Why apple tv 1st gen doesn't appear on itunes?

I am trying to upload my pictures to my Apple Tv 1st gen. It did once and cannot do it anymore. Anyone can help?

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Apple TV (1st Gen) no longer appears in iTunes 10.

Hi there, my Apple TV (1st Gen) no longer appears in itunes 10.
I have looked at as many of the forums as I can and I have followed all the advice to reset Apple TV, router and PC. No joy. I have then restored Apple TV, uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, checked router ports etc. but still no joy.
The Apple TV is connected to my network just fine (I can download movie trailers etc.), my PC is connected to the network just fine (itunes store opens and I can shop). However, the Apple TV does not appear in the devices list on the LHS of the itunes window, there is no Apple TV tab in preferences and I cannot locate my library (not listed) on the Apple TV.
Basically I have tried everything I can find to try to solve this, but no joy. Please can someone help me as this is driving me crazy?

If you've reset AppleTv, have you actually set up the sync/share computer again?
If not go to Settings>Computers and add a new library - a 5 digit code will appear for you to enter in itunes.
The top computer entry in the list syncs and streams, the others only stream. If you plan to purchase anything make sure you have an entry for sync/stream as streaming only libraries may not transfer AppletV purchases.
AC

Apple TV 1st gen does not show in itunes preferences or devices

Apple tv 1st gen does not appear in itunes devices nor in preferences. The words "Apple TV" appear no where in itunes whatsoever.
Windows 7
Apple TV 1st Generation
It used to be there but not since I updated itunes.
I have tried:
re-install itunes (version10.7.0.21)
re-set apple tv
unplug all cables on apple tv and router
performance test on apple tv (OK)
turn off "Home sharing"
turn on "Home sharing"
"Share my library on local network" - Off - On - Off - On
The apple tv works fine and it is connected to my network (I can watch youtube no problem).
I've now spent about 6 hours researching any other possibilities to no avail. Any help appreciated.

Thanks for all the helpful answers I received on this thread!!!!
Anyway, this morning I received the notification to download the 10.1.2.17 which I did. This resolved my problem.
I am still a bit sceptical that the same symptom my return as it happened the same way in the past.
Fingers crossed!!

My Apple TV (1st Gen) will not synch with iTunes on my Laptop

I've been trying to do this for a while, it shouldn't be too difficult i think.
All i want to do is synch all the content on my laptop with my Apple TV (and vice versa) so all the content including photos and home videos is the same on both my Apple TV and my laptop.
Some points:
There's enough hard drive space on both
I'm using Windows 7 ultimate on my laptop
The correct port exceptions have been added to Windows Firewall
I have purchases on both my laptop and Apple TV from the iTunes store
We're using a wireless network and it while it's possible to get them both cable wired, it would be a pain
Home networking is set up in iTunes on my laptop
I've set up my Apple TV to synch (not stream) with my account on my laptop
Both iTunes and Apple TV are up to date with their downloads
I think that's it - am i missing anything, or should this now just work?
Cheers
David

As per the question, really...
"My Apple TV (1st Gen) will not synch with iTunes on my Laptop"
There's no error messages
Only the films i've bought on my AppleTV appear on my AppleTV
It's been synching for over 4 hours and hasnt got past the first film and the progress bar is not moving
David

Apple TV (1st gen) does not appear in remote speakers list

Dear Fellow Forumers,
I am surprised that APPLE, a highly rated and respected company leaves such a great number of users like me sweating for months without any support.
It is a shame that the problems I encountered, and still do, are not repaired by a new upgrade or by a clear fixing procedure published here on the forum.
iTunes 9 with my Apple TV were working perfectly until my nightmare started few months ago when the I upgraded for the iTunes version 10.1.
Needless to list all the problems and fixes I went through. I just want to focus on the actual problem I have.
I run iTunes 10.1.1.4 on a Packard Bell Easynote with Windows Vista.
My Apple TV 1st gen. appears in device list on the left of the screen. I can select and synchronize my ATV with my iTunes. I can even use all the functionalities of my ATV when I operate it directly, including streaming music from my iTunes Library. But, I do not see my ATV in the list of the remote speakers on the right nottem side of the screen.
That means, I can not sit in fron of my laptop and stream music from my iTunes to my ATV. I should go, turn on the Telly and go through all the screens to choose the music I want to listen to streamed from my iTunes library.
I am really frustrated and surprised by the lack of attention to the customer service by Apple who is known to put out very reliable products.
I hope someone from the company will read my post and escalate its contests to the management to i,prove the llevel of reliability of such grand public products.
But first of all, I would be very grateful for any help resolving my problem.
Thanks in advance and best regards.
Naass

