Apple tv2 jams itunes

Hello, ever since I updated itunes to newest version it keeps jamming.
I would start my apple tv2 and click movie library, music, or whatever to join home sharing and apple tv2 would just sit there loading, I would have to come back to the computer and click on itunes and have to force quit it and restart itunes, this would go on for a few attempts and finally will work, but very frustrating.
Is anyone else having this problem?
Is there a way to fix this?
Or just wait for apple to come out with a fix?
I left windows because of problems like these, things just not working, hope apple isn't going in this direction.
Everything worked fine till I upgrade itunes about a month ago or so.
thanks

This has been an issue for some since the days of AppleTV 1 - I see it less often with AppleTV 2, but still occasionally have to restart it or iTunes or both.
It's not necessarily straightforward and may be down to several factors not just the unit or itunes (eg network leases expiring, reassigned IP addreses), but both iTunes and AppleTV occasionally have problems re-establishing the connection after sleep - AppleTV seems to rememeber it was connected but then cannot access the library when it tries to refresh so no content appears or an error.
Does your computer sleep and take some time to wake during which it seems unresponsive to AppleTV?
AC

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