Can't stream iTunes (Home Sharing) to iPhone 6

I have a shiny new iPhone 6 64 GB, and iTunes 12.0.1 running on a Win 8.1 box. I'm trying to connect my iPhone to my iTunes library via Home Sharing in the Music app. My iTunes library appears in the list of shared libraries, but the app stalls when I try to connect to this share. The pinwheel/progress indicator gets to about 10-50% (it varies widely) before it stops altogether.
I've tried disabling Windows Firewall and Windows Defender, but neither make a difference. Is there a router setting I need to tweak? Is there a library size limitation? The library I'm trying to stream from is about 350 GB.
Thanks,
P

Hi Paddy McGee,
Thanks for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
If the Music app is becoming unresponsive when connecting to your PC iTunes library over Home Sharing, the troubleshooting steps in this article may help:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing - Apple Support
I'd recommend steps 4 through 7 in particular.
Sincerely,
Jeremy

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