Home Sharing - bad & slow interface

I was looking forward to the home sharing functionality in 4.3, but I think it is a big disappointment. The interface on the iPad is very slow, mainly because it takes ages to get the artwork (and there doesn't seem to be any caching, like on the Apple TV). Also the TV shows seem randomly ordered.
Apparantly it is not just me (http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/g3j8e/theshared_videos_interface_in_ios_43_forthe/), but I'm still wondering if some issues can be solved, like the TV show order?

Mr Al 2009 (and OP)
I was having the same issue, when I clicked on "shared" on my iPad, it would take forever to load (if it did). The fix for me was to go into iTunes preferences on my Mac and under the "Sharing" tab uncheck "Share my library on my local network". This was the "old" way of sharing music, this is unneccesary if you are using Home Sharing. But might be still necessary if you want to share you music around a company or school perhaps.
Once I wasn't sharing my media "two ways", videos loaded in about 30 seconds.
Hopefully this will work for you and everyone else as well.

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Home sharing is slow

Scenario:
1. Apple TV 2.
2. Apple TV 2 hard wired with Ethernet.
2. External USB hard drive plugged directly into router with videos that have been imported to Itunes library.
3. Home sharing enabled in Itunes on a laptop computer
4. Videos in External USB show up just fine in Apple TV 2 menu
5. PROBLEM: Videos from USB device load extremely SLOWLY via Home Sharing in Apple TV 2.
6. SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP with solution!!!!!

Thanks both of you for the tips. However, doesn't seem to be it. I have a Belkin Router and also a range extender. I have 2 iPhones, an iPad, and iMac throughout the house and all work just find. Get this...even when I have my iPad and iPhone next to the Apple TV I can get the videos to play on those devices just fine so it can't be the range or interference. I've also tried both the 2.4 and 5ghz bands. In addition, I can play Netflix, Apple Purchased Movies, Trailers, etc.. just fine on the Apple TV so the signal is ok.
I might for the heck of it move the Apple TV as you suggest which would only confirm one thing....that the Apple TV wifi reception is not the same as the iPad and iPhone (as I mentioned above those work at the same exact location).
I'll keep trouble shooting and also look through the URL provided so thanks.
If you have any other suggestions or thoughts please let me know.

Home sharing EXTREMELY slow!

I just bought my first Mac computsr ever on Friday, a Mac Mini, and I love it. I put some episodes of The Sopranos on it and wanted to setup "Home Sharing" so I can watch them from my iPad. I set it up well, I think, and when I find the video on my iPad it wont play. It just says "loading" and that wheel churns and churns. It's taking forever. Not sure if I did something wrong or what, but any help provided will be appreciated.
I updated all software so EVERYTHING is current. I have RoadRunner Internet (which shouldn't matter) and a new Netgear router. All my equipment is relatively new. Not sure what the problem is.

same things happening with my Apple TV

Pathetic Apple TV - no home sharing possible? Can connect mac but not ipad or iphone?

Pathetic apple tv cannot do mirror airplay with iphone and ipad , which was possible before ???
Miserable apple tv is not able to do home sharing and has frustrated me millions of times with turn on already on home sharing??
And some of times it will start to have home sharing but slow or unable to play home sharing contents???
Any chance I can replace or return this waste of money apple tv???
APPLE SUPPORT STAFF SHAME ON YOU I READ THREADS AND THREADS AND NO SOLUTION POSTED OR QUESTION ANSWERED AT ALL

this is a user helping user forum
we are users like you not apple support staff
use feedback if you want apple directly
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html
home sharing is appletv being able to access media from the shared lib of a computer with itunes
airplay is using appletv as audio and or video output for ios and osx devices which support airplay
what is it that you have problems with you seem to mix the terms

