Home sharing on apple tv, Home sharing on apple tv

How do I set up home sharing on my Apple TV? It says it is on and the shared libraries show up on all the computers but not on the television

You need to introduce the same Apple ID in the Apple TV (home sharing option, not necessary on ATV's iTunes Store) and in the iTunes' home sharing (Advanced/Turn on Home Sharing)... and both connected in the same wifi or ethernet network. It's all.

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  • How do I connect both a Mac and PC to Apple TV Home Sharing?

    Goal
    - I am trying to share both my PC and Mac through my Apple TV2 on the "Computers" home sharing menu.
    - These are 2 seperate iTunes accounts as they are 2 different owners of the PC and Macbook.
    - However, home sharing only allows me to have one at a time, can I not have 2 computers connected?
      (The menu is in fact plural and says "Computers" not "Computer")
    Attempt
    -I turn on home sharing on my PC with my PC iTunes account, it then shows up on the "Computers" list as PC
    -I turn on home sharing on my Mac with my Mac iTunes account, it then shows up on the "Computers" list as Mac, but it deletes the PC share
    Troubleshoot
    -So I started from scatch and connected the PC share with my PC itunes account, it shows up,
    -Then I connect the Mac home sharing with the same iTunes login as my PC, but it also erases my PC from the "Computers" list and just displays the Mac.
    Question
    -How do I connect both a Mac and PC to Apple TV Home Sharing?
    -I want them both to show up in the "Computers" list.
    -So the final result will look like this on my Apple TV menu:
    Computers
    -PC
    -Mac
    whew... I'm out of breath... I hope there is an Apple Genius out there that can help.
    Thanks!

    After retrying the home share with the SAME ITUNES ACCOUNT ON HOME SHARING I finally got it to work.

  • HT3819 For home sharing do you have to use one apple ID? Im trying to make my own new account for all my devices (iphone, ipad, mac) , but i still want the music from my dads account.

    For home sharing do you have to use one apple ID? Im trying to make my own new account for all my devices (iphone, ipad, mac) , but i still want the music from my dads account.

    For home sharing do you have to use one apple ID? Im trying to make my own new account for all my devices (iphone, ipad, mac) , but i still want the music from my dads account.

  • Home sharing problem with music between iTunes and Apple TV

    iTunes 10.5.2.11
    Apple TV2 running 4.4.4 (3330)
    Windows 7 pc
    WI FI connection
    Apple TV is losing its connection to iTunes on my windows 7 pc after streaming EXACTLY TWO SONGS.   I've never had this problem until the last update of iTunes to 10.5.2.11 and Apple TV 4.4.4.  Home sharing is on in both iTunes and apple TV.  I launch my computer from apple TV and open the music folders, select an album/playlist or even shuffle (doesn't matter what I do).  Apple TV will play two songs and then lose its home sharing connection to my iTunes songs.  TheBuffering icon continues to spin as it looks for the next song on the playlist, but the \song never starts playing.  If I sue the apple TV remote to return to the main menu, it is apparent that my computer is no longer visible to apple tv.  
    The only temporary "fix" (which again only works for EXACTLY TWO SONGS) is to re-start home sharing on my pc or apple tv.   Obviously, you can't listen to music by continuously turning on/off home sharing on eiter device.  Doesn't matter which device I choose to restart home Sharing.
    I've spent considerable time troubleshooting this issue.  It is NOT a router issue, nor is it a signal quality issue.  I'm able to stream feature-length movies from iTunes to apple TV without issue.  It's only music files.  The cynic in me thinks its apple wanting me to spend $25 to put my music in its iCloud service.
    Other troubleshooting that I've tried.  None successful.
    Uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes.
    Tried a fresh install of iTunes on a brand new windows 7 maching
    Restored my apple TV.
    disconnected / re-connected outlook.

    bump to Apple.  Many people are having this issue and no fix yet!

  • I recently changed the password for my apple id  and now my apple tv keeps asking me to turn on home sharing even after giving it the new id password

    I change my Apple ID password and now my apple tv will not recognize my itunes library even after updating my password for home sharing on both the computer and the apple tv.  the apple tv keeps asking me to turn on home sharing in itunes which has been done repeatedly.  ive even tried resetting my apple tv.

    Hello there, ozibw.
    The following Knowledge Base article offers some great steps for troubleshooting Home Sharing:
    Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
    Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
    Cheers,
    Pedro.

