Home Sharing drop out with Apple TV2

Forgive my ignorance, but what is the connection between Home Sharing and Airplay, if any? I have had trouble with Airplay dropouts and disconnections over a wireless network. I have overcome them by connecting the ATV to the router via ethernet. My PC is connected wirelessly. With this configuration I also did not experience problems watching videos from the PC.

Recently, when I was having other network problems, I plugged a separate WAP into the router. I found that, while I was connected to my network via that WAP, the Airplay connection would drop out after an hour or so. I had to reset the wireless connection from the PC to the WAP to get it to work again. I also had problems with the remote apps on iPhone and iPad and sending content from an iPad to the ATV. The connection would fail after about 7 or 8 minutes.

It then occurred to me that this configuration might be a problem and I restarted the wireless feature of the modem/router and connected my PC to it. Since then, I have had no problems with Airplay dropping out. The remote apps have also worked much better and more often.

Are these different symptoms of the same problem or different problems?

No, it has not. The latest firmware update still has it, it's a feature in the latest iTunes and iOS updates and it has a support page for Apple TV. One bug does not mean it's been dropped.

http://www.apple.com/support/appletv/homesharing/

Apple Updates Apple TV to Version 5.0.1

This lists Hone Sharing bug fixes, so hopefully this will resolve the problems.

Since the latest update my UK Apple TV now says trailers are unavailable

Finally!!!! Homeshare stability has been fixed with iOS 5.0.1.

But are your Trailers working?

Hasn't for me. I just installed the upgrade, and everything is as before. No recognition that Home Sharing is enabled in my ITunes, even after resetting the homesharing in ITunes.

Jeff.................................

Are you UK?

No... I'm in the US.

Yes, they are working.

All is working, I've just been watching 4 tv shows using homeshare instead of using airplay & hasn't cut out even once so far. This is a first for me, usually it gets about 5 to 10 minutes into programe & then drops.

Thank you apple for doing something right.

Same problem here - home sharing seems to be working very well now, no dropouts today (2 120min+ plus movies), but now got an error message that "Trailers Are Not Available. Please Try Again Later." Also in the UK.

Bit gutted that after a full day of dropouts yesterday, this is now sorted and another issue just crops up in it's place.

Same trainelrs problem as you. UK too

Well, Just come to turn my ATV on after it's been sleeping for 3 hours and guess what....

IT CANNOT CONNECT TO HOME SHARING!!!!

Usual reboot iTunes a few times and all good again.

Everything in the chain is Mac. Worked fine before the initail 5 update.

Looks like I will have to keep my ATV from sleeping again in order to maintain the connection.

For me this update has not fixed sharing and has has broken Trailers on all my ATVs...

I'm in the U.S. and have not yet upgraded to the new Apple TV 5.0.1 software yet (still on 5.0 that came with the new generation ATV). Trailers is not working for me either, so maybe it's a Trailers issue unrelated to to the maintenance upgrade.