Yet another Apple TV headache - "No TV Shows"

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Yet another Apple TV headache - "No TV Shows"

I keep getting an error telling me that there are no TV shows on my Apple TV. This happens after I don't use it for a few days and when I try to watch there is just an Apple Logo - frozen, have to unplug and plug back. This usually fixes the problem, but now I only have access to my music, movies, and photos. I stream everything and this has never been a problem before. I disconnected from my iTunes library, set it up again using a new setup code. Disconnected Apple TV from network and reconnected. Restarted iTunes. Everything I can think of.. and no TV shows!

Im at my wits end for because of this not-ready-for-prime-time device.

Mac Pro (2x3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon), MacBook Pro (2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo), Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Jun 22, 2008 6:12 PM

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Jun 23, 2008 1:21 AM in response to Frozo

Where do you keep your tv shows. Are they viewable in itunes.

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Jun 23, 2008 6:25 AM in response to Winston Churchill

They are on my Mac Pro, along with my music. I had always set up for streaming, and it usually works fine.

Anyway, I just figured it out this morning. Somehow, my Mac Pro lost its authorization with the iTunes store! I had to re-authorize my computer and it came back with the result (you now have 4 of 5 computers authorized). This is particularly strange because I had 2 other computers authorized. This leads me to think that there was an Apple server-side issue that broke my connection.

Anyway, its working now. Hope it doesn't keep happening. Thanks for your reply.

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