TS2972 Home Sharing displays no song data

I have no problem connecting and using Home Sharing with iTunes but the songs display no data unless the miniplayer is on. I made sure TCP and UDP is open on the firewall and the albums display OK. What is up?

sometimes with network changes it takes a while before they really kick in
which can cause one troubleshooting to change a lot of things too fast and change them back again before
they kick in

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How do i get my husband's songs on my computer? I have already turned on home sharing and the songs on not on my computer.

I am trying to get my husband's itunes songs on my computer. We have the same account, and I turned on home sharing, but the songs have not appeared.

Hi colonrn,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
You can share music on the devices in your household many ways, the articles below provide details about those features. The first article will show you how to have songs automaticaly download to all devices and the second will show you how to redownload tracks or transfer purchases from one device to another.
iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4539
Enabling Automatic Downloads on your computer
Open iTunes.
If you haven't already, authorize your computer for use with your Apple ID by choosing Store > Authorize This Computer. Learn more about iTunes Store authorization.
For Mac computers: Choose iTunes > Preferences and click the Store tab.
For Windows computers: Choose Edit > Preferences and click the Store tab.
You can enable Automatic Downloads2 for Music, Apps, or Books under Automatic Downloads.
iTunes: Transferring media from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1209
You can transfer media using these methods:
Media type
Transfer method
Music purchased from the iTunes Store
Transfer your media through iTunes.
Download your media through iTunes in the Cloud1.
Download your media through iTunes Match2.
-Jason

TS2972 Home Sharing will not work on my new iPad Mini

I have an iPad mini set up with home sharing on my iMac. When I try to search my home sharing library on the iPad mini, the music app immediately crashes. Also, it will not sort the music by artist or album, only by song or playlist. I have rebooted both of the devices multiple times and have verified that OS X, iTunes, and iOS are all up to date. Anyone else having this kind of problem with the new minis?

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TS2972 home sharing when not connected to internet

my old computer will not connect to the internet and it has all my songs on it. can i still do home sharing?

I do not believe you can based on Apple Technical Support article TS2972.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
In Section 4 under the Resolution, it states:
Home Sharing requires a home network with an active Internet connection. All the devices you want to use with Home Sharing need to be connected to your home network.

Apple tv and home sharing using lots of data??

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TS2972 Home Sharing no longer connects to PC

Home Sharing is no longer connecting, I have tried rebooting Apple TV, I have tried turning off home sharing and turning back on, rebooting my PC, and updating both PC and ATV to latest verison - both indicate they are up to date.
I have tried turning off my firewall, etc. ATV can connect to iTunes so I know it is on my network.

sometimes with network changes it takes a while before they really kick in
which can cause one troubleshooting to change a lot of things too fast and change them back again before
they kick in

TS2972 Home Sharing with ATV stopped working after upgrade to iTunes 11

After upgrading to iTunes 11, my two PCs are no longer visible to Apple TV or the iOS Remote App. I went through all the steps in "Troubleshooting Home Sharing" http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972 without success. In additions, I tried:
Turning Home Sharing off, then on again on both PCs
Re-created Firewall rules for iTunes
Ran a factory reset on Apple TV
Disabled iPV6 on the network adapter, based on a blogger's fix for an iTunes 10 problem
Some other observations:
Home Sharing was working with Apple TV an hour before I ran the updates for iTunes 11 and Apple TV.
The Apple TV and iOS Remote App are working together, so the network settings must be correct.
The PCs in question are running Window 8 Pro 64-bit and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
The two PCs can see eachother's iTunes.
It seems likely this is an iTunes 11 issue, but upgrading ATV2 at the same time clouds the diagnostics.
I was just about to order two more Apple TVs, but now have second thoughts now that my ATV2 is just a doorstop.
Any suggestions?

You are not alone with issues related to the e1000e (but all they concluded was that reloading the module makes it work again):
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=145564
It seems like this is more your issue:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux. … devel/8932
But if none of those boot flags work for you, then there's not much you can do, and you'll have to write a script to reload the module each time after initial boot finishes I guess until the module gets fixed.
Also, power management of the PCIe interface causes the e1000e to shut off after a while as well (lots of people on CentOS noticing this):
http://serverfault.com/questions/226319 … ie-aspm-do
So you can use that boot parameter to stop that from happening, if that becomes an issue for you as well.

