Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

AppleTV 3 Needs Daily Reboot to Play Home Sharing Content

M

mikesnead

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 14, 2014
2
0
Our AppleTV 3 has been requiring daily restarts in order to play home sharing content. We are able to see and navigate the shared library with no problem, however, when we select an item to play, we get the spinning loading indicator and nothing ever starts. If we restart the ATV3, things seem to work well for many hours until the issue appears again and another restart is required. We most often play content purchased through iTunes (thus contains DRM) so I've been suspecting it is some sort of authentication issue perhaps.

All streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Trailers) play without issue.

The Setup:
  • Apple TV 3 w/ latest OS [Wired Connection to network]
  • Mac Mini MD387LL/A (w/16GB RAM) running Yosemite (iTunes and OS fully updated) [Wireless Connection to network]
  • ASUS RT-N66U (w/ CenturyLink 1Gb/s Internet Connection)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/tips!
 
Try switching to WiFi. Not sure what's up with the latest update, but mine was having similar issues. Eventually, home sharing just stopped working. I switched to WiFi, and the problems went away.

Apple's latest updates have some networking issues.
 
Thanks! I shall try wireless for the next several days and report back any findings.
 
I tried wifi as many people suggest and the problem fixed for 2 days... today the problem is back... the only solution but not permanent is to rename each time your mac's name from Settings->Sharing. Than makes homeshare to work but you have to do it each time.....
 
DJTaurus said:
Ithe only solution but not permanent is to rename each time your mac's name from Settings->Sharing. Than makes homeshare to work but you have to do it each time.....
Click to expand...

If this actually helps, then it may be worthwhile to turn off Wake for network access and turn off Enable Power Nap in System Preferences/Energy Saver. Doing that may stabilize things.

A.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back