  • I have to relaunch itunes for apple tv home sharing to access library

    why is that i have to relaunch itunes every now and then for apple tv home sharing to access movie library
    itunes version 12.1
    ATV 3
    Mac mini 2014

    Problem solved – While looking elsewhere on the Internet, I ran across an article where a guy in Russia found that his security code for the credit card entered on his iTunes account was missing.
    After checking, I found my security code was missing as well. After I reentered my credit card security code, I was able to log on to the iTunes Store and also able to turn on  Home Sharing.
    I HOPE The Apple  iTunes accounts were not hacked into.  That could be a reason for the security codes beinging erased by Apple.

  • Apple TV Home Sharing only detects Macbook Pro but not iPads

    Hello
    My Apple TV (2nd gen) will only detect my Macbook Pro on Home Sharing. I have two iPads (1st gen and iPad Mini) both updated to the latest iOS but they just wont show up on apple TV home sharing.
    Any thoughts?
    The software on all devices is up to date, and all devices are connected to the same network.

    Your first generation iPad is only capable of basic AirPlay, instruction for basic AirPlay are:
    Assuming both devices are on the same network and that AirPlay is not turned off on the Apple TV, then simply tap on the screen when you are watching content you wish to stream to your Apple TV, then tap the airplay icon that appears in the control bar, choose the Apple TV from the menu that appears.
    Your problems on the iPad mini, indicate a network problem at your end, perhaps the distances are too great or you have interference on your network.
    Intermittent problems are often a result of interference. Interference can be caused by other networks in the neighbourhood or from household electrical items.
    You can download and install iStumbler (NetStumbler for windows users) to help you see which channels are used by neighbouring networks so that you can avoid them, but iStumbler will not see household items.
    Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel or adjusting your multicast rate.
    There are other types of problems that can affect networks, but this is by far the most common, hence worth mentioning first. Networks that have inherent issues can be seen to work differently with different versions of the same software. You might also try moving the Apple TV away from other electrical equipment.

  • Apple TV Home Sharing Photos

    Hi folks,
    I have an iMac which has home sharing turned on and which streams music, videos and photos to my Apple TV.  This works fine, and now I have just purchased a new digital camera.  The files for each photo are approximately 4MB each.
    For some reason, the Apple TV is not picking up the new photo files of this size and so my question is whether there is a file size limit on streaming content?  I don't see why there should be any reason other than bandwidth that a file wouldn't stream to the TV ... my bandwidth is fine, and is approximately 45 mbs on wireless.
    I would appreciate any thoughts from the community.
    Thanks.

    It's a standard JPEG file.  It's bizarre - I copied that file alone to iPhoto and changed my Apple TV photo sharing preferences to point at the iPhoto application.  Worked fine.
    Reverted the sharing settings back to the original folder location with all my 5,000 or so photos in and it also worked fine.  Seems that a simple 'reboot' of the settings has resolved the problem.

  • Apple TV Home Sharing troubleshooting not successful...

    Signed into my iTunes account, says to turn on home sharing on my compuer. Both the Apple TV and my iMac have home sharing turned on with the same iTunes account but my apple TV wont show any libraries and keeps saying to turn on Home Sharing in my iTunes.
    I've tried resetting my Apple TV and i'm getting pretty frustrated with it. All the troubleshooting options on the apple support page for Apple TV have said to do what I have already repeatedly done but to no avail. I'm also unable to airplay from my iPhone or iMac
    could it be just a faulty Apple TV box?

    Problem solved – While looking elsewhere on the Internet, I ran across an article where a guy in Russia found that his security code for the credit card entered on his iTunes account was missing.
    After checking, I found my security code was missing as well. After I reentered my credit card security code, I was able to log on to the iTunes Store and also able to turn on  Home Sharing.
    I HOPE The Apple  iTunes accounts were not hacked into.  That could be a reason for the security codes beinging erased by Apple.

  • Apple TV & Home Sharing Stopped Working Overnight --- What Happened?

    Sunday night (September 15), I was able to stream video from my iTunes to my Apple TV via Home Sharing. I went home last night (September 16) and tried to watch a couple of videos. Apple TV told me I had to turn on Home Sharing, which was already on. I tried everything I could possibly think of, restarting, rebooting, everything on the technical articles, an I ultimately did a restore. Nothing. It's not working. I did absolutely nothing to alter the settings between Sunday and Monday. So what is the deal? Is anyone having similar problems?

