Is there a patch to iTunes 10.6.3 to fix the home sharing issues?

My Apple TVs are now dropping their connections to the iTunes library on my mac during playback. The message is that I need to turn home sharing on. If I restart iTunes or turn home sharing on/off the problem goes away. Issue is that it now comes back fairly quickly sometimes as short a time as five minutes which is making watching anything on Apple TVs a real issue. My Mac attaches to my router wirelessly but all my apple TVs are wired via home plugs. I also have a mix of apple tv 2s and 3s and all the iPhones and iPads also can't see the iTunes library when this happens.
Anyone got any ideas other than apple need to release a fix?

Homesharing shares everything. If you want to hide things, put them into another iTunes library, if you have any suggestions that you think might enhance iTunes you can send Apple your feedback here.

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I joined itunes on my computor at work since then I have a laptop at home ,an ipad and a iphone 4s and i just recently bought a apple tv 2 I have icloud on all the devices I have clicked on all the home sharing on everything . At home we have wifi but I t

I opened my account with itunes on my work computor, sometime later I purchased an ipad , and a iphone 4s and i successfully got them all to sync with icloud
so all my music i have bought and my photos ect goes to all devices , very happy.
Then i purchased an apple tv 2 , i have wifi installed and i have set up the apple tv with all the ID and passwords it asks for but it doesnt find my music collection on itunes. I have switched on the home sharing on all devices at home and at work but to no avail. please could someone tell me what i am doing or not doing I am a beginner at this stuff and would appreciate in laymans terms what i can do
Thankyou

Home Sharing is designed to work on your local network not across the internet/cloud.
Stuff is accessed under the Computers column where your local iTunes library on a local computer would appear.
Home Sharing would share your iTunes content (i.e. stuff stored in itunes on the computer, not in the cloud) with AppleTV or an iPad etc on the SAME network.
AppleTV2 will not be able to see itunes content on the work computer over the internet. It's not designed to. if the work computer was on the home network it would.
iCloud is in it's infancy and is not a mature product - iTunes TV Show purchases appear on AppleTV, but currently music does not unless you are subscribed to iTunes Match. I find this rather odd to be honest, along with the inability to buy music on AppleTV2. Movies purchased in iTunes are not authorised for iCloud viewing currently either.
Maybe it has something to do with iTunes Match 'getting in the way' - i think they assume you'll use that whereas you really want to be able to access Purchased music from the cloud without subscribing to itunes Match which is overkill for some.
AC

Restart ther counter of the home sharing in iTunes

Few days ago I was trying to connect the Remote aspplication in my iPhone to muy iTunes Library and I get a meesage about the time sharing counter has ended. How can I restart the counter of home sharing?.
I think this happens because I had to reinstall my Operative System in my computer and reinitialize my iPhone several times. Today I have "all Apple", one Airport Extreme, one Airport Express, one Time Capsule and Apple TV, using my iPhone as remote control !!
I need to use the home sharing in iTunes in order to connect the Remote program in my iPhone and the Apple TV to share the content of my Windows PC.
Thanks if anyone have any information about that.

Home Sharing
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I just bought my apple tv yesterday and SET UP THE HOME SHARING ON MY COMPUTER, I CAN STREAM MY PHOTOS AND SEE ALL THE VIDEOS AND LISTEN SONGS IN MY ITUNES, BUT CAN NOT DO HOME SHARING, ON THE TV, ALWAYS SHOWS "TURN ON HOME SHARING ON YOUR OMPUTER WITH YOUR ID WHICH I DID BUT NOTHING HAPPEN. WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT SHALL I DO NOW?

I have found with AppleTV that it is the IPV6 on the computer you want to access is the problem. The issue is that Homegroup on Win 7 or Win 8 requires IPV6 to work, but AppleTV won't work with IPV6. (So maybe double check you have IPV6 turned off)
So you have to make a choice - Homegroup or AppleTV.... but you can't have both, until Apple brings ATV up to date. (crazy that it does not recognise IPV6 - c'mon Apple!)
You can set up sharing individually in Win 7 or 8 and have the ATV access files that way.
Having said that, there is always the exception.. I have an old HP home server running Win8 and it services ATV - but is part of the Homegroup... have no idea why it works on both, but no other machine on the home network will talk to both ATV and Homegroup at the same time!

Syncing one itunes library / account to multiple comp. using home sharing.

Hi guys, just have a quick question. I am setting up a home network and am using a western digital external drive for time machine ( because I have heard that the time capsules are unreliable) for the computers in my home. (which is working great)
I have successfully synced my itunes library and account on the computers in the network via the "home sharing" option. I have it set up so any changes I make to my itunes library ( add songs, apps exc.) it will copy them to my other computers libraries. Thus my itunes libraries are identical.
Is there any way to sync my iphone on more than one computer? Could I use home share or some other app to accomplish this. That way I can sync my phone on my macbook and my desktop.
Also is there any to sync the pictures to all my computers. (other than using mobile me)
P.s: I am also using mobile me if that makes any difference.
Thanks for your time and help,
Noah

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Says "contact itunes support to complete transaction".
Tried several times.
Even changed credit cards on the acct. Still no go.
Not a credit card issue
iTunes tech was pretty much clueless. Told me to try the purchase
after waiting 24 hours.
Then I started thinking about homeshare and media rights, so I turned off
homeshare on both mac's, and the purchase went thru.
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many thanks.
That should be possible.
From his library connect to your library via Home Sharing.
Select the name of the shared library in the source pane of your itunes, and click on the wee disclosure triangle to the left of the name of the library. Does "Films" appear beneath the name of the library?
Here's a screenshot of what I mean.
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Hi Monty,
Sorry to say it, but this is normal for Apple TVs. I've owned a TV2 and a TV3, and neither lasted for an entire year. They are quite fragile and of low quality, and as you can see here, quite fussy even when they work. The wi-fi receiver on these are cheap and unreliable.
Consider the $99 an annual rental fee. They rarely work for a whole year, so if you are going to use the platform, you will have to replace them constantly.
Also, when one dies under warranty, never, never send it to Apple for repair. Go to the Apple Store for replacement. I sent my ATV3 in for warranty repair using a box sent to me by Apple, and although FedEx tracking showed it was accepted by Apple, it was never seen again. Apple won't replace it or even return my calls.

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