TS2972 Home Sharing from computer (Apple Library) to Apple TV

I turn on home sharing, it will play for about 10-15 minutes then it stops. I have to stop and restart home sharing on the computer to get it back. Computer (Win7 Ultimate), Apple TV and router are in the same roomonly several feet apart. Wireless signal is strong. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Windows Utimate (also have a Mac Mini)

Home sharing is simply accessing your local library, it won't lower quality. Mirroring will compress content as it needs to in order to display everything over real time.
If on wifi try ethernet
Make sure there are no other activities occurring (streaming, network backups etc)
Go to istumbler or similar to get a network report, look for signal strength, noise, nearby networks

Can people listening to my iTunes with Home Sharing modify my songs?

If I enable Home Sharing with a password for my household, can others who listen to my songs also change my song ratings, metadata, etc.? Or is there some way to disable them from doing so?
Also, if I set "Remember password" for someone connected to my iTunes, how do I later "forget" that password on their computer?

iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
see also Music Sharing which is different
Music Sharing - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2688

TS2972 Home Sharing "Show" menu does not appear

Can anyone tell us why this does not appear in our itunes window, "In the Show menu at the bottom of the iTunes window"?
The shared library appears, and all the music, but there is no Show menu and no way to import songs anymore and we can't for the devil figure out why. Thanks for any thoughts and suggestions.
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I have the same problem... last time I saw the home sharing icon was when I hit the "done" button, and ever since the home sharing icon is missing from my Itunes and I cannot find it anywhere on my Ipod. Itunes "help" was useless, what is going on, why doesn't this work??

TS2972 Home sharing is enabled but can not see shared libraries on any devices

I don't see my shared libraries on authorized computers, iphone, nor Apple TV.
Ran netstat -an
and see the listener for TCP tcp port 3689
Also see an entry for udp port 5353.
I can open a connection to the tcp port 3689 via a java api program and telnet.
I also used TS2972 to help with thiss
the only thing I did not do is reset the router but since I can open the ports I don't beleieve it is a router issue
All devices ere connected to the same router
All devices are using the same apple id
Need this to work to get the most out of the iphone and apple tv
any ideas are appreciated

I have set the apple ID in the Home sharing setting on windows. Also set it on the iPhone and Apple TV and also shared another library on another windows iTunes application. I don't see any shared libraries on any device. Both the pcs only show the local libray.

Does home sharing use my internet data?

I would like to be able to watch films on my iPod touch that are on my laptop via home sharing. As my iPod is always full of music, I don't want to have to delete music from my iPod everytime I want to watch a film. I have set up Home Sharing, and am curious as to whether my internet data is being used, as I have a download limit. Thanks

kitch1406 wrote:
The way I've always viewed it, is that it would be downloading them from my laptop and uploading them to my iPod. Is this not the right way to look at it?
sure.
so, the downloading part will involve your internet connection if your purchase content. once it is downloaded, the streaming to mobile devices (or Apple TV) from iTunes on your computer is purely over your local network.
if you rent content from the iTunes store (or on an Apple TV), the stream will obviously come from the iTunes store, i.e. via your internet connection.

Does de-authorizing a computer for Home Sharing delete purchased songs?

We have three computers in our house. We have had two other computers, both of which were authorized for our Home Sharing account. We neglected to de-authorize these computers before getting rid of them, so the account now has 5 out of 5 machines authorized. My plan is this: De-authorize all, then re-authorize the three computers we still own. Would we still have access to all the purchased songs?

jellyfrank wrote:
Would we still have access to all the purchased songs?
yes.

Does home sharing transfer EVERY song, or just purchased songs?

i am trying to find my songs. I have a desktop that i put itunes on, and all our ipods. I now have a laptop and installed itunes on that. (same account) I use the laptop mostly for my ipod touch, and the kids use the desktop for there ipod's. They purchase more songs than I do, but I want some of them songs.
Yes I know I could just go plug my ipod into the desktop and get purchased songs that way, but I want to be able to get them off my laptop. So I was trying the home sharing. I thought it was sucessful.
Does home sharing also transfer the songs from the library that were not purchased? Like the songs that were added from a cd? Cause those I can't seem to find on the laptop.

We are able to share imported CDs. In fact I got a USB record player so all my vinyl albums are being shared even though my 16 year old son doesn't seem too excited for my music :-)

TS2972 Home Sharing does not work for my iphone 4S or my MacBook Pro and my appleTV... why?

I have everything logged in properly. And I've started and restarted each device... but still no home sharing. In fact, the Apple TV icon doesn't even show up on my iPhone any more. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

You've done the obvious things. Have you restarted your router?

TS2972 Home Sharing displays no song data

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