    Bailcam, I did a lot of searching in these forums and found a solution. I created a rule in my antivirus software which opened the ports Apple TV uses in iTunes. Then I shut down my computer and restarted. I opened up iTunes and turned Home Sharing on. I then turned off Home Sharing on Apple TV and restarted. Once it was back up, I turned Home sharing on and voila, Apple TV was accessing my Library once again. It's crazy that I had to go to these measures, but the darn thing is working again.

  • Apple tv - home sharing and AirPlay not Working.

    today i got a apple tv2 and i have the ipod touch 4g and itunes on my laptop, did itunes update 10.3.1 losted my apps and music from itunes but some how back them up. updated my ipod touch to the 4.3.3 and today did the same with my apple tv 4.2.2. the thing is when i open itune and turn on home sharing and do the same on my apple tv, i cant see my music files from itunes or movies and the same if i try it on the ipod apps,cant pick up the apple tv or itunes. i dont no why i cant fix this, been doing this for 8 hours now. can some one help me out??

    verify you you set up home sharing correctly:
    iOS: Setting up Home Sharing on your device
    also see Troubleshooting Home Sharing with Apple TV (2nd generation)
    and Troubleshooting Home Sharing

  • TS2972 Apple TV home sharing trouble

    Apple TV home sharing does not for on my MAC mini if I do not have iTunes running on my PC at the same time. How do I fix this (as I want to get rid of the PC)?

    my universal cure of issues between windows and itunes is
    uninstall everything itunes, quicktime ...
    reboot
    use regedit and search and delete everything related to itunes
    reboot
    reinstall everything itunes, quicktime.-...
    this has fixed it for me back when I used itunes under windows
    but of cause if one spend a lot of time adding album art to imported cd's and such it's a sad loss of effort

  • My iPad won't sync with apple tv home sharing my laptop appears in computers section but even though I have turned home sharing on my iPad and used same apple Id

    My iPad won't sync with apple tv home sharing my laptop appears in computers section but even though I have turned home sharing on my iPad and used same apple Id.can anybody help plz

    you have to go to your atv's settings and remove the sync setup with the in the atvs eyes "old" computer
    before you can add the "new" computer as a sync computer
    an atv can only be set to sync with 1 and it don't know the "old" computer is not just off

  • Why can't my apple tv 2 see my macbook itunes libraries with home sharing enabled on both devices?  Same Apple id.

    I cannot see my macbook pro snow leopard 10.6.8 itunes libraries on my apple tv 2.  i have disabled and re-enabled home sharing on both devices using the same Apple ID.  I used to be able to see it but not anymore.  There has been a router upgrade to Linksys E2000 but i haven't been able to find anything that would inhibit home sharing.

    Switched back to the old D-Link and all is available.  Looking for solutions from Linksys.

  • ITunes store/Apple TV/home sharing – will not accept my password.

    Home Sharing could not be activated because the Apple ID or password was incorrect.
    IT IS NOT INCORRECT!!
    WHAT IS – FATAL – Unable to process your request.  Please try again.
    I HAVE USED  The same Apple ID and password  TO LOG ONTO THIS SITE, I HAVE USED IT TO CHANGE MY PASSWORD,  I HAVE USED IT TO LOG ON TO MY ACCOUNT,… I KEEP RECEIVING THE SAME MESSAGE!!
    I'm sorry, do I sound a bit frustrated?
    I CANNOT  ACTIVATE HOME SHARING ON MY APPLE TVS, IOS DEVICES,  OR THREE OTHER COMPUTERS.
    Incidental:
    I had the entire family over to watch videos I had worked on for countless hours which  I meticulously transferred from 8mm to HD then edited them using iMovie.
    They all looked at me like I was stupid! 
    If Apple would have sent out an email  stating their service was down, or that there was some kind of error it would've saved me a lot of embarrassment not to mention two hours wasted on trying to get it to work.
    BTW http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972 Is absolutely useless.

    Problem solved – While looking elsewhere on the Internet, I ran across an article where a guy in Russia found that his security code for the credit card entered on his iTunes account was missing.
    After checking, I found my security code was missing as well. After I reentered my credit card security code, I was able to log on to the iTunes Store and also able to turn on  Home Sharing.
    I HOPE The Apple  iTunes accounts were not hacked into.  That could be a reason for the security codes beinging erased by Apple.

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