Not able to use Apple TV Home Sharing when internet down

I am encountering an odd problem.
I have been using Apple TV ever since the 1st Gen and have been using it to stream content from my iMac using Home Sharing.
It's all been working without incident until the past 2 weeks as my internet connection has been spotty and dropping out for 30 mins - 2 hours at a time.
When the internet is down I am able to browse my itumes library, look to see what is there, no issues.
But when I try to play the content I get the spinning wheel indicating it's loading content but nothing loads.
I've tried resetting the Apply TV.  Restarting iTunes, etc, etc - nothing works.
It only starts to work again once the internet connection comes back - then I am able to play content.
This is odd as it's all offline content (subscribe to many podcasts that download automatically and want to play them via Apple TV from my iMac iTunes).
Has anyone else had similar issues and have a workaround?  Or is this a new "bug" that has to be corrected by Apple?
Many thanks

Hello,
i have the same problem when I go on holiday.
i Take my airport express to create a local wifi without interne So I can use home sharing from my laptop to apple tv for children animation movies or watch our own series.
1) if you wait several minuts the spinning wheel will disappear and the content will start.
2) IF you want it quicker when you are offline>  launch it from your mac then airplay it (via the iTunes airplay icon near the fast forward button of the video) then it starts immediately.
This is an issue that only affects Apple TV not being connected to internet when trying to retrieve content from Apple TV via home sharing.
Let me know if both workarounds works for you the same way it works for me.
Regards

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