Home Sharing shared tv shows/movies but not music

I turned on Home Sharing in my MacBook Pro, but I noticed it isn't listed on the left hand side in iTunes.
I turned on Home Sharing on my ATV3 but it doesn't list my computer on the computers menu.
Do I need iCloud Match in order to listen to my music library on the ATV3? I would have thought it would be there via home sharing? On the ATV3, my purchased movies and tv shows are in there, so where is my music llibrary?
Thanks..

From what you are saying, your movies and TV shows aren't there (or at least not by virtue of home sharing), redownloading of purchased content isn't done with home sharing.
If home sharing was working correctly, you would have access to all your iTunes content from the computers section of the Apple TV, not just the movie/TV show sections.
Your problem appears to be that home sharing isn't working. there may be a number of reasons for this and hence why I asked you to check whether both devices were using the same network. Other reasons might be that a firewall or anti-virus software is blocking home sharing.

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