Apple TV see my library but can't launch anything from it
Hi everyone,
I have bought the apple TV 3. It seems great, airplay is working great but i have a problem.
I have my library on my PC (audio and vids). When i launch a vid inside Itunes and press the apple TV button, it is working fine but if i want to access a file from my apple TV (on my TV...), it doesn't work, i have the little circle turning and turning (wait circle) and nothing happens. Did i miss something when configuring my network ??
Thanks a lot for reply
Same thing is happening to me on my Apple TV 2. Last week it wouldn;t connect at all.Turned sharing on & off repeatedly but the fix didn't hold for long. Also restarted the ATV several times. Same thing- connected for a short time only. Today I was listening to music for about 20 minutes and the music stopped. Usually my libary would not be visible when this happens because I lost sharing. This time it was visible. I could navigate through all my albums & songs. But when I selected a song to play all I got was the spinning cog wheel. Later I selected a song, got the spinning wheel & no music, was pulled away on a phone call and about 30 minutes later I hear music all of a sudden! It actually reconnected on its own. And no...my wireless is fine, my iTunes is fine, my laptop is fine. My bedroom AppleTV is doing the same thing. Something is very wrong in the Apple TV universe. It's been this way now for several weeks. Waiting to see if Apple gets off its butt to even ackowledge this problem & try to fix it. I'm thinking of dumping my Apple TV & putting my music on a portable hard drive & connecting it to my Roku2-XS. It won;t be pretty but it will work!
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