IPhone home sharing not (or slowly) connecting

It takes my iPhone a very long time (sometimes 10-15 minutes) to connect to my shared library. The first half of the loading circle fills up pretty fast, but then it's like it just stops. My iPad and AppleTV have no problems connecting and the remote app on the iPhone works fine too.
I have an iPhone 4 running iOS6 and running iTunes 11 on a Mac.

Hello eiger3970,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot this issue where the Remote app on your iPhone is prompting you to log in to Home Sharing on iTunes even though you have already, I'd like you to please follow the directions in the article below.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing - Apple Support
Take care,
Alex H.

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