Thanks for all the helpful answers I received on this thread!!!!
Anyway, this morning I received the notification to download the 10.1.2.17 which I did. This resolved my problem.
I am still a bit sceptical that the same symptom my return as it happened the same way in the past.
Fingers crossed!!

IPod nano 1st generation doesn't appear in iTunes vers. 9.02 - HELP

Since I upgraded my iTunes to the latest version 9.02, my iPod nano (1st generation) doesn't appear and I cannot synchronize it. Tried to change USB port, no result. Tried to uninstall iTunes and install earlier version 8.2 for Windows XP, but it won't open, saying that "the iTunes Library.itl cannot be read as it was created in a more recent iTunes version". What am I to do if I want to keep using my old nano?
Desperate Sapiapple

I am having a similar problem. Dusted off my daughters old nano to take to the beach. Tried setting it up on the old lap top I am taking with me and I could not get it working. After hours of diagnostics and troubleshooting matrixs it seems that I did not have drivers. Apple's troubleshooting says go to microsoft, MS's says go to apple for the drivers. Shows up as a faulted device. Did the updates to the USB drivers, etc. Put the player in disk mode (still would not recognize) My laptop says yes I have an I pod but it cant find the drivers to install it My other old laptop running old I Tune software seems to have no problem. I thought it was my problem I was wasting a
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Apple TV (1st Gen) not being recognized in iTunes 10.5

I recently updated iTunes to 10.5 and my Apple TV (1st Gen) will not longer show up in iTunes; thus I am not able to syn or stream any content from my iTunes library. I am not even able to reconnect/pair my Apple TV with my iTunes.
I have also been having trouble with my Apple TV dropping its wireless connection and not being to reconnect again.
Any suggestions?

ATV 1 is likely to be very low on the totem pole of Apple's concerns at the moment
(ESPECIALLY if no one issues a formal complaint).
So if you want to see a patch anytime soon I'd advise all who are having this problem to submit a bug report at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback
I've already submitted a report under both iTunes and AppleTV (since it's the iTunes developers that need to fix this)

Apple TV (1st gen) will not connect to iTunes

I am at wit's end. Until a couple of days ago, my 1st gen Apple TV connected fine to iTunes. Now, it will not connect no matter what. I have tried the following:
1) restart both ATV and my machine (Win 7 running iTunes 10.7)
2) restored ATV factory settings and reinstalled software
3) hard-wire via ethernet to my computer (which some articles seemed to indicate should work - nothing happened)
4) hard-wired both my cpu and ATV to a router - nothing shows up
5) removed and reinstalled all Apple programs, including iTunes, QT and ancillary
6) vaired between hard-wired internet connection and wireless for ATV
7) did everything on this page, including open ports manually http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1453
Most frustrating of all, my wife sees the device instantly in her iTunes. AGHH!

Same thing happened to me, starting right after I updated the Apple TV firmware. I restarted both devices to no avail. I can, however, play my itunes library content from the apple TV's "computer" app. So there must be some kind of connection. What I've lost is the ability to stream music from iTunes using AppleTV as an "airplay" device.

Apple TV (1st Gen) not fully syncing with iTunes 10.4

Today i discovered that after syncing my Apple TV with iTunes 10.4 after a few weeks nearly all music and movie files have vanished from ATV.
ATV has the actual firmware and was working fine till last iTunes update.
Syncing shows up about 60 music files ... instead of >10K
I have tried to delete the computer from ATV which erased all files and re-connected ATV with the controlling computer, no change.
All other devices like iPad and iPhone are still synced with all files.
Internet Access from ATV works fine, playback of all synced files works fine .... but ATV simply does not sync all files.
Any ideas ?

