iPad and the issue still exists.
Any idea's appreciated.
Thanks
Steven

Hi,
sure i can. The automatic correction is an enemie to me.
My last sentence based on the menu from iTunes->File->Library->Oraganize Library.
More Details:
1. Make a screenshot from your iPhone or iPad with the duplicates
2. Click in iTunes on your pc in the tv shows section an choose the duplicate tv shows.
3. Right click-> Show in finder
4. Copy the file to an external hard drive
5. Delete the entry in iTunes
Repeat that with all duplicated tv shows
6. Choose in the menu file-library-organize library.
7. Close iTunes and reopening it
8. Check on your iPhone or iPad if u have some duplicated shows.
9. Copy the removed tv shows back in the library. But only one by one
10. Testing after ever tv show if the are duplicated.
That's all.
Hope it works for you.
Best wishes

ITunes 11 Stops Responding to Bonjour Discovery Multicast Broadcasts, Why? This stops the the Apple TV 3 from being able to start a new stream from the home share and the iPad remote app can no longer see the home share too.

I'm having an issue where my Apple TV 3 and all our iPads periodically seem to loose connectivity to an iTunes home share on a Windows 7 PC. Using a network protocol analyser on the PC I have identified that the point of failure corresponds to the ATV3 sending a bonjour discovery request and getting no reply from iTunes. Why the ATV3 'forgets' where the home share is is possibly another issue but the root cause of the failure is that iTunes, or more specifically the mDNSResponder service, is not responding to the UDP multicast port 5353 broadcast discovery packet sent by the ATV3 or iPad. The mDNSResponder service does start responding again after iTunes is restarted thus making the home share accessible once more, however, this frequent drop out is unacceptable and often happens after only a single TV show has been watched from the home share making the solution unworkable for a family, we simply cannot be restarting iTunes constantly it ruins the user experience completely!
The nature of this failure indicates that the ATV3, the iPads, the host PC and network are all working correctly and the point of failure here is the lack of response to the bonjour discovery protocol with the net result of either a spinning 'connecting to home share' message or the home share just disappearing from the computers section.
If there is a configuration fix for this please let me know as I haven't located a fix! Otherwise this seems very much to be a code flaw in iTunes 11 or the mDNSResponder and I would appreciate some input from Apple! Going on other questions in these forums it would seem the problem is not limited to Windows PCs but also Macs too. NB: This is not a TCP issue, when the ATV3 or iPad knows the IP of the iTunes server all works flawlessly, it just periodically they seem to refresh the list of home shares and at this point they loose the information about the home share they have just been using because of the non-response to the UDP multicast discovery broadcast packet, that is arriving at the host PC and isn't being blocked by the firewall.
Many Thanks!

In my case there was no import from a former mac.
My problem (at least mine) is that no app that offers media sharing works properly. Neither itunes home sharing nor AirVideo nor EyeTV sharing.
So I'm pretty sure that this is network issue.
Adding another user on my mac and sharing a new library works not also. But sharing from another laptop in my WiFi works. So this has to be a network issue on my mac, not only my user, but an issue of the whole system.
But I'm not willing to reinstall MacOS X for that if I don't have to.

HT4363 I have 2 iMacs with the home share activated using the same account ID and password, but only 1 computer at a time will show up on the main Apple TV "computers" menu. Can I have more than 1 computer sharing?

Will ALL computer's home sharing show up on the "computer's" main menu on the Apple TV screen, and if so, can I switch between computers while they are using the "home share" feature?

This should not be a problem, I have a mix of Apple & PC libraries on the ATV.
Looks like you have another issue going on there, perhaps one of your computers is going to sleep or something.

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