Home sharing

[JoeShades]

Starting Yesterday, I keep getting a message no libraries available. I restart Itunes and my photos come back for awhile and then same message after about half an hour. I have to keep restarting Itunes and then same problem. I have tried restarting Apple tv, restart home sharing but nothing works. Itunes and Windows are both up to date, it was working fine and then this started happening

 

[ignatius345]

Have you tried restarting your wifi router?

 

[JoeShades]

Have you tried restarting your wifi router?

No,I will try that but if that was the issue then I would think there would be problems with plex,infuse and my other devices and there isn’t

 

[ignatius345]

No,I will try that but if that was the issue then I would think there would be problems with plex,infuse and my other devices and there isn’t

No idea. But it's worth a try.

 

[priitv8]

No,I will try that but if that was the issue then I would think there would be problems with plex,infuse and my other devices and there isn’t

Bear in mind, that Home Sharing requires constant authentication to Apple servers to function.
Local network visibility is not enough.

 

[JoeShades]

Bear in mind, that Home Sharing requires constant authentication to Apple servers to function.
Local network visibility is not enough.

What seemed to work was switching from ethernet on my PC to WIFI, don't understand why that would matter, it never has in the past

 

[priitv8]

What seemed to work was switching from ethernet on my PC to WIFI, don't understand why that would matter, it never has in the past

Could it be, that your wifi network is created in a different subnet, than the wired one?

 

[JoeShades]

Could it be, that your wifi network is created in a different subnet, than the wired one?

I have my 2.4 and 5ghz separated but it has been that way for years

 

[priitv8]

I have my 2.4 and 5ghz separated but it has been that way for years

Different subnets means different ranges of IP addresses.
Something like this

https://superuser.com/questions/1554115/how-to-change-subnets-of-wifi-connected-devices-and-what-to-consider

 

[ThrowerGB]

Starting Yesterday, I keep getting a message no libraries available. I restart Itunes and my photos come back for awhile and then same message after about half an hour. I have to keep restarting Itunes and then same problem. I have tried restarting Apple tv, restart home sharing but nothing works. Itunes and Windows are both up to date, it was working fine and then this started happening

I've found that simply resetting via the software reset function often doesn't help. But physically unplugging the device and waiting a minute then plugging back in, usually works to fix Apple TV problems. I've also found that approach works on routers and modems. And recently nothing was solving my Apple TV problem so I finally realized I needed help and called the Spectrum support line. The agent did some tricks that took about a minute and everything was working again.
Hope you find this useful.

 

[JoeShades]

I've found that simply resetting via the software reset function often doesn't help. But physically unplugging the device and waiting a minute then plugging back in, usually works to fix Apple TV problems. I've also found that approach works on routers and modems. And recently nothing was solving my Apple TV problem so I finally realized I needed help and called the Spectrum support line. The agent did some tricks that took about a minute and everything was working again.
Hope you find this useful.

That did not work, still can't stay connected to home sharing with Ehternet but wifi works fine. Ehternet was fine for years, I have made no changes, same router, same Apple tvs, it is baffling

 

[priitv8]

That did not work, still can't stay connected to home sharing with Ehternet but wifi works fine. Ehternet was fine for years, I have made no changes, same router, same Apple tvs, it is baffling

But the ethernet port works otherwise, just not the home sharing?

 

[JoeShades]

But the ethernet port works otherwise, just not the home sharing?

Yeah that is the only problem I am having

 

[Brian33]

Itunes and Windows are both up to date, it was working fine and then this started happening

What seemed to work was switching from ethernet on my PC to WIFI, don't understand why that would matter, it never has in the past

It sounds like you are running iTunes on Windows, not a Mac. I'm not much of a Windows guy, but could it be that in your Windows setup, the Ethernet port goes to sleep and ignores network activity while Windows sleeps, but the WiFi port still responds to network requests, even when Windows is asleep? That could explain why, on Ethernet, it works for half-hour, then stops.

Perhaps an un-noticed Windows update caused a change in network interface behavior during sleep, so what used to work (Ethernet) stopped "working." Or, somehow a setting relating to the Ethernet interface in Windows was changed.

 

[JoeShades]

It sounds like you are running iTunes on Windows, not a Mac. I'm not much of a Windows guy, but could it be that in your Windows setup, the Ethernet port goes to sleep and ignores network activity while Windows sleeps, but the WiFi port still responds to network requests, even when Windows is asleep? That could explain why, on Ethernet, it works for half-hour, then stops.

Perhaps an un-noticed Windows update caused a change in network interface behavior during sleep, so what used to work (Ethernet) stopped "working." Or, somehow a setting relating to the Ethernet interface in Windows was changed.

Yeah windows. I was still able to access my PC through plex so I doubt that was the issue but the problem was on 2 apple tvs and My Iphone 16 but works fine with WIFI now. I prefer Ethernet but this will do I guess

 

[bergert]

I have a dedicated Mini(M1), and it is quite often that my AppleTV cannot show any content. All my network is with CAT-6 cable. What works is that I have restart the AppleTV (in settings). Everything running latest software, has been like this for several years: I am fed up and will not update my OS any more.

This happens only after the AppleTV has been to sleep. Once restarted, it is OK.

Note: HOME SHARING, not Apple+.