Home Sharing no longer recognized

Home sharing no longer working on ATV since I swithed to a new iMac. Never had issues with the previous iMac. I've done everything mentioned on sites, including power cycling all devices, checking firewalls, updating software, etc. I have repeatedly turned it off and on in iTunes with proper password/username. Yet my ATV keeps asking me to turn it on in iTunes and does not see it.

Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

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well, try if anything in the following support articles (unless already consulted) helps:
_*iTunes: Troubleshooting Home Sharing*_
[_*Troubleshooting security software issues*_|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125]
[_*Troubleshooting Home Sharing with Apple TV (2nd generation)*_|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3509]
good luck !
JGG

Home sharing no longer shows up on my macbook pro iTunes.

Home sharing no longer shows up on my macbook pro iTunes. Our main computer is a Dell desktop that is authorized for home sharing. My macbook has also turned on home sharing, but the home computer does not show up. How exactly does home sharing work? Must you be in the same area to be able to use this feature or connected to the same network?

you will need both computer have itunes turned on and you will need a wifi for them to work.

Apple TV Home Sharing no longer working

I have a friend who is looking for help Here is his problem:
"I've had the 2nd generation Apple TV since October when it was released and it has worked fine until I recently changed my Apple User Name (email address). After changing my user name my Apple TV and iPhone 4 no longer find my shared network and home sharing no longer works. Home sharing is enabled on all devices, including my Sony Vaio Laptop, iPhone4, and Apple TV 2nd generation. Everything else has remained constant, including service provider, router, modem, and internet security (Trend Micro). Also, my library is on a networked hard drive, which didn’t seem to make a difference before, but I figured I'd mention it."
The problem began when he changed his Apple User Name. After he changed his name, home sharing no longer works even though he also changed it on all his devices to match the new Apple User Name.
How does he get Home Sharing working again. Has anyone run into this same problem?
Thanks in advance

Winston,
Thank you for the information. He confirmed that the ID and password are the same on every device. This only started happending when he changed his User Name with Apple.
--Itunes is running on a Windows Vista Machine (Sony Vaio)
--He has an Apple TV (2nd Gen)
--He has an iPhone 4
Can you tell me more about the technologies that apple uses to make "homesharing" work? Do you think he may need to remove then re-install Bonjour?

Home Sharing no longer works between iTunes and Apple TV.

I've been through all the forums, tried all the solutions provided and I have come to the conclusion that Home Sharing just no longer works between iTunes on a PC and my Apple TV. Does anyone know if this issue will be addressed or should I list my Apple TV up on eBay? (along with my iPad, iPod, and iPhone, since all system no longer sync together as before.)
My issue:
My iTunes library is no longer listed under "Computers" on the Apple TV.
The airplay icon no longer shows up in iTunes. (Version 11)
I cannot play music/content from my iPhone or iPad via remote that is stored in my iTunes library through my Apple TV.
I can however play music/content that is stored locally on my iPhone and iPad through my Apple TV.
My firewall settings are allowing access to Apple TV.
After logging into my router, I see no issues there.
I've logged in/out, turned home sharing on/off, de-authorized/authorized, and restarted my PC, Apple TV, and Router.
All devices are logged into the same iTunes account, and are on the same wireless network.
Time for a solution Apple.

