Why wont home sharing load my library?

it just continues to say its loading and it never does

Hello Brennaelizabeth,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
You can do this in several ways. See the following article for how to transfer iTunes Store purchases using Home Sharing, an external drive, an iOS device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod), the Windows Migration Assistant, and CDs/DVDs:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Also you can authorize up to five computers to play purchases from each iTunes Store account. If you have multiple accounts, you should authorize each computer one time for each account.
To authorize a computer in iTunes:
1) In iTunes, click the Store pull-down menu at the top.
2) Choose Authorize Computer.
3) Enter your account name and password.
4) Click Authorize.
Hopw this helps

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7. Restart your network router
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Home sharing registers my library but wont open it

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I can see the library on the 2nd computer using home sharing but the library will not load

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I finally got the computer to download the library, 6800 songs. I had to turn off my mcafee real time scan & firewall for 15 minutes on both machines. I them hit import and for the last day and a half it was copy the library to my laptop I thought. I had one pop up at the very end that said it couldn't download one song which wasn't a big deal so I thought I answered it correctly that it was fine to skip it. It was done copying them but they aren't on the laptop, so I am now importing them again what do you suggest I do after it finishes importing this time? Again I wasn't thinking and did a select all instead of just one album but it is going much faster so I believe the songs must be on my laptop.

Can I use home sharing to import library changes from one library to another, on the same computer without duplicating the song/movie?

I have two imacs, each with multiple accounts. The itunes source data (music videos etc) is stored in the shared area of one imac. What is the best way of keeping each account on each imac up to date with any changes/additions in the source data? I felt that Home sharing could be a solution, and it works well by import the library onto the second mac and I can also see if there are any changes by using the "Show items not in my lbrary" function. However, this only works well for one account on the second mac, for the other accounts it will re-import and duplicate the data .

Locate them in the Windows Explorer, move or copy those files as you would any other, and drag them into the open iTunes window when the second library is loaded. If you're using two iTunes libraries on one user account, you only need to locate the files; otherwise, they need to be put in a shared area.
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So I thought I'd leave this here since I scoured this site via Google for answers and couldn't find anything that helped.
I could not get iTunes Home Sharing to work on my Windows 8 PC (64-bit) in the last few months. My AppleTV would just sit there and attempt to load the video file forever, making very little progress (if any). I knew the movies played previously and if I loaded them on my wife's MacBook Pro, they'd play fine over AirPlay (something my Windows 8 PC couldn't do either). The AppleTV could see my Home Share (via the Computers app) and my iTunes could see my AppleTV (the airplay icon was visible). My AppleTV could also stream just fine from Netflix, the iTunes Store, and it could do mirroring from iPhones and a MacBook just fine as well. I tried turning Home Sharing on and off. I did both kinds of resets (settings and factory). I unplugged it form the wall. Still no luck. From all this, I could tell my AppleTV was not the issue.
I disabled Windows Firewall (after attempting to clear every possible port iTunes might use through the rules). I added every process to Windows Defender. I disabled IPv6 via Network Settings and the Registry. I made sure Bonjour was enabled (after disabling it and re-enabling it). I checked that iTunes was completely updated (along with the AppleTV). I had every update for Windows 8 installed. I tried older versions of iTunes without luck. I tried turning on and off Home Sharing. I changed the name of my computer. I changed the name of my iTunes library.
I went back to every hardware change I'd made recently. I tried my older wifi usb dongle. No luck. I zeroed in on my new ASUS RT-AC56U router as a possible culprit. I updated its firmware. I changed the network names. I disabled any QoS it may have had running along with any firewalls or protections. I even tried a custom Merlin firmware that others here had suggested made everything work again. I tried running on 2.4 GHz and then 5 GHz, then with one disabled and then the other. I eventually got a family member to let me borrow an Apple Airport Extreme to test with and I still couldn't get any Home Sharing streaming to work. At that point, I had pretty much ruled out any networking hardware as the cause.
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AND IT VANISHES ELSEWHERE: I click on "Arthur's Library" and the B&W "wheel" ground for about ten seconds -- then the library disappeared. Figuring it might be an Apple Tv issuem I opened my Air, loaded iTunes, attempted to load "Arthurs Library" and the same thing happened. Library just disappeared.
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Turn off home sharing, reboot for the heck of it, turn home sharing back on.
And the library reappears on Apple TV and other home share devices...
Only to DISAPPEAR when I tried to load it, exactly as before!
So I dutifully go through all the other trouble-shooting steps suggested by the oft-quoted Apple Support article, plus some others:
1. I turn off photo sharing, because I had been doing this over the weekend, just prior to failure of home sharing. No dice.
2. Power off both routers. Wait. Restart. No joy.
3. Check firewall settings. All as they should be,
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* I kind of doubt it's a router issue, because home sharing works just fine with the Macs.
* Kind of doubt it's an interference issue, because Airplay from my iPhone and iPad to the Apple TV works like a charm.
* Can't think of any updates of any kind installed in between "all systems go" and "FAIL"
ANOTHER CLUE? The little "Airplay" icon that normally appears in the bottom right-hand corner of ITunes on my PC has disappeared. So maybe the issue is BONJOUR? Okay, I go into Services, and Bonjour is running. I stop it, restart it, then restart iTunes on my OC, ditto on my MacBook Air. No joy. And now, as I'm writing this, I notice a...
SECOND MYSTERY! Suddenly, my Mac can't load the library from my Windows Home Server 2003 installation, which has NOTHING TO DO with Home Sharing. This thing has ALWAYS worked everywhere before. Now the wheel just grinds endlessly, whenever I try to load the library on my server.
I'm out of my depth, guys. HELP! And thanks in advance for your time and advice.

