Apple tv - home sharing and AirPlay not Working.

today i got a apple tv2 and i have the ipod touch 4g and itunes on my laptop, did itunes update 10.3.1 losted my apps and music from itunes but some how back them up. updated my ipod touch to the 4.3.3 and today did the same with my apple tv 4.2.2. the thing is when i open itune and turn on home sharing and do the same on my apple tv, i cant see my music files from itunes or movies and the same if i try it on the ipod apps,cant pick up the apple tv or itunes. i dont no why i cant fix this, been doing this for 8 hours now. can some one help me out??

verify you you set up home sharing correctly:
iOS: Setting up Home Sharing on your device
also see Troubleshooting Home Sharing with Apple TV (2nd generation)
and Troubleshooting Home Sharing

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(2) Airplay icon was visible in the lower right corner of iTunes for about two minutes last night but then vanishes.
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Three and 4 way chats uses more ports (which is why 20 are set aside)
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NOTES so Far.
File Sharing during a Chat converts the Chat to Direct IM for AIM Logins
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A/V Chats are Peer-To-Peer and you can actually log out of the Buddy list and continue the chat. (The exception is using iChat 6's AIM Video relay option)
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Screen Sharing is an Audio Chat with a VNC connection along side.
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NOTES
Jabber File sharing may possibly be on port 1080 as listed in the Server Article I linked you to (I have also seen it written about in other stuff I have come across)
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Most time it will be peer-to-peer like the AIM connections for this.
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AppleCare and Geniuses.
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2. The Netgear router model is: WNDR3700.    <<<<--- With any Brand there are exceptions and I do wonder about this one
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6. There are two separate AIM accounts being used for iChat purposes.                                            <<<<<---- OK
7. In iChat preferences, each AIM account is "Enabled" under "Account Information" and the "Server Settings" show the Server as "api.oscar.aol.com" and the Port is "443" and "Use SSL" is checked.                                <<<<---- As it should be
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If just doing Port Forwarding the ports listed would have covered things (Except the Screen Sharing's random port)
Regarding your latest post.
I have table similar to that on my Sagem 2504Fast Modem/router combined device and it too seems to list a different port on the external side on occasions.
I would try the router with the Disable SIP ALG unticked (so it is not disabled). If the Help info on the right gives any info about what this Netgear version does it would be helpful.
Some are like the Thomson-Alcatels I was talking about in that it points the SIP data to a specific place (Possibly a Phone socket on the device)
Others seem to provide an "boost" to enable SIP to work and don't seem to get in the way of iChat.
Try adding the Names in Table 1 from this page and see if you can Video to those.
There are 6 names in total (I am actually only seeing one on Line as I type)
9:19 PM      Wednesday; January 25, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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Thanks.

I don't see why the songs would even show up if it was an issue with the devices being able to communicate.
Have you tried playing any songs at all on the iPad - just play something - anything at all - on the iPad itself - not from the shared library.
Or have you tired quitting the music app completely and then try again. Double tap the home button to get to the music app icon - tap and hold down until it wiggles - tap the minus sign .... I'm sure you know the drill.
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I was using screen sharing on OSX Leopard using VNC Viewer. Even after upgrading to OSX Lion this worked ok. But then the other day there was an update to screen sharing which I applied. This first, switced screen sharing off, so I have switched it back on.
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This was working ok before the screen sharing update.
Anyone else had this issue?

Thanks but that is talking about using VNC on a Mac rather than connecting to a Mac with a VNC, my VNC client is running on windows. Also, since my original post, TightVNC has also experienced the same issues with OSX Lions Screen Sharing so its not just a RealVNC issue.
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