I can no longer activate home sharing on my Apple TV

I have an Apple TV 2nd (or 3rd) generation. It was working fine until I updated the firmware one month ago. I can no longer activate home sharing. The WIFI connection works fine as I was able to restore the device. Home sharing is active on my computer (and my iPad and iPhone). When I try to activate home sharing on Apple TV it says that the Apple ID or password are incorrect. I know it is not the case as reentered it many times and very carefully. I also rest the device many times and restored the software twice.

Bump... I have the same issue (on Ipad 4 and Itunes on Windows 7).

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HT3819 Since the last AppleTV update I can no longer use home sharing. chI have checked all IDs, rebooted iTunes, AppleTV, and my router, eck port settings in my firewall. Nothing works. Is it me or did this update screw things up?

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Hi,
I tried everythink, but same as before!
- droppings ot the main screen
- loosing Home Share
now even on iPads !
Frustrating!
I'm now more than convinced that this is caused by the latest iTunes version.
As some others stated in other threads .... it seems that Apple doesn't really take care of this problem. So what if, if we could make them feeling the same pain as we do. ... Just by dropping them a mail as soon as we have the problem again. Not more often, we don't want to be unfair, but everytime it happens.
I found this feedback site http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
I will start now with this.... maybe this will help to rise a little bit of attention
Tweety
This is the mailbody I always use
Hello all,
Since the last update to iTunes Version 10.6.1 (7) streaming content (Movies and TV shows) to Apple TVs and iPads has two major problems:
- Home Sharing is lost during streaming (streaming stops even if a large portion of the content is already preloaded)
- streaming stops and the main screen pops up (Home Sharing still available)
This happens sometime after some minutes, sometimes after several hours, but it surely happens.
I followed every advice I could found on this support website. There are now a lot of threads following this issue.
Sometimes it seems getting better, but hours later the same isues occured again. Watching content on this enviroment is a real pain and very frustrating.
As many others I'm now convinced that the latest update of iTunes caused this problem.
Our family enviroment contains the following Apple products:
- iTunes on a Win7 32 bit Noname PC (all content)
- second iTunes on a iMac with OS 10.6.8 (all content)
- third iTunes on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.6.8 (daughter, only selected content)
- fourth iTunes on a Win7 32 Samsung Notebook (son, only selected content)
- all iTunes sharing the same Home Sharing ID
- 2 Apple TV second generation
- 1 Apple TV first generation
- 2 iPod touch (bought last year)
- 2 iPads (second generation)
all firmware or software are on latest available patchlevel.
At this moment, I can not recomend to others to buy this products.
I will drop this feedback everytime my famiily and I facing this problem... just to help you to get a better feeling of the urgency of this issue.
Thanks for every effort in advanced.

HT202157 since latest ATV software update i can no longer do home sharing or air play

since latest ATV software update i can no longer do home share or air play

Try restarting the Apple TV by removing ALL the cables for 30 seconds, or resetting it using the reset option under general. You should also try restarting your router.

HT1600 How can I turn on home sharing on my Apple TV if I lost the remote?

How do you turn on home sharing on my Apple TV if I lost my remote?

You can not do anyting to ATV if you do not have the only device that controls it. You can get a replacement for $20.

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I have been using home sharing for the past few years and streaming my music, movies, and TV shows to my Apple TVs, iPads, and iPhones. A couple weeks ago it stopped working. On all the devices I see the library (Familys Library) but when I go to load it fails to load. The iPads and iPones get to about half of the circle and fails. On the Apple TV I think the message just is "Cannot load Library"
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So, I will try replacing the ethernet cable but I do not see that as being the issue. It seems like something on that computer.
Going through the Programs it looks like iTunes and Quicktime were both updated on 3 June, right around the time this started to occur. I also loaded items for my duaghters Nook, Adobe Digital Editions, so that she can get books. I removed the items that I loaded for the nook and that did nto fix the issue. I would like to downgrade iTunes, but I cannot find an old copy of iTunes plus I do not know if this will destroy the library contents.
My questions would be
1. Can I find an older version of iTunes
2. Can itunes be removed from the computer and reinstalled without the iTunes library getting blown away? I have a lot of moveis and descriptions and information located in the Get Info that would just stink to lose
3. Could this be a corrupt library and is there a way t verify the library?
4. Any other things I can do and check
Thanks for any insight and help
Cheers
Dave

All the cutting and pasting and I forgot the machine information:
OS: Windows 7 x64
Memory: 8G
Current iTunes: 11.0.4
Thanks

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I have logged in to iTunes on my PC and enabled Home Sharing, I have then downloaded the Apple TV Remote app on my iphone5 and turned the Home Sharing on there as well.
Now when I turn the app on the only icon that I see to control is the iTunes library. I assume that the last thing that I need to do is to turn on the Home Sharing function on in Apple TV the only problem is that I don't have a remote to control anything. The screen is on I just can't navigate.
Thanks

Thanks so much! My issue is that I followed those same steps already and can't find my advanced settings on my iPad. Any suggestions?

HT202157 How Can I Fix the Home sharing in the apple tv ?

This problem is now from almost 2 months or more ..
My apple tv was working fine .. untill i updated it ..
- Home sharing : i watch my tv shows and movies through home sharing to apple tv but now its just keep buffering .. i have to turn off home sharing and turn it on again to work .. its not just working .. i can play only one item and after this item i have to do the same turn off , turn on ...
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
AirPlay Mirroring requires a second-generation Apple TV or later, OS X 10.8 or better and is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer).

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
AirPlay Mirroring requires a second-generation Apple TV or later, OS X 10.8 or better and is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer). You can see which Mac you have and which operating system you are using by selecting 'About this Mac' from the Apple menu in the top left corner of your Mac and selecting the 'More Info' button.