OS X 10.8.3 leads to VERY slow home sharing for Apple TV

Everything was fine, but as soon as I upgraded to OS X 10.8.3 Home Sharing on my Apple TV became unusably slow.
Internet is fine (I have a very speedy 40Mbps connection) on both my Mac Pro and my Apple TV (for example movie trailers streamed over the internet work fine). The issue is the Home Sharing connection between my Mac Pro and my Apple TV.
Some Tech Specs:
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
24GB Ram
OS X 10.8.3 (12D78)
Connected via Ethernet
Apple TV 3rd Generation (three weeks old!)
OS "up to date"
Connected via Ethernet
Virgin Media Super Hub
Cable Modem
Connected to Mac Pro and Apple TV via Ethernet
Problem: viewing movies streaming from the Mac Pro, which until I updated to 10.8.3 worked flawlessly, now stream SO slowly, that the Apple TV is now useless for this purpose.
- Tried using Wi-Fi on the Apple TV. Same issue.
- Tried turning off Firewall on router. Same issue.
- Tried using Pro gigabit switch between Apple TV and Mac Pro to see if Cable Modem was at fault. Same issue.
- Restarted the Apple TV countless times, resetting the network settings on the Mac Pro, renewing the DHCP leases on Mac Pro and Apple TV. Same issue.
Curiously, I tried using Nullriver's MediaLink UPnP server to try and stream content from my Mac Pro to my PS3 so I could try and watch content that way. However, the content seemed to suffer from the same extremely slow download... Clearly something has changed with the network settings and it's made my Apple TV a useless lump of black plastic as I bought it for the sole purpose of streaming content from my Mac Pro to the TV downstairs.
Anyone else have this problem? Any comments or solutions would be welcome.
J

I just updated to 10.8.3 today, and my computer and Apple TV won't even recognize each other now. I have absolutely no advice, but wanted to throw this in so you (and Apple) know you're not the only one.

TS2972 Slow streaming home sharing

In my configuration, I purchase and download TV shows on to my Mac mini. I then stream to my iPad or APple TV using Home Sharing. Everything was working fine until I upgraded OSX on the Mini. Despite all my devices being on the same network and all having HS enabled and logged in to my Apple ID, I couldn't get anything reconnected to the mini.
I was finally able reconnect following innumerable restarts and disconnecting and reconnecting Home Sharing. Works fine on the Apple TV but iPad is still impossibly slow....ANY ideas?? I had no idea Apple products could be this difficult?!!?

I figured it out...I switched to 5ghz in AirPort Utility under wireless options. No issues now, and I'm running twice as fast as before.
Should have thought about it before I asked.

My Apple TV is slow and disconnects after the latest update (5.1). It seems to effect both home sharing and through the net. Is there a known problem?

My Apple TV is slow and disconnects after the latest update (5.1). It seems to effect both home sharing and through the net. Is there a known problem?

Hi Scott.
There is a problem - but Apple have not acknowledged it. Many people on these forums are experiencing the same issue.
To get something done, you should report it here. The more of us that tell Apple about it, the more likely they are to fix it. You could also send a short email headed 'Apple TV update problems' to
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Home sharing is very slow

I'm not sure when this happened and obviously I don't know why... all my devices are up to date. My homesharing from my imac to appletv is insanely slow and I can't mirror at all basically. I need help!!
i believe its a 3rd gen apple tv and a 2011version imac... trying to watch my home movies on the big screen.
THANKS!

Well, I spent long time with Apple Phone support, they made me delete the library, move some iTunes file from Library folder on my MBP but that didn't help.
I also did reset my Apple TV, and did all the settings again. No change.
I read somewhere on this forum itself I think to remove "Share my Library on local network" option from iTunes preferences, under sharing. As per the suggestion, this is an old option, and when you have home sharing on, you don't need this to be checked. More over it causes sharing to be slow. So after I unchecked it, I ATV3 and my MBP on for about an hour, and when I came back, it was all just perfect!

Home Sharing to ATV2 slow

Hi All -
Just bought the Apple TV yesterday & setup was a breeze.
The ATV2 is connected to my WiFi network & I have a Wireless N Netgear router. I checked the connection status & have full signal.
I have Astound Cable with 6GB download speed.
I am able to stream Netflix & Youtube to ATV2 just fine.
I have a windows 7 PC with iTunes 10.3 installed & Home Sharing enabled.
I can see my Shared computer on the ATV2 & the contents therein (Movies, TV shows, music, etc)
When I try to play one of the movies it takes FOREVER to stream. Even a 5 minute clip took 3-5 minutes to load before it started to play.
Per Apple Support - I have ensured that I have the latest version of iTunes & have also rebooted my router.
Anybody have any ideas how to solve the stream latency?
Being able to stream iTunes to my PC was one of the main reasons I got the ATV2 over some other set top box like the Roku.
I also have Vonage, which goes in between the Cable modem & the Netgear Router.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Robert

Hi Winston -
Changed the channel on my WiFi to 11 with no effect.
I ran an ethernet cable directly from the Netgear Router to the Apple TV & it streams within seconds!
That solves the streaming latency problems, but not sure if it really answered my question. For Apple TV to work/stream the way I hoped it would, I cannot seem to accommplish this wirelessly.
Now I have to decide whether to run an ethernet cable through my ceiling or not. I was looking at those Powerline adapters, but I have heard that our new PG&E SmartMeters disrupt the signal/tone that the Powerlines used in the electric grid.

