Home sharing my home videos
Hi, How can i share on itunes my home videos, i wish to view them on my ipad. i can share my purchased movies but not home video.
Thanks for any help.
This happens to me sometimes. I just quit then re-launch iTunes and the problem generally clears up.
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Unable to stay connected to my iTunes library. After a short period of time I get a message to turn on home sharing. Home sharing is on?
Welcome to the Apple community.
If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact Apple ID Support, upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.
You will need to show patience with the procedure and be prepared to demonstrate without question that the account belongs to you. Don’t expect access to be restored immediately and if you aren’t the owner of the Apple ID registered to the device the account won’t be reset.
This is answer is provided from my own database of boilerplate responses and the content was last reviewed and/or tested on: 2014/12/18 -
Home Sharing wont play videos since OSX upgrade to 10.9.3
Ever since I upgraded my iMac to OSX 10.9.3 home sharing hasnt worked properly on any of my devices for video streaming.
I have my iTunes library on my iMac harddisk and prior to the update I was able to play any video content (Movies, TV Shows and Home Movies) on any of my iOS devices in my home: Apple TV2, iPad1, iPad2, iPad Air, iPhone 4S *2.
last week I applied the software updares for OSX and iTunes and sice then I have not been able to play any video content on home sharing!
Mostly the library loads fine, but sometimes the artwork isnt displayed. When I tried to load any of the video content it just never loads an eventuall times out.
Has anyone got any ideas? I have done all of the usual resets and reboots to no avail.Hello Coolgarriv,
The article linked below details some additional troubleshooting steps that may help get Home Sharing working again.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Cheers,
Allen -
What is the role of the internet in using Home Sharing. Does using home sharing use up my limited amount of available internet download ?
Thanks Mike AndersonHome sharing allows you to play music across devices via wifi, so it shouldn't impact your limited amount. Think of it as streaming as opposed to downloading.
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Strugglig to set up home sharing- the box dosnt appear. Apple support suggests clicking on file-devices-turn on home sharing. Cant find that either.Help!!
Hey meryn,
Thanks for the question. The following resource will explain how to turn on the menu in iTunes 11:
iTunes: Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5610
Thanks,
Matt M. -
Remote app on ipad will not go passed asking about home sharing, when home sahring is on
I dowloaded remote app, have ipad2 new apple tv... On vaca without remote!!!! Help!
Welcome to the Apple community jkjdkc.
Unfortunately without the original remote that was supplied with the Apple TV or a genuine replacement you cannot set up the Apple TV. -
What a happened to Home Sharing in IOS 6?
Why can't I find the home sharing option in the new IOS 6?
For Music - Settings>Music>Home Sharing and for Video - Settings>Videos>Home Sharing
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Home Sharing doesn't respect Sharing Prefs in iTunes
It might be worthwhile to note - Home Sharing *DOES NOT* respect the sharing prefs in iTunes. When you enable Home Sharing for several computers in your household, that means all users can access ALL content in your library.
This may not be what you are intending.
For example in my household I have a dedicated mac mini as a media server. From it, I wanted to share movies and music to my Apple TV, as well as personal computers in the house. I thought Home Sharing is what I wanted.
Well, yes and no.
I have some content on my personal desktop machine that I may not want the kids having access to - Rated R comedy albums, movies, etc. I didn't them want to even SEE them (which parental restriction DOES allow, just not playback). I thought setting the Sharing Preferences in iTunes would set what is available when Home Sharing is enabled. THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
In my instance, you need to enable both iTunes Sharing AND Home Sharing on the media server and turn OFF Home Sharing on all the other computers. This will allow Apple TV to be able to access your media server (it requires Home Sharing). It will also allow other computers access your media server library. But if you do not want to share everybody's personal libraries, DO NOT enable Home Sharing on the individual computers.
Rule of Thumb:
If you DO NOT have content you want to restrict from younger members of the household, then Home Sharing is the way to go.
If you DO need to restrict content from individual machines, then use iTunes Sharing instead. (Use BOTH if you are using a centralized media server setup and/or AppleTV)
I hope this helps anyone else running into this sort of scenario.Tallon321 the lack of names is a "feature" of IOS7. In the new release they eliminated the name caption for the VIDEOS app in both the "Movies" and the "Home Sharing" views. They did leave the captions for the new "Home Video" view (you can set the Movie Kind to "Home Video" and downloaded "Home Videos" now have their own view on your device).
