Home Sharing not working

I have a macpro and a macbook pro, home sharing no longer works on either computer since upgrading to itunes 10.4 Home sharing shows up on the left hand side of itunes under 'shared' and when I click on it says 'loading xxxxxxxx's music' but after minute or two, nothing happens.
I've never been able to get home sharing to work via my macpro to share my macbook pro's music, which has been frustrating, but now it's not working via the macbook pro either.
I've tried everything, turned it off, restarted, checked firewalls, router, airport connections... the lot! I can share my screen and use back to my mac no problem.
Anyone having a similar situation? I rely on it on a regular basis as I work in music so need to copy tracks back and forth.

I've been having the same problem. Two macbook pros with lion and itunes 10.4 and a first gen apple tv...nothing shares anymore. I don't even get to the "loading music" part because as soon as I click ok for home sharing, nothing even shows up. My apple tv doesnt even show up on either one of the macbooks and i remember like a week or two ago, it was working fine because the option for airtunes (playing my itunes thru apple tv speakers) was available then. Now, nothing. No airtunes, no libraries, no apple tv, not even the sharing list on the side shows up anymore

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