Home sharing sooooo unreliable to be unusable - will it ever be fixed?

I bought an Apple-TV-3 six months ago and decided to migrate ALL my video media to apple m4v format to use via home sharing. To this end I spent a few months developing a PC app ConvertApple to automatically re-encode/remux and tag (using moviedv/tvdb) with full metadata all my videos with no user interaction needed. It's an awesome app if I say it myself, as all other similar programs require you to waste endless amounts of your own time, whereas this program works it all out automatically. I had planned to release it a month ago but owing to home-sharing's unreliability can no longer justify doing so. I had also bought a second apple-tv, but unfortunately between the latest ATV updates and itunes, home sharing has become sooo unreliable that it is no longer usable. I sat down tonight with my family to watch a film but the circle of death when trying to play a movie returned. How embarrasing. I flicked to my windows MCE box I had hoped to replace by ATV and watched it from there.
As a developer with 30 years experience, there's little I cannot get a computer to do, but I can categorically say that although home sharing works sometimes, it is sooo flakey that it is just not a viable 24/7 solution for the home. It may work for a day or two but soon the circle of death appears and you cannot play anything, Restarting itunes, usually brings it back up, but not always. It is connected to an always-on PC, with neither apple TV's set to sleep, both on static IP's and STILL the problem persists. I also run a Upnp server TVersity on the same box, that works flawlessly, but alas until a jailbreak for ATV3 comes out allowing me to run a proper upnp client I may as well bin the Apple-tv's that have wasted months of my time on a fools errand.
I am bitterly disappointed as the only reason I went down the Apple route in the first place as I trusted their reliablility and am shocked at just how appauling their home-sharing system has become. I am planning to sell the ATV's on ebay soon and purchase Google-tv's instead and I guess rename my app ConvertGoogle! The ATV+homesharing system seemed rock solid back in April but is now unusable. I've read 100's of posts from other users alluding to this issue and get the impression apple are in denial with no plans to fix it so if you're thinking of buying an Apple-TV DON'T!
Anyone who "think's" they have a working home-sharing system, wait a few days! I doubt an uptime of > 3 days can be achived. I also fail to understand why it is sooooo slow connecting, especially from iphones. My upnp clients connect instantly + most modern TV's have upnp built in. iTunes homesharing is clearly a very badly written proprietary system and should be junked and replaced with a standard upnp client (and server), then at least apple-tv's would be usable. As a primarly msoft developer since the 80's I always (jokingly) slated Apple, but bought into them with iPhone4 and now own 2 iphones, 1 ipad and 2 atv's, but I am now considering migrating to Google kit due to Apple's unreliability. I will never buy another Apple product as I just don't trust them to be reliable anymore. STuff works but only when it feels like it. I cannot live with hardware like that!

My current status is having restarted iTunes, I can browse my library from ATV, but as soon as I click play it just sits there circling-of-death indefinately - pathetic!
Scrap Home-Sharing it's total garbage technology and implement a standard uPnp server in itunes or at LEAST add a upnp client for ATV3 we can use eg AirPlayer = works solidly on my ipad/iphone etc. Whatever happened to the ATV SDK being opened up mooted months ago?
I'll get a google-tv of Amazon this w/end and see how I fare with that. I'd live to have used ATV3's but they DO NOT work, so I can't. Oh and why on IOS6 on iphone does the remote app just close itself every now and then?
Apple need to fix things for their existing customers, rather than focus on new features to attract new ones, or they will end up having no customers five years from now!

Home Sharing on Apple TV - Stupid Fix.