If you turn off wifi on your Computer and connect it to the apple tv using an ethernet cable can you see your library under computers in Apple TV.
If yes the issue is with your wifi not the Apple TV
You may want to try the troubleshooting article
I also found this article
iTunes Home Sharing Not Working
Not working and sometimes when it is working, it cuts out in the middle, or when you click on the computer name, the focus goes away from the library. In other words, really weird.
What it is
iTunes has a feature called "Home Sharing" - it basically allows you to share your entire or part of your library with other instances of iTunes in your home network. It requires you to login to your iTunes account on both computers. A typical scenario is to enable Home Sharing on your desktop machine and then access the library from your iPad, Apple TV, iPhone, Mac, etc.
In my case, I have iTunes on my desktop machine running Windows XP in the attic with Home Sharing enabled and then I access the library from my Macbook and Apple TV, depending on what I want. How to use Home Sharing can be found here.
Symptoms
Home Sharing machine not showing up in Apple TV or the Macbook
The Macbook home sharing not showing up on my desktop
Home Sharing working intermittently
Connections getting cut of intermittently
Usually, restarting iTunes or the desktop computer will make things work.
Sometimes, restarting the Macbook or the Apple TV will make things work.
The "working" doesn't last long
The FixOn the desktop computer where the Home Sharing is enabled, I disabled the "QoS Packet Scheduler" from the network connection:
Open Control Panel
Open Network Connections
Right-Click on your connection (in my case, it was "Wireless Network Connection 4"
Select Properties
Uncheck "QoS Packet Scheduler"
Click OK
Restart iTunes if necessary
After doing the above, Home Sharing worked like a charm.

Changed my Apple User Name (email address) and home sharing no longer works?, Changed my Apple User Name (email address) and home sharing no longer works?

I've had the 2nd generation Apple TV since this past October when it was released and it has worked fine until I recently changed my Apple User Name (email address). After changing my user name my Apple TV and iPhone 4 no longer find my shared network. Home sharing is enabled on all devices, including my Sony Vaio Laptop, iPhone4, and Apple TV 2nd generation. Everything else has remained constant, including service provider, router, modem, and internet security (Trend Micro). Also, my library is on a networked hard drive, which didnt seem to make a difference before, but I figured I'd mention it. Any thoughts?
Thanks.

Winston,
Thank you for the information. He confirmed that the ID and password are the same on every device. This only started happending when he changed his User Name with Apple.
--Itunes is running on a Windows Vista Machine (Sony Vaio)
--He has an Apple TV (2nd Gen)
--He has an iPhone 4
Can you tell me more about the technologies that apple uses to make "homesharing" work? Do you think he may need to remove then re-install Bonjour?

Home Sharing no longer works in 10.1

There seems to be a few posts about this but nothing that answers the issue. I had Home Sharing working with 10.0 with my iPhone, iPad and Apple TV v2. Since the update the sharing no longer works and I can't connect any of the devices to iTunes 10.1 to share the library.
I have deauthorised each of the devices with no luck, the share seems to appear in iTunes when I first connect, click on 'Done' and it disappears.
This seems to be a problem with 10.1 but is incredibly frustrating as my Apple TV is now pretty much redundant without this functionality.
Anyone else seen this and fixed it under Windows 7?
Thanks
Neil

well, try if anything in the following support articles (unless already consulted) helps:
_*iTunes: Troubleshooting Home Sharing*_
[_*Troubleshooting security software issues*_|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125]
[_*Troubleshooting Home Sharing with Apple TV (2nd generation)*_|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3509]
good luck !
JGG

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iTunes has Home sharing on using an Airport Extreme. On the iPad when I select
the Shared Tab, my movie collection cover art begins to load as normal. Then I
Select a movie and the cover art is displayed on the right and the movie info on the
left.
The problem is when I select the play button from that screen. The iPad screen goes
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it begins to play. It used to play automatically right after I selected play from the splash screen.
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I have a home network of 2 Mac Minis and a MacBook Pro, in different parts of the house, mainly sharing music. SInce I downloaded the latest version of iTunes on the three computers (between 10th and 12th of June 2013) the three computers iTunes secreens no longer register the other libraries. I have checked that home sharing etc are switched on. Any suggestions? Thanks

What exactly does this have to do with iTunes for Windows, the forum to which you've posted?

