Remote app and home sharing problems

Hi
I have suddenly a problem with my home sharing
Yesterday it all worked fine
On my both devices iphone and ipad, i cant connect anymore to itunes on my mac mini
Itunes home sharing is on
Ipad and iphone it is too
I tried several times turning it of and on, on devices and itunes
No result
I rebooted the whole network and all devices and mac mini
No result
I changed nothing on my network
On mac mini, ipad and iphone, network works fine
Any suggestion
Thanks

Morning fluxxy1245,
If, after setting up Home Sharing, you cannot access your shared iTunes library over your home network from another computer, Apple TV, or iOS device take a look at:
Article: TS2972 Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Have a nice day,
Mario

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