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Problem solved – While looking elsewhere on the Internet, I ran across an article where a guy in Russia found that his security code for the credit card entered on his iTunes account was missing.
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Hello, aquilinofromtuckahoe.
Here is the best resource for troubleshooting steps when experiencing issues with Home Sharing.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Regards,
Jason H.

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How do you set up home sharing if IPhoto and Itunes libraries are on external hard drive?

You might want to start with a new instandce of iTunes - instructions on how to do this is on the web depending on whether you're running Windows or Appls Software. The below URL is one site you can use.
http://ipod.about.com/od/advanceditunesuse/ss/Multiple-Itunes-Libraries-One-Comp uter.htm
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On iTunes pull down menu select Preferences.
Click on the advanced tab and set the iTunes Media Folder location to your External HD
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Turn on Home Sharing on your other device(s)
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The Home Sharing on the left column does not appear at all.
I have upgraded iTunes on both laptops to the latest version yesterday, which I assume is iTunes version 10.5.3.
I have turned off Home Sharing, and turned it on a few times.
I use the same Apple ID to log in to Home Sharing.
I named both playlists/music libraries to the same name - not sure if this is a way to 'fix' the problem but I saw it in a thread.
I tried all the above methods, but to no avail. Home Sharing still does not work - in fact, it does not even appear on the left column; it disappears as soon as I turn on Home Sharing.
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Thank you very much!

First, each Library should have a unique name, not the same name.
Now, I wrote an extensive how-to in another thread that explains Home Sharing, Library Sharing, how to turn them on and identify them and so on. See if it helps you with your problem.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3461734

Why does home-sharing not work with Windows-PC and iMac?

Aber mit gleichem Windows-PC und MacBookPro doch? Alles im selben Neztwerk. Der PC erscheint beim iMac einfach nicht unter Freigaben. Der iMac erscheint zwar beim PC unter Freigaben, aber wenn man auf die Mediathek des iMac in der PC-Anzeige klickt, erscheint der bunte Drehball und nach einer Weile ist die Anzeige des iMac in der Rubrik Freigabe beim PC nicht mehr da. Erst nach Neustart des PC erscheint der iMac dort wieder. So nutzt mir das gar nichts. Die Einkäufe werden automatisch auf allen drei Geräten aktualisiert.
Sämtliche "Hilfen" habe ich durchsucht, aber ohne Erfolg. Es klappt einfach nicht mit der Freigabe.
Vielleicht ist es ja möglich, eine deutsche Antwort zu bekommen.
Ich kann mir auch gut vorstellen, dass ein solches Forum in Deutschland gut genutzt würde. Es ist sehr schade, dass es das nicht gibt. Aber vielleicht kommt soetwas ja irgenwann einmal. Jetzt wo auch in Deutschland an jeder Ecke Apple-Produkte zu kaufen sind und keine Exoten mehr darstellen.
Vielen Dank im voraus.

First, each Library should have a unique name, not the same name.
Now, I wrote an extensive how-to in another thread that explains Home Sharing, Library Sharing, how to turn them on and identify them and so on. See if it helps you with your problem.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3461734

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Hi,
I'm trying to copy my itunes library via home sharing from my old PC to my Macbook pro. Both computers are Authorized. I've de-authorized and re-authorized the destination computer (the Mac) a couple of times. I was able to successfully transfer just over half of the songs. The error message i get is: _ could not be copied because the computer is not authorized. (which it is)
Any help would be appreciated.
thank you,
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i am interested in this solution as well... i never de-authorized or re-authorized, just tried doing the same thing and it won't let me copy the music from one to another?!? my son is using my old dell laptop and he wants music off of my macbook and his mom's laptop... but we can't seem to get the music to transfer without copying the folder onto an external and then letting him copy it onto his laptop?!?!
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