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My wife and I used home sharing via my iTunes account without any problems about a year ago. Since then, we have both moved our iTunes libraries over to new Macs. Now, I can start home sharing on my Mac, but when I attempt to start home sharing on hers with my iTunes account login info, I get a message saying "Home Sharing could not be activated because an error occurred (306). It also takes quite some time for my wifes Mac to access the Apple Store before this warining message pops up, typically about 2-3 minutes.
If I try to set up home sharing on her Mac with her iTunes log in info, I get the same long delay to access the iTunes store and then the same error pops up.
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I have power cycled the iPhone and reset it. I have restarted iTunes and my computer a few times. Turned Home Sharing off and on. Deauthorized the computer and re-authorized it. Reset my router. It seems that Nothing I do will let me stream my movies to my iPhone anymore.
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Home Sharing is no longer working between Lion and my Apple TV or iPhone. I am able to watch Netflix through my Apple TV (2nd Gen) so I do have connectivity. I have restarted both devices, and updated iTunes to 10.4. Under "Advanced" in iTunes, Home Sharing is turned on. In Preferences in iTunes under Sharing, it says Status: On, no users connected, even though my Apple TV is connected to the network.
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I'm up and running. Spoke with Apple and they had me go to : preferences, network and create a new location. That seems to have reset something. I had to reset all my devices back to my main network that had stopped working. The guest network will not let Home Sharing work, only the main network.
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Apple TV 4.4.4 Home Sharing no longer working over ethernet

My ATV home network setup has gone from working well to not at all over the last few days and I am trying to troubleshoot it, looking for folks with similar experiences. This appeared to start on or around the time I did the 4.4.4 update, though it could be unrelated, because at that time I also switched my main home sharing server from an old Windows laptop to an old Mac Mini I just aquired for that purpose (which is a sweet little machine for $250 btw).
Situation is, with the ATV connected via ethernet, it no longer sees any home sharing servers, that are on ethernet or wifi. It is also not available for airplay for any devices on wifi. This was working fine with the PC iTunes server on ethernet a few days ago.
If I connect both the ATV and Mac Mini iTunes server via wireless, it all works fine (but performace can suffer). Something has changed, as the ATV on ethernet was also fine to access my macbook on the wireless network a few days ago, but again it doesn't unless the ATV is on wireless too. Finally, the remote app on my iPhone will also only see the ATV if it is on wifi. To me it is like Bonjour is not working over the ethernet connection. I have done a little port prodding, and this appears to be the case, but it is not conclusive.
I have reset, restored to factory and re-updated the ATV, turned home sharing on and off a 100 times, cylcled the servers, reinstalled iTunes, all sorts of stuff.
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I've seen at least one other thread on this forum similar, was wondering if anyone else has had this sort of trouble since the 4.4.4 update?
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Any news or updates in your Home Sharing problem? I am experiencing similar issues as well. I have turned on Home Sharing in two of my PCs, and my Apple TV 2 cannot see both of my PCs. I have the Remote application installed on my iPad 1, and it suddenly stopped working as well. The Remote application cannot see both of my PCs and Apple TV 2 anymore. I have also noticed that AirPlay does not work anymore as the AirPlay icon does not appear when I am watching videos on my iPad 1.
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Home Sharing is no longer connecting, I have tried rebooting Apple TV, I have tried turning off home sharing and turning back on, rebooting my PC, and updating both PC and ATV to latest verison - both indicate they are up to date.
I have tried turning off my firewall, etc. ATV can connect to iTunes so I know it is on my network.

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Previously, when I clicked on my wife's library, there was an option at the bottom to view "all items" or "items not in this library". I no longer see this option. I don't use this regularily, so I'm not exactly sure when it disappeared for me.
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Ron
p.s. We're still using "Lion" and not "Mountain Lion". iTunes and the OS are up to date on both of our computers.

Never mind ... I just figured out that "Home Sharing" somehow got turned off on my wife's computer. With Home Sharing turned off, the shared library becomes "Music Sharing" instead which allows you to view the music (which looks like home sharing), but without some of the more advanced options like viewing files not in this library, or automatic copying of new content.

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