Latest iOS Update breaks movies, TV shows and music

Benchmob31 said:

I upgraded my Apple TV last week to the latest update (5.2 is what i believe it says for software version on my apple tv now) and now I cannot access movies, tv shows and music. Netflix works fine. Has anyone else had this issue? I have an 2nd Gen apple tv. Any ideas?

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It's working fine for me on the ATV2 and ATV3. Have you tried restarting it? Signing out of your iTunes account and back in?

I had to reboot mine twice but once I did that there were no further issues.

I would do what was suggested above. Reboot and then turn off and then sign back in to home sharing.

I'm having the same problem since the update. I narrowed it down to when the ATV 3 goes to sleep when I go to use it again it doesn't reconnect to my homeshare properly. So I just set it to never sleep and it has been working fine since. Hopefully they will fix this problem soon.

jcovaltine said:

I'm having the same problem since the update. I narrowed it down to when the ATV 3 goes to sleep when I go to use it again it doesn't reconnect to my homeshare properly. So I just set it to never sleep and it has been working fine since. Hopefully they will fix this problem soon.

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Well considering that according to this review, the AppleTV only uses about 2wh awake and about 1 in "sleep", you aren't missing a lot by not using the sleep function....

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/apple-tv-3-review-201207292014.htm

Edit: And this article talks about the highest draw is 3wh when decoding video http://www.anandtech.com/show/5687/apple-tv-3-2012-mini-review/2 - so lack of sleep or not you are looking at 1 KWhr per month even without sleep mode.

For my apple tv 2 when it does not want to play movies and tv shows. I just unplug the Ethernet cable and plug it back in and it works again.