Choosing photo libraries to add to home sharing just clocks.

I have enabled home sharing and can access music and Video's through my Apple TV off my Mac. I am trying to add photo libraries with the "File-Home Sharing-Chooose dialog but it just clocks.. I left if for a day with no result. I have a large photo library 66,000. Running Mavericks with all the updates and and iTunes with all the updates,
Previously this worked but I turned off home sharing and now can't get photos back to share,
Anybody have any ideas??
Thanks

Hi Terencwgb,
If you are having issues with Home Sharing your photos, you may want to use the steps in this article to troubleshoot -
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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