Apple TV Home Sharing Fix

I thought I should share this as I spent all afternoon trying to get my Apple TV to work - restoring, opening ports on router, uninstalling itunes 12 (which I suppose has been unfairly demonised) and installing an older version - to no avail
I'd tried all the other tricks - signing in and out, turning home sharing on and off
In the end it was my router that was causing the problem (if you're unsure then use your iphone to create a hotspot, link your computer and apple tv to that. If home sharing comes up then you know it's your main router)
I've got a BT router and i have rebooted it lots. BUT unplugging it for a minute makes it do a proper reset - in the end that solved the problem, home sharing worked straightaway
I thought I'd better share as the forums are full of people with the same problem - hope it helps someone else

I need to read slower. I was in the Apple TV and it is a simple On/Off so I assumed, wrongly, that the check box was a Home Sharing On/Off in iTunes as well. Not just a play count, my bad.
My asumption may have been wrong, but...
Honestly though, I would have to say that not having a Home Sharing activation within the "Sharing" panel is kind of a Microsoft maneuver. I mean, really? Why the "File" menu? Lol.
Even placing it under "Advanced" would seem as though you're trying to hide a feature which is needed for the 20 million Apple TVs out there today.
Just my opinion.

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TS2972 Apple TV home sharing trouble

Apple TV home sharing does not for on my MAC mini if I do not have iTunes running on my PC at the same time. How do I fix this (as I want to get rid of the PC)?

my universal cure of issues between windows and itunes is
uninstall everything itunes, quicktime ...
reboot
use regedit and search and delete everything related to itunes
reboot
reinstall everything itunes, quicktime.-...
this has fixed it for me back when I used itunes under windows
but of cause if one spend a lot of time adding album art to imported cd's and such it's a sad loss of effort

How do I connect both a Mac and PC to Apple TV Home Sharing?

Goal
- I am trying to share both my PC and Mac through my Apple TV2 on the "Computers" home sharing menu.
- These are 2 seperate iTunes accounts as they are 2 different owners of the PC and Macbook.
- However, home sharing only allows me to have one at a time, can I not have 2 computers connected?
(The menu is in fact plural and says "Computers" not "Computer")
Attempt
-I turn on home sharing on my PC with my PC iTunes account, it then shows up on the "Computers" list as PC
-I turn on home sharing on my Mac with my Mac iTunes account, it then shows up on the "Computers" list as Mac, but it deletes the PC share
Troubleshoot
-So I started from scatch and connected the PC share with my PC itunes account, it shows up,
-Then I connect the Mac home sharing with the same iTunes login as my PC, but it also erases my PC from the "Computers" list and just displays the Mac.
Question
-How do I connect both a Mac and PC to Apple TV Home Sharing?
-I want them both to show up in the "Computers" list.
-So the final result will look like this on my Apple TV menu:
Computers
-PC
-Mac
whew... I'm out of breath... I hope there is an Apple Genius out there that can help.
Thanks!

After retrying the home share with the SAME ITUNES ACCOUNT ON HOME SHARING I finally got it to work.

Home sharing on apple tv, Home sharing on apple tv

How do I set up home sharing on my Apple TV? It says it is on and the shared libraries show up on all the computers but not on the television

You need to introduce the same Apple ID in the Apple TV (home sharing option, not necessary on ATV's iTunes Store) and in the iTunes' home sharing (Advanced/Turn on Home Sharing)... and both connected in the same wifi or ethernet network. It's all.

I have to relaunch itunes for apple tv home sharing to access library

why is that i have to relaunch itunes every now and then for apple tv home sharing to access movie library
itunes version 12.1
ATV 3
Mac mini 2014

Problem solved – While looking elsewhere on the Internet, I ran across an article where a guy in Russia found that his security code for the credit card entered on his iTunes account was missing.
After checking, I found my security code was missing as well. After I reentered my credit card security code, I was able to log on to the iTunes Store and also able to turn on Home Sharing.
I HOPE The Apple iTunes accounts were not hacked into. That could be a reason for the security codes beinging erased by Apple.

Apple TV Home Sharing only detects Macbook Pro but not iPads

Hello
My Apple TV (2nd gen) will only detect my Macbook Pro on Home Sharing. I have two iPads (1st gen and iPad Mini) both updated to the latest iOS but they just wont show up on apple TV home sharing.
Any thoughts?
The software on all devices is up to date, and all devices are connected to the same network.

Your first generation iPad is only capable of basic AirPlay, instruction for basic AirPlay are:
Assuming both devices are on the same network and that AirPlay is not turned off on the Apple TV, then simply tap on the screen when you are watching content you wish to stream to your Apple TV, then tap the airplay icon that appears in the control bar, choose the Apple TV from the menu that appears.
Your problems on the iPad mini, indicate a network problem at your end, perhaps the distances are too great or you have interference on your network.
Intermittent problems are often a result of interference. Interference can be caused by other networks in the neighbourhood or from household electrical items.
You can download and install iStumbler (NetStumbler for windows users) to help you see which channels are used by neighbouring networks so that you can avoid them, but iStumbler will not see household items.
Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel or adjusting your multicast rate.
There are other types of problems that can affect networks, but this is by far the most common, hence worth mentioning first. Networks that have inherent issues can be seen to work differently with different versions of the same software. You might also try moving the Apple TV away from other electrical equipment.