Yep. I am sure
I have also marked all files, rebooted Mac and ATV, nothing.

Apple TV (1st Gen) not seen by iTunes

Hi there, my Apple TV (1st Gen) no longer appears in itunes 10.
I have looked at as many of the forums as I can and I have followed all the advice to reset Apple TV, router and PC. No joy. I have then restored Apple TV, uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, checked router ports etc. but still no joy.
The Apple TV is connected to my network just fine (I can download movie trailers etc.), my PC is connected to the network just fine (itunes store opens and I can shop). However, the Apple TV does not appear in the devices list on the LHS of the itunes window, there is no Apple TV tab in preferences and I cannot locate my library (not listed) on the Apple TV.
Basically I have tried everything I can find to try to solve this, but no joy. Please can someone help me as this is driving me crazy?
(I have also posted this in the Apple TV forum as I was not sure if it is an iTunes or Apple TV issue)

Ok, so I figured out that the software on the ipad must not be compatible with the old airtunes...
So I did further research and went ahead and got the Remote HD app on my ipad 3 (kinda pricey for an app, but even cheaper than a cable after all); this only works if you have a jailbroken atv1 with the RemoteHD plugin installed.
And instantly, shazam, the box and triangle shows up on the ipad and I can airplay to the atv1. I only was really wanting to play music over the house system via the apple tv; but the video mirroring actually works as well. It's not that great, however. All of these mods are really pushing the envelope on the poor old atv, which has smoke pouring off of it... i'm kidding.
The whole Firecore (atvflash) setup process was actually kind of a pain in the neck, but now that it's all set up everything works. Mostly. Bottom line I'm playing music from the ipad on the house system and walking around... look ma, no cables!

Problems with iTunes syncing with Apple TV 1st gen

all of a sudden today I am having problems with itunes 10.6.1 syncing with apple TV gen 1. Everything was fine when I upgraded itunes and iphoto 11.
Today the apple TV shows up in devices but when I try to sunc it manually (it won't start autmatically even though it is supposed to,
I get a message
If you try to sync content your Apple TV (1st generation), this alert appears in iTunes: "The Apple TV '(Your Apple TV's name)' is not responding. Check that any firewall software running on this computer has been set to allow communication on port 3689."
My firewall is turned off. I operate Lion on my laptop
Please help. seems like I had this issue before but do not remember what caused this and how it was resolved

I have a similar problem. ATV1 (3.0.2), itunes 10, connected via wireless time machine (hardwired to router) + airport express wireless extender. ATV showing in itunes menu. All TV shows, movies, music etc showing on ATV (not sync'd) EXCEPT 4 episodes of one TV show that was purchased as a series on iTunes (not on the ATV).
I have also had the firewall error - intermittently.
Have rebooted iMac. Have factory reset ATV and re-set up. Tried just sync'ing the 4 episodes I want to watch. No luck. Tried marking episodes as watched. No luck. rebooted everything. Twice.
ATV1 accesses all other info on iTunes (music, movies etc).
Infuriating.
Any ideas?
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The Remote App on my iPhone no longer works with my Apple TV 1st Gen

I don't use it that often but when I want to, I want to...u know how it goes. Since one of the updates for the Remote app on the iPhone it no longer "sees" my 1st gen Apple TV, any ideas or am I SOL? Apple TV 1st gen doesn't do homesharing does it?

there used to be a dark gray "pad" area on the display of my phone in the remote app that I could use kinda like a track pad to move around the menus on the appletv, u could tap it, swipe it etc, that's gone cause it no longer sees my apple tv library, I can't find the library on the apple tv, is that cause homesharing isn't available and it only sees things thru homesharing?

HT1551 why does my Apple TV say that some movies purchased through iTunes are not authorized to play on the Apple TV (1st gen)

Why will my Apple TV (1st gen) not allow me to play some movies even though they were purchased in the iTunes store? I have sync'd the movies to my Apple TV and there is plenty of room on the drive. I get the error message that says this movie is not authoriezed for play on the Apple TV. Thanks. Ron

Have you purchased anything on the Apple TV recently, next time you make a purchase, try making it on the Apple TV.