Bottom line, your options are:
1. Add artwork (with the movie name) to each movie
2. Change the Movie Kind to "Home Video" and download
Note option #2 doesn't help when using Home Sharing. Home Sharing now never shows the name caption. I am not sure why this is considered and improvement. To me the simplest solution would be to always display name captions for videos without artwork, regardless of which view is being presented.
If this is an issue for you, check out this discussion. -
I have home sharing turned on on both of my computers and my iphone, but I don't see how to get them to share music
Hello hueycat,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like you have enabled Home Sharing on your devices, but you are not seeing the option to share music. To use Home Sharing, your devices will need to be on the same network. I also have some additional suggestions to get you setup with Home Sharing.
On the computer, I find it useful to have the Sidebar enabled so that you can see the iTunes libraries that are shared:
In iTunes 11 you have the option to turn the Sidebar and the Status Bar on or off; they are off by default. To do this in the menus, go to:
Show Sidebar - Choose View > Show Sidebar (this feature will display iTunes features on the left side of the application including Library, Store, Shared, Genius, and Playlists).
iTunes 11: Frequently used features
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
Once you have that enabled, you should see the shared iTunes library in the Sidebar:
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819
On your iPhone, I you can view the shared content in the Music or Videos app:
iPhone
With iOS 5 and later, tap [Music or Videos] > More... > Shared or tap iPod > More… > Shared with earlier versions of iOS.
Select a shared library.
iOS: Setting up Home Sharing on your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4557
If you are using Home Sharing to transfer your iTunes Library from one computer to another, use the steps in the section titled “Home Sharing” in the following article:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Lastly, if you are not seeing your shared iTunes libraries at all, you can use the steps in the following article to troubleshoot Home Sharing:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M. -
Please help! Any suggestions would be great, as the old computer is slowly but surely dying, and I want to put all of my itunes data onto my laptop.
Hi there nc999!
I have an article here for you that will help you troubleshoot this issue with Home Sharing:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden -
Updated itunes now home sharing does not work
i updated my itunes from 10.2 to the new 10.3 but now my home sharing does not work. the apple tv can not see the computer..my apple tv has the latest updated software as well. any help would be appreciated.. this seems to be an on going thing with apple lately where updated software causes more hea
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Troubleshooting Home Sharing with Apple TV (2nd generation) -
I am trying to import songs to my new macbook pro from my old computer using home sharing. Both computers say that home sharing is now on but neither show up in each other's library menu. I am logged on with the same apple id for both computers. and both are on a stable wireless connection
Logging into itunes store on each machine wth different Apple IDs is OK Autorising each others machines with the other Apple ID is OK. This is completley separate from Home Sharing
For Home Sharing to work you need to
File > Home Sharing > Create Home Share.
You need to select one of the two Apple IDs you are using and ENTER THIS ON BOTH MACHINES WHEN CREATING THE HOME SHARE.
Home sharing will then work -
HT201413 Why can't I get Home Sharing to show up in my Itunes?
I have three computers authorized on my Home Sharing, but when I call up Itunes on any of the computers, Home Sharing computers do not show up. Can someone help me. I just got a new computer and can't seem to get my Itunes library switched over.
Hi gallaleo3!
We have an article here that can definitely help you get your information moved over. That article can be found right here:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
We also have an article that can help you troubleshoot Home Sharing:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden -
I can't get home sharing to work on one of our computers
I am trying to transfer my boyfriends library to my itunes and can not make it work. We are both on the same version of itunes and window computers. When we both log in and turn on share, my library shows on his computer and I can transfer stuff from mine to his. On my computer, once I turn on share and click done, the sharing option does not show on the left side tool bar and I can not do anything with it at all. I have authorized the computer, checked preferences, etc.
Any thoughts on how to fix this??
Thanks!iTunes- Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation)
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Understanding Home Sharing -
HT202213 Can I use home sharing on devices with different apple ids?
I have my computer set up with my Id. Can my daughter use home sharing on her device with a different Id?
I do not think so. See:
Understanding Home Sharing
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
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