My iPad won't sync with apple tv home sharing my laptop appears in computers section but even though I have turned home sharing on my iPad and used same apple Id

My iPad won't sync with apple tv home sharing my laptop appears in computers section but even though I have turned home sharing on my iPad and used same apple Id.can anybody help plz

you have to go to your atv's settings and remove the sync setup with the in the atvs eyes "old" computer
before you can add the "new" computer as a sync computer
an atv can only be set to sync with 1 and it don't know the "old" computer is not just off

How do I get Apple TV home sharing to work again?

Hi,
I'm using an iMac, I have Apple TV 2, a Bt home hub 3, between 30-50mb speed over wifi (160mb when my mac is wired). I have followed all the set up instructions, up to date software, firewall etc. On the Apple TV I can watch a movie through it's iTunes no problem, BUT when I try via home sharing it works for a few minutes then tells me to connect to the network, then connects again a few seconds later, then I try again and it does the same thing despite every other wifi device working fine ( humax, ps3, wii). Until about 4/5 months ago it worked perfectly with exactly the same hardware, so surely it can only be the updates? Is there a solution out there or do I have to wait until Apple pull their bloody finger out and fix it properly? The main reason for having Apple TV was the home sharing, so now this is just an expensive doorstop.
Any help would be great
Thanks

Have you tried a PRAM reset?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
If you look in the audio output port, is there a red light showing. If so, the internal switch is stuck.. Insert the headphones a few times, jiggle a toothpick inside or shot some compressed air to trip the switch. If no success, have the Apple store genius bar technician do it.
Ciao.

Has anyone found an answer for apple tv home sharing?

Iv just started using the apple tv 2nd generation. Im connected to a wireless network and streaming from youtube etc works fine.
So far no computer has been recognised by the atv2. Iv tried turning off firewalls but no change, i have the latest updates for itunes and atv2 but nothing. I checked the network ip addresses, all the computers working off the same accounts have the address 192.168.1.2 ,3 , 4 etc and the atv is 5 so i think that means theyre on the same network.
I have feeling the homesharing function could be the problem because none of the computers are picking up each others libraries or recognising any other devices (atv included) at all in the itunes device bar. Also, the homesharing icon disappears from all computers once you sign in.
Does anyone have any suggestions or has anyone been able to fix these problems? Id really really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Damien

Since I got my Apple TV2 I have had variable success with home sharing. My current set up is talktalk router (being used as a modem with wifi off), LAN connection to airport extreme (bridge). Apple TV connected to airport extreme via ethernet cable, imac, iphone, mac mini connecting to airport by wifi. There is a talktalk firewall on the modem but nothing on any of my devices or the airport extreme. Home sharing is on, the sleep settings are wake for network access. Tried Apple TV2 wireless but same problems.
At all times all my devices can access the internet via the airport extreme but the apple TV keeps loosing the imac library. Off/On of itunes sometimes helps but only reliable solution is to disconnect imac from network and reconnect.
When I use my macmini upstairs home sharing works fine with no problems so I would think the problem lies with homesharing and the apple TV. Very occasionally (much less than apple TV losing library) the imac loses internet although appears connected to airport with all lights green. iMac airport off/on also resolves this problem.
Any suggestions?

HT203970 Home Sharing fix is unreliable and not permanent

Going by other posts on the Apple Forums, this fix is unreliable and not permanent...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6601112?tstart=0
The fact that this article exists indicates that Apple are aware of the issue yet nothing has been done to resolve it since Yosemite was released over 3 months ago. As of 31st January, I am running OS X 10.10.2 with iTunes 12.1.0.50 and the latest Apple TV firmware yet this issue still occurs.
As with other people that have encountered this problem, one of the suggested fixes may work but none of them are reliable i.e. one may work one day, another on a different day and some days I can't get it to work at all. Some of the fixes that have worked at one time or another are as follows: -
Reboot the Apple TV (this is the simplest fix but now works less frequently than it used to)
Restart iTunes
In "iTunes > File", turn off Home Sharing, turn Home Sharing back on again and restart iTunes
In "System Preferences > Sharing", change the computer name then restart iTunes (this is the Apple recommended fix).
In "iTunes > Preferences > General", change the library name and restart iTunes.
Turn off the "iTunes > Preferences > Sharing" functionality. Some people have commented that this conflicts with the Home Sharing feature. I don't know how or why let alone what the difference is between Sharing and Home Sharing. The Apple documentation is a bit ordinary in this regard.
Various combinations of the above or the reverse.
I don't know if this problem is related to the OS X Computer Name automatically changing issue ...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6631728?tstart=0
I have that problem as well so I tried a workaround for that problem...
http://ispire.me/fix-yosemite-rtc-alarm-wakeup-issue/
The computer name has stopped automatically changing but the Apple TV still has problems.
Any ideas?