HT1860 my apple tv (1st gen) has worked fine for a year/ All of a sudden it has stopped displaying any movies or tv. It only displays my movies or my tv that has been previously down loaded. however it appears connected wirelessly with good strenght. Any

my apple tv (1st gen) has worked fine for a year/ All of a sudden it has stopped displaying any movies or tv. It only displays my movies or my tv that has been previously down loaded. however it appears connected wirelessly with good signal strength. Have tired swithing off both router and apple TV. Any ideas?

This is a known, ans ongoing issue. Rest assured you're not the only one affected. There are several threads here already discussing this, I suggest searhing them out if you want more details, and possible work-arounds for locally hosted content.

Apple TV 1st Gen not in iTunes devices or preferences

Not sure how many other people have had this problem, but if you find that your 1st gen Apple TV disappears from iTunes devices and preferences this is what I had to do to get it all back:
In brief I believe this is linked to the email @mac and @me alias's and my inability to keep everything in sync. If this is obvious to you my apologies, but looking at the threads out there I think more than one person has this problem.
I had a 1st & 2nd gen Apple TV, an iMac with Lion, an iPhone 3GS and iPad 1st generation not talking to each other - they had all communicated perfectly well over the last few weeks and months (post and pre Lion upgrade).
A few days ago (after the latest iTunes update 10.4.1 (10)) my 1st Gen Apple TV disappeared from the devices section of iTunes and so after much reading of communities to find an answer (no joy) I decided to remove it from the iTunes Apple TV sync menu in iTunes preferences. I then couldn't get it back and it disappeared from the iTunes menu. Heres how I fixed it:
When Apple changed the mobile me accounts from @mac.com to @me.com I started using both, e.g. [email protected] & [email protected].
My iTunes account on my iMac was set up to my @mac alias but I turned on home sharing with my @me email address.
All my devices listed above were set up for home sharing (except ATV 1st gen) with my @me alias and worked fine until recently
In the last week I have regularly had issues with my 2st generation Apple TV password / email alias not being recognised by the iTunes store.
In addition my iPad, iPhone and iPod touch have also had issues with the remote app with both Apple TV's where they have 'disappeared' from within the remote app.
Today I lost everything on every device.
Here's how I fixed it:
Factory restore Apple TV 1st gen and set up with @mac.com email address details (not my @me email alias)
As above for Apple TV 2nd gen
Turn off computer, iPad, iPhone, BT Home Hub, Netgear Wireless router, unplug Apple TV 1st generation & Apple TV 2nd generation (mains and HDMI).
Go to shop to buy gin and tonic ingredients
Turn on BT home Hub and when completely booted -
Turn on Netgear router and when completely booted (make G&T during this time) -
Turn on computer and launch iTunes
Plug in Apple TV 1st Generation and select general > computers and the 1st option with the infinity logo
Apple TV 1st gen appears in iTunes (phew, drink G&T))
Register Apple TV in iTunes, rename it (to whatever) and thank goodness everything back to normal albeit with long re-syncing (but that's why I bought a seperate wireless router from Netgear in the first place, so not so bad).
modifyed my home sharing account details in iTunes from my @me email to my @mac email alias
Turned on iPad and changed home sharing account from @me to @mac
Apple TV 1st Gen 'appears' when I select add shared library along with iTunes from my iMac on the iPad
turn on iPhone 3Gs and repeat the above (as per iPad) - again everything suddenly worked again
Plug in Apple TV 2nd Gen and changed home sharing, itunes account to my @mac account from my @me account (NB: I was able to see my iMac in the computers menu on the ATV 2nd gen using my @me email alias before changing it)
2nd Gen ATV appears for the first time in a few days back in the remote app.
All back to normal.
Now this may be blindingly obvious to you, but just in case it isn't, I thought I'd write it all down in the hope it helps someone. It may not be the email alias, it may just be resetting everything, but I did try that first before fixing it using the steps above.
Best wishes.

I assumed that by using time machine to import everything onto the new iMac that the new machine was effectively the "old machine". Maybe not. It was set to sync to the old mac, so will try setting up the Apple TV again on it's computers tab.
Still worried that I can't find the "find Apple TV's" option in iTunes prefs though.

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