There are no movies in this library - apple TV 2

I have a theory that this only happens when you are connected via wireless. Is this how you guys are configured? I have two AppleTV 2s. One is in my tv room and it is wired. It never happens to that one. The second one is in my bedroom connected to a wall mounted flat screen. It is connected via 802.11n and this issue happens anytime I use it. So far I have just been powering it off. Hope a software update fixes this. They are both at the latest software revision.

Here's a crude solution - if you can easily reach the unit, unplug it, wait a second, and plug it back in. Viola - hard boot. I experience the same problem when my ATV2 sits too long. And I'm not wireless - fully hard-wired network. It's as if the network loses its way. Hard boot is really inconvenient, but it works every time.

I just started having this problem but it coincided with me switching from a Windows machine to my first Mac (Mac Mini). So much for Apple "just working". I'm now stuck constantly running to my den to restart iTunes or unplugging the ATV. Is this going to get fixed? Is this just an OSx issue? I never had this problem under Windows.

I have been turning off home sharing on the apple tv, then immediately turning it back on. A hassle, but it works.

This has been annoying me since the last software upgrade - a few weeks now. Every time I connect to the ATV2 to play a movie or music from iTunes, I get the message that there are no movies/music on the library. The only resolution I have found is a reset of the ATV2 from the remote - apart from turning the ATV2 off and back on of course.

TIme to log a support call perhaps?

Has anyone found a solution to this? I am having the same issues. Both Wireless and hard wired on my ATV2. I shut down and restart itunes and it works, but WHAT A PAIN. Come on Apple.. Seriously, test updates before you release them! I am using windows as well and agree, where is iTunes as a service?? It has been a long time now and this should be out by now if Apple wants to make iTunes a streaming platform.

If anyone has found a solution that would be SO much appreciated!!

I, too, have been having this problem since the software update. I had no problems whatsoever prior to the last software version. Though on mine it seems to be getting worse. To begin with it was only intermittent, now it happens every time the ATV goes to sleep. I had been closing and restarting iTunes on my iMac but now even that isn't fixing it for me. Had my ATV since November and haven't watched a single thing on regular television since then...but now it's pretty much worthless.

Also, with the last software update, YouTube videos take an interminably long time to load.

I found a quicker solution if you have an iMac.

At the top right of the screen, click on the wifi signal icon thing, turn off airport and turn it back on again.

Temporary fix which is less painful than shutting down and restarting itunes.

Turning off wifi sounds like a great answer, but it doesn't help when you are hard-wired. The Reset option at the bottom of the AppleTV Settings menu is still an option so you don't have to restart iTunes.

With respect, you have not found a solution; you have found a work around. The problem remains and requires Apple to address it.

I am also getting "there are no movies in this library" message often. I also often get " an error occurred loading this content" message. Sometimes even after a brief pause. I'm using a 3 yr old Imac as a media server and all my software is up to date. It almost feels like the apple tv only works about half the time. The other half I'm forced to restart everything and try unplugging different things. It's very annoying, almost to the point where I'm starting to hate the product.