Can't activate home sharing

Hey, community! I'm having some problems with home sharing and the questions submitted in the forums didn't adjust to my case precisely, and I followed the instructions on the troubleshooting site and everything was good.
I've never been able to use home sharing before, nor now either. I have a MacBook Pro (13", mid-2012) with OS X 10.8.4 running iTunes 11.1, an iPhone 5 with iOS 7 and an iPad 2 with iOS 7 as well. I tried to connect via home sharing before from my iDevices (running the latest iOS 6 then), to be able to access to my MacBook's music library, but to no avail.
Being a little more descriptive, when I was trying to connect from my iDevice I always got the error message "Cannot activate 'Home Sharing'" —or, in spanish, "No se puede activar 'Compartir en casa'"—. Maybe I should also say that the Remote App doesn't work either, neither with the Home Sharing way nor the 4-number-code way. Is it maybe a network issue? My devices are connected to the same network, and iTunes detects the iPhone trying to control the music with the Remote App (I even put the 4-digit code, and it says it's connected) but doesn't work either.
Well, I hope I've made myself clear and you guys could help me out. Thanks in advance!

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So, i have two apple computers connected to the same network, one iMac connected via ethernet cable, one MBP connected to wifi. There are also other apple products connected to the same network but i don't think they have any relation to the problem that i have.
On both machines i have Home sharing turned off and i have even disabled all the options from the General sharing menu (outside itunes). Despite all this, i can see on both machines the other machine's library and i can play everything, music, videos, playlists, etc. What is even stranger is that in iTunes general preferences i have unchecked 'shared libraries' so i shouldn't see it even if it was shared. I have even tried to activate home sharing but to select nothing in the sharing list...no change. i am not even loged in to itunes or app store. Both macs have 10.8.3 and itunes 11.
What i suspect may be related to this:
Initially i had only the macbookpro with a user id, password, library name 'username's library'. After i've bought the imac i have set it with the same accound name, password and of course library name was the same. At some point i had home sharing on both machines since i used the same apple for it.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I mean normally i wouldn't care but i think that because of this, my imac does not go correctly to sleep, or wakes up when i open itunes on the other machine. I have wake on demand ON and i do not want to turn it off since i keep it on to ssh from the MBP and run some scripts, etc while the iMac is sleeping
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
You would only need homesharing on your iPad if you want to use the remote app (which is quite handy actually). To be able to use the iPad with the Apple TV, you use AirPlay, but the iPad won't show up in a list on the Apple TV, you send content from the iPad itself.
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.
When displaying the content you wish to mirror on the iPad 2 (or better), iPad Mini, iPhone 4S (or better), double tap the home button (quickly) and swipe the bottom row of apps to the right to reveal the playback controls, tap the AirPlay icon and select your Apple TV from the list of available devices.

I want to connect my ipad mini to my Apple TV. There isn't a option when I double tap on my ipad button for connecting to the tv and I also can't connect to home sharing from my iTunes settings. Can someone talk to me in simple terms. Thanks

So I have a ipad min. I want to connect it to my Apple TV. There is no option on my ipad for home sharing which my Apple TV is telling me to do.
Can somebody please just explain it to me in simple terms where I can find the home sharing and what I have to do to connect my Apple TV to the ipad or vice versa.
Everything I have bought from apple in the past month has been a complete let down its taking far to long to connect things and the people who sell the products to you lie about what the product does and can do.
Can someone help me please
Thanks

AirPlay isn't anything to do with homesharing. (Home sharing lets you share the iTunes libraries on computers)
Basic AirPlay: 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.
Mirroring: When displaying the content you wish to mirror on the iPad 2 (or better), iPad Mini, iPhone 4S (or better), double tap the home button (quickly) and swipe the bottom row of apps to the right to reveal the playback controls, tap the AirPlay icon and select your Apple TV from the list of available devices.
Try the following steps, check whether things are working after each step where appropriate, before trying the next.
Check AirPlay is turned on on the Apple TV (turn it off and on if it already is)
Check that both devices are on the same network (Settings > Wifi, on the mobile device and Settings > General > Network, on the Apple TV).
Restart the Apple TV (Settings > General > Restart).
Restart the Apple TV by removing ALL the cables for 30 seconds.
Restart your router.
Restart your mobile device.

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What are you doing to activate home sharing? Is it enabled on iTunes?
obviously we are connected to the internet or we would not be able to post.
You are connected, that does not mean ATV is.

HT4367 I am trying to activate home sharing but I am getting error code 5506. ID not recognized.

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Can't see the Home Sharing Icon

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Hey I had the same problem,
Thanks to you I found it.
It's not supposed to be there, once you activate it it goes away.
If you want to see it, go to the advanced tab, click turn it off, then turn it back on, but don't say DONE on the last step or it hides it.
If you go to other computers or laptops it should probablly be there if that's how you configured it...
hopefully that helps, (:

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Hi All
Hope someone can help. My wife and I have separate iTunes accounts with separate Apple IDs on separate PCs.
We both have HomeSharing turned on and can access each others music libraries from both PCs which is great. However when I try to access the home shared libraries from our devices (I have an iPhone 4 and an iPad 2, and my wife has an iPhone 5) when connected to the home network I can only see my own shared library on my devices and my wife can only see her own shared Library from her iPhone 5.
Just for background we are both running the latest iTunes and are on win7 PCs, my iPhone 4 is on iOS7, the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 are currently running iOS6
Is there a way to see each others shared libraries on all our devices when we connect to the home network through wifi?
Many thanks!
Chris

Hello Chris G Shirley,
In order to do this, you would need to switch between the two Apple IDs used on each system in Settings > Music.
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iPhone User Guide - Home Sharing
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/
Cheers,
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