Hi there vicnish,
I see that you are experiencing an issue with Home Sharing right now while attempting to transfer your library from one computer to another. Here is an article for you that will walk you through some troubleshooting steps aimed at addressing this issue:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203311
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

Apple TV Home Sharing dropping out

Does anybody know, who speaks English not silico valley cyberspace talk, how to fix it. When I start to watch a movie after 3 mins the movie stops and I am asked to jojn home sharing, as it is already on I have to reboot. the smae thing happens in another 3 mins.

My host Mac is in the room directly above my Apple TV. I tried most everything and still could not keep a solid connection. I was just getting ready to run a hard line ethernet cable through the wall from the host Mac to the Apple TV when a friend suggested I try a powerline device. I bought THIS ONE and it works perfectly!
You get two devices in the box. You plug one into a wall outlet near your host computer then run an ethernet cable from it to you computer. Plug the second one into a wall outlet near your Apple TV and run an ethernet cable from it to the Apple TV. Once both are pluggin in and wired, you have to press a button on both devices to link them. The whole thing took about 10 minutes get running. Apple TV finallly works without drops and I diddn't have to run wire through the wall!
Two things though:
1) The devices must be plugged into a wall outlet. The insructions say they will not work from a power strip.
2) I found that the "Remote" app on my IPhone will not work since the system is now hardwired.

Apple TV home sharing broken.. again.......

I just updated Apple TV and iTunes because yet again home sharing wasn't working. This has been a constant on again off again problem since I purchased my Apple TV over two years ago. A new fix will come out and it will work, then a new update will come out and it stops working again...
Currently I get homesharing enabled on both my PC in iTunes and on AppleTV and go to my music library. I can see my library and play one song. After the single song plays and it doesn't matter which song as I have tested it multiple times it advances as if it will play another song then just stops working. In order to get it working again I have to disable home sharing on both iTunes and AppleTV and enable them again only to have it play one song and rinse, repeat.
I know this is a known issue in the past as I have seen many complaints in the past two years. Can you guys please just get this fixed and leave it fixed and stop jacking with it. It's a real pain in the a$$ to have this $90 brick on top of my entertainment center. When it works, I love it, when you guys "fix/update" it again it ****** me off to the point that I want to walk into the Apple store and destroy it in front of everyone for the piece of crap it currently is.
Please address this issue ASAP.
Thanks!

Home sharing has nothing to do with Netflix.
Power cycle the ATV if there are issues with the device not displaying the home screen properly.

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

Home Sharing FIX!

My new Apple TV worked fine for a week and then all of a sudden it stopped playing content from my itunes library. It would say "An error has occurred. Please try again later." Turns out it's a problem with the Itunes Music Library.xml file. In Windows 7, click Start, the click Computers. On the left you'll see Libraries. Under Libraries click Music. Double-click on the itunes folder. Drag the Itunes Music Library.xml and Itunes Library file to your desktop. Now, go to itunes. Under File, click Library>Import Playlist. Navigate to your desktop and click on the Itunes Music Library.xml file. Click Open. That should do it. That fixed it for me anyway.

Internet went out at the house today. Started getting errors with Home Sharing on my home computer when trying to access it from AppleTV.
Got the error in itunes, something to the effect of "unable to turn on home sharing error -3150".
My local network is just fine without the connection out to the Internet. All my computers can communicate and file share without any issues (just not outside internet access)
Boggles my mind why iTunes would require that there be Internet access in order for HOME sharing to work.

Apple TV2 Home Sharing Drop Out after 25mins of playback

iTunes: 10.5
Mac 10.6.8
Apple TV2 - 4.4.2
Home Sharing a Libary
Everything wired ethernet
After I watch a movie - let's say Dark Knight from the shared itunes Libary using Home Sharing at about 25 minutes the movie will stop and the Apple TV goes back to the main menu screen. I can then browse to the shared library under computers and start watching it again. After about 25 minutes or so it will do the drop back to the menus.
What gives? Until the 4.4.2 update I could watch anything for hours. It is also dropping back to the main menus when playing songs after 3-4 songs.
I've restarted all the network and t

I too upgraded to all the latest software (iTunes 10.2.1, iOS 4.2 on my Apple TV2) and am now experiencing drop-outs on home sharing every 10 minutes or so.
I can force Apple TV to re-recognise iTunes by quitting iTunes and then reloading. I have however noticed that my iTunes library will intermittently return to the Apple TV "Computers" menu.
Unlike others who have fixed the problem by merely disconnecting a wired ethernet link, I am running over wireless ('N' exclusively - is this anything to do with the problem??) This problem is quite irritating since my Apple TV/iTunes worked pretty well before the recent upgrades ...

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