How to stop the AppleTV from sharing directories

As far as I can determine, AppleTV (3G running iOS6) cannot be set to abide by any list-trimming controls when accessing iTunes libraries. The very best you can do is turn on the parental controls on the AppleTV, and set the appropriate age-restrictions. You cannot have AppleTV ignore certain playlists, for instance.

Now, if Apple were smart, they would make AppleTV's home sharing work just like iTunes does:

On the master library machine, I set playlists for both music and movies that are age-appropriate. I only activate those playlists on the master machine's Sharing settings.

My kids can then use their Macs via iTunes to listen to or watch only that media. Works very well for all involved, and far more flexible than just the simplistic G/PG/R or explicit ratings. It utterly fails with any iOS device (iPhone or AppleTV). I'm dumbfounded why Apple would not have had two seemingly similar features (in OSX and iOS) work so very differently. Seems more granular control would be favorable than how clunky it is now.

You are correct Paul - clunky is the word indeed - it's pretty much all or nothing.

With AppleTV 1 if you unchecked the tickbox next to a media item it would not stream or sync to the AppleTV.

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