Sharing iTunes content to my iPad?, sharing iTunes content to my iPad?

I want to view some videos stored in my home Mac's iTunes library over wifi, on my iPod, while in the house. It looks to be possible via Home Sharing in iTunes, but it looks like it needs my Apple ID - why?  Does it upload any of the content (or any of its metadata) to my Apple account?  Why would it need my Apple ID in order to stream my own content within my LAN? 

You still need to enter your iTunes account id/password in order to use home sharing, whether or not the content that you want to play was bought from Apple or not : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620 . That is basically the way to identify which computer(s) to share from - without some way of authenticating it you could, potentially, pick up a neighbour's library
Your films and tv shows will then appear in the Videos app on the iPad : you should get a Shared tab at the top of the app. And your audio content will be in the iPod : at the top of the left-hand column there should be a Library button/house icon - tap that and you should be able to select the library that you want to show/play i.e. the iPad contents or a shared computer's content. I think that iTunes will need to be open on the computer that you are sharing from.

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