Does home sharing work between iOS devices

Or is it only from a mac or pc to an ios device.

HI there,
Home Sharing in iTunes is designed to let you easily share your iTunes media libraries between up to five computers in your household. You can also use Home Sharing to play your iTunes content on your iOS devices and Apple TV (2nd generation) if they are connected to your home Wi-Fi network. Take a look at the article below for more information.
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819
-Griff W.

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    Hi luneymoo,
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1920
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  • How does Home Sharing Work?

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    Ok, I'm glad you've said that, now what documentation do you have to back that up? Where in the Apple documentation/support site can you point to backup your claim? Do you tested any configurations that would support your assumptions?
    I'd assume that the Apple TV 2 does most of the work, but the evidence I have collected does not support that assumption.
    You've just thrown your own response under the bus.  If the video is compressed, and the ATV2 is doing the decompression, you wouldn't need to worry about bandwidth, now would you?
    This is EXACTLY why I don't come to the communities/forums anymore.  Every "know-it-all" thinks they have THE answer, but they are just as clueless as everyone else.  The difference being they are chasing a status, and not the true answer to anyone's actual problem or question.
    If you would like to continue to dig this hole feel free. I'll take the shovel when you are done.
    I've been moderated and banned by this forum before for calling this kind of behaviour out, and I'm sure this will happen yet again.
    Does anyone else have documentation, proof, or some other concrete evidence to support how Home Sharing works from a device to the Apple TV 2?

  • Does home sharing only work if you're connected to the wi-fi?

    Does home sharing only work if you're connected to the wi-fi? Im having very sporadic results with this. I thought Apple products worked. Home sharing is not working from my windows operating system to my iPhone 4S nor my iPad.

    Hi ccvitality,
    If you are having issues with Home Sharing between your Windows machine and your iOS devices, you may find the following article helpful:
    Apple Support: Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
    Regards,
    - Brenden

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