Here is the stupidest fix I have ever come accross.
I have two MacBook Pro 13" i5s, a 17" i5, a Mac Mini Server i5, and a 27" iMac i5. I use the Mac Mini and iMac for my iTunes Home Sharing. I have three Apple TVs version 2 running 6.1.1 @ 720P and two Apple TVs version 3 running 6.1.1 @ 1080P.
For some reason after a clean install of the iMac to Mavericks 10.9.2 and all security updates including iTunes to 11.1.5 (5) my Apple TVs would not see the Home Sharing of my iMac.
I reset everything. Airport Extremes, Time Capsules, Routing Information. Factory Default Apple TVs... you name it. I setup iTunes on all my MacBooks. No problems. Everything worked. Could not get to iMac.
I repeadely went to iTunes - Preferences - Sharing - Home Sharing (On/Off). Authorised the iMac with my account and de-authorized several times. Nothing made sense.
I noticed an Apple article that stated "iTunes - File - Home Sharing - Turn On". I thought, "Well, what do I have to lose?"...
It worked! Going through Preferences DID NOT WORK, but through the File Menu... everything works.
Just though I would put this up here to save someone else, maybe.

I need to read slower. I was in the Apple TV and it is a simple On/Off so I assumed, wrongly, that the check box was a Home Sharing On/Off in iTunes as well. Not just a play count, my bad.
My asumption may have been wrong, but...
Honestly though, I would have to say that not having a Home Sharing activation within the "Sharing" panel is kind of a Microsoft maneuver. I mean, really? Why the "File" menu? Lol.
Even placing it under "Advanced" would seem as though you're trying to hide a feature which is needed for the 20 million Apple TVs out there today.
Just my opinion.

Apple TV Home Sharing Fix

I thought I should share this as I spent all afternoon trying to get my Apple TV to work - restoring, opening ports on router, uninstalling itunes 12 (which I suppose has been unfairly demonised) and installing an older version - to no avail
I'd tried all the other tricks - signing in and out, turning home sharing on and off
In the end it was my router that was causing the problem (if you're unsure then use your iphone to create a hotspot, link your computer and apple tv to that. If home sharing comes up then you know it's your main router)
I've got a BT router and i have rebooted it lots. BUT unplugging it for a minute makes it do a proper reset - in the end that solved the problem, home sharing worked straightaway
I thought I'd better share as the forums are full of people with the same problem - hope it helps someone else

I need to read slower. I was in the Apple TV and it is a simple On/Off so I assumed, wrongly, that the check box was a Home Sharing On/Off in iTunes as well. Not just a play count, my bad.
My asumption may have been wrong, but...
Honestly though, I would have to say that not having a Home Sharing activation within the "Sharing" panel is kind of a Microsoft maneuver. I mean, really? Why the "File" menu? Lol.
Even placing it under "Advanced" would seem as though you're trying to hide a feature which is needed for the 20 million Apple TVs out there today.
Just my opinion.

Home Sharing Does not work since the 10.2.2 update (win 7 64bit)

Ever since the update to 10.2.2 I have been unable to use home sharing. Anytime I turn on home sharing or folder sharing my itunes slows down to a crawl, taking over a minute to to any function (start playing a song, start a video, etc...) as soon as I turn off the home sharing itunes works properly again. This stinks because I cqan not use the remote function on my ipad or use my library on my apple TV.
I did the update to 10.3 today and I am still having the sam problem. can anyone help?
Here are the general stats from my itunes:
Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Home Premium Edition (Build 7600)
HP-Pavilion NP189AA-ABA s5160f
iTunes 10.3.1.55
QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.11.17
Apple Application Support 1.5.2
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.0
Apple Mobile Device 3.4.1.2
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.55.0.0
Bonjour 2.0.5.0 (214.3)
Gracenote SDK 1.8.2.457
Gracenote MusicID 1.8.2.89
Gracenote Submit 1.8.2.123
Gracenote DSP 1.8.2.34
iTunes Serial Number xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Current user is not an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-06-11 18:19:00.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce G210
No external plug-ins installed.
Genius ID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
iPodService 10.3.1.55 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.3.1.55 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.

Home Sharing works once after I start iTunes on the Mac.
Next time I want to watch a film, it justs hangs and says it cannot connect to my iTunes library.
I have the same issue on 5 ATVs round the house (some wired some wireless), I have tried fixed and DHCP IP addressing, I have moved the Mac to be on the same switch as one of the ATVs and the problem is still there.
I have tried a different Mac running Mountain Lion and the same thing happens.
At the moment in order to watch a film I have to use Remote Desktop to log onto the Mac and stop and start iTunes then the ATV sees the library. Watch film. Move to other room, fire up ATV no library, use Remote Desktop, rinse and repeat....frustrating isn't the word.

Home Sharing does not work. It's time for Apple to act.

My specific question: Does anyone from Apple read these discussions *and* use the information to fix iTunes?
My issue (and I've given up on this): Home Sharing does not work and it needs to be fixed. I use a Windows 7 based PC and can successfully access my iTunes library from my iPad, meaning all network requirements are met. However many artists and albums do not appear. I know this is not about the tagging/data for the albums.
I found recommendations in these forums regarding the iTunes database (.itl), that this is a sign that the database is corrupted, and how to re-create it from the xml version. I used this technique and it did fix the problem - all albums and artists appeared. But within a day or so, they disappear again, meaning the .itl file is corrupted again and has to be re-created again. Also - if the .itl file is corrupted, then why does everything appear fine in iTunes? Somewhere, somehow the data are good enough to make iTunes work properly.
Bottom line: If you can't get the basics right, then Home Sharing does not work. Some very helpful forum commenters said it could have something to do with the anti-virus software, but that is just passing the buck. I should not have to know how to do all this. I should be able to turn on Home Sharing and enjoy the music from my iPads, iPhone, etc. Imagine you have to know how fuel injection works and be able to fix it every two days just to use your car - you should be able to turn the key and drive.
There are more problems - I won't even get into how the album won't display properly on the iPad and other annoyances.
Apple? Are you listening? Home Sharing does not work. It is the opposite of the image projected of easy-to-use, people-friendly products.
I suggest you either make it work or turn off the feature.
Joe

If your database is constantly becoming corrupt, you have a problem on your computer, it is nothing to do with homesharing. The corrupt database does not affect iTunes because that uses another file. It's not passing the buck, by considering whether anti-virus software might be causing this, this is the sort of stuff anti-virus software does (although I'm not saying that's what it is in your case-I don't know at this stage), you can't hold Apple accountable for badly written software that you have put on your computer yourself.
If you can't correctly identify what is causing your problem, you are never going to fix it.

Home Sharing - works in WiFi, not Ethernet: Help!

Hi all -
I've had an Apple TV happily working with Home Sharing from a Mac Mini when both were on the WiFi network from my Time Capsule router.
However, I've just installed Ethernet cabling at home so all three are now connected on a wired network, and Home Sharing is no longer working on the Apple TV.
The Apple TV simply says that it can't find the Mac, and to check that it is on the same network. However, there's only one wired network / LAN in the building - just two CAT5 cables running to the Time Capsule, which is then getting the Internet from a cable modem.
Any idea how I can resolve this?

Katrina S. wrote:
+Seriously? No answers at all?+
This is a user forum. Lotsa folks asking questions, few sticking around to give any answers. Just depends who is around to see a message and whether they have any ideas to help. Could take days, not minutes or hours.
+I have created and tried this with three different accounts, but they all fail to enable Home Sharing.+
I'm confused why you're trying 3 different accounts. Try it using the same single account and two different PCs. Does that work? Can you download and play a free song of the week using one of those itunes store accounts?
Going forward, I hope you decide to only use one account. They can never be combined later. You'll have to forever remember the login credentials of each itunes store account if you move stuff to a new PC.
I tried 3 accounts, because none of them work for Apple TV. Yet, all three of them DO access the Apple store and forums and music and everything on this website.
Did I say anything about combining these accounts? Not even remotely helpful.
It's the same for me, as it is for rlongfield22(above).
I am absolutely serious: Apple is the most difficult, ridiculous, illogical interface I have EVER seen in 18 years of computing and using the internet. I use both MACs and PCs daily, so I can easily compare the experiences on many levels.
I know what I am doing on a PC and I rarely make common errors. I know my Apple ID and pass by heart(all three of them). I know my PC and network name by heart. My network and PC have the passwords blank.
So,...I should be able to have my Apple TV work, by simply activating Home Sharing on this network(done that successfully) and then activating it on my Apple TV(doesn't work).
I have tried activating Apple TV network first and tried activating Home Sharing first, but neither one works. When I plug in the Apple TV, the blue light flashes and then stays on.

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