Lee Farber

Q: Home sharing on iDevices not loading large library

I store my entire music library (3TB of ALAC files) on a Mac Mini connected to my Time Capsule. I can home share the library flawlessly on my laptop, but it absolutely refuses to load the library on my iPhone or iPad. I'm using all the latest software (iOS7, iTunes 11.1) with an iPhone 5 and iPad 3.

 

When I try to share my library, the circle starts to load, but never gets past halfway. I've tried EVERYTHING, i.e. signing out of home sharing and quitting iTunes, restarting the Mac Mini, restarting the iPhone, unplugging the Time Capsule and plugging it back in, and several other tips I've found around here and elsewhere online, but nothing seems to work!

 

I have other apps (such as Audiotap) that will do the trick, but they leave a gap between tracks, so I would prefer to get home sharing working properly. Thanks in advance for any help.

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 10:44 PM

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  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 12, 2015 1:45 PM in response to kghastie
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    Dec 12, 2015 1:45 PM in response to kghastie

    kghastie wrote:

     

    Getting Tired, you stated at the beginning of this thread that the issue seemed to be fixed.  Now you state as fact that IOS 9 "has finally resolved the loading large libraries issue."  Do you have a reference or some indication of why we should expect 9 to fix it?  I realize you are trying to be helpful, but claiming that an issue is fixed isn't super helpful without some supporting evidence or reference.

     

    Anyone try 9 and have it work?

    Sounds like Getting Tired tried it and it works.

    It works here for me (1.07 TB library).

  • by Lee Farber,

    Lee Farber Lee Farber Dec 12, 2015 2:05 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Dec 12, 2015 2:05 PM in response to Chris CA

    Doesn't work for me. I've got a 3.6TB library and it fails to load every time. All OS/iOS software is up to date,

  • by kghastie,

    kghastie kghastie Dec 13, 2015 6:31 AM in response to Chris CA
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    Dec 13, 2015 6:31 AM in response to Chris CA

    Didn't Getting Tired say it was working as of IOS 7? Why would that point to IOS 9 having a fix?

     

    Chris CA, did it fail to work for you in IOS 8?

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 13, 2015 2:55 PM in response to kghastie
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    Dec 13, 2015 2:55 PM in response to kghastie

    It was flaky with iOS 8.

  • by blackjack21,

    blackjack21 blackjack21 Feb 2, 2016 9:07 PM in response to Lee Farber
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    Feb 2, 2016 9:07 PM in response to Lee Farber

    I had the same problem, what I found was that I had to require a password to get it to load.  I was able to turn off the password after it I was successfully loaded it for the first time.  I have 2TB of videos and iPhone 6 with latest version.  I think there is a bug with the password and somehow that is blocking the load.  Not sure, but that is what worked for me.

  • by rdegraaf,

    rdegraaf rdegraaf Apr 2, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Lee Farber
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    Apr 2, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Lee Farber

    Possible fix!


    For me it works (temporarily) when I log out of Home Sharing and log in again:

    -> Preferences -> Video -> Home Sharing account -> Log out -> Log in -> Enter credentials.

     

    When I do above procedure, I can use 'Shared' in the Video app again.

     

    However, when I use 'Shared' at a later moment, it freezes at 15% and I have to re-do the procedure (log out, log in) to get it to work again.It looks like Home Sharing has problems with caching the (large?) XML file.

     

    In my case it takes approximately 40 seconds to load a 22MB iTunes library on a iPad2.

  • by Coluch,

    Coluch Coluch Apr 3, 2016 9:38 AM in response to rdegraaf
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    Apr 3, 2016 9:38 AM in response to rdegraaf

    THANK YOU!

     

    This workaround temporarily did the trick for me and my large shared library!!!

    Log out of home sharing and log in again:

    Quit MUSIC or VIDEOS apps.  Go to SETTINGS>Videos>Homesharing account - select account and log out - re-enter account and log in.  Launch MUSIC or VIDEOS app and select desired Homesharing library.

     

    Major caveat:

    The first time I tried this, loading the library loading stalled at about 50% progress and would not continue after waiting for many minutes, so I force-quit my Videos app.  I immediately made a second attempt (Logging out and back in via Settings app, then reloading the videos app) and Homesharing loaded the shared library SO QUICKLY.  Under 20 seconds!  Wow.  This has NEVER worked before since I've started using iDevices in 2008!

     

    Major Caveat 2:

    After your device goes to sleep, or the app is in the background for too long, this process needs to be repeated all over again unfortunately.  I guess the loaded library data isn't persistent in memory, and so the 'fix' is not permanent.  This is a 'do it every time' workaround, which is extremely annoying, but at least there is SOME WAY to make Homesharing work on an iPhone/iPad.

     

    I'm blown away that Apple hasn't fixed this, given their "it just works" sales pitch for their ecosystem.  It also quite perplexing that my aTV2 and aTV3 have always loaded my shared library nearly instantaneously, yet the iPhone and iPad have always had this issue.

     

    I highly recommend this workaround until (if ever) Apple fixes this!

  • by Steviebobs,

    Steviebobs Steviebobs Apr 26, 2016 12:47 AM in response to Coluch
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    Apr 26, 2016 12:47 AM in response to Coluch

    RE your Caveat 2.

     

    I have a thread running currently in this forum similar to this under my username Steviebobs.

     

    Basically, I have had similar probs connecting my shared library from my PC to my Ipad, but this seems to work now. But, after that connection, I go back into Music sometime later to find the library view has reverted from my connected shared library to the default Artist view, so shared library reconnection is required

     

    Is this what your caveat 2 refers to? If so, at least my issue is confirmed, if not resolved !

     

    SjH

  • by nikthegreek,

    nikthegreek nikthegreek May 8, 2016 3:22 AM in response to rdegraaf
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    May 8, 2016 3:22 AM in response to rdegraaf

    This fix worked for me as well, thanks

  • by AutoZuLaut,

    AutoZuLaut AutoZuLaut May 9, 2016 12:32 AM in response to nikthegreek
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    May 9, 2016 12:32 AM in response to nikthegreek

    This has never worked for me. Tried logging out and back in to no avail. I really wish apple would produce some more reliable software. The iTunes eco system really is a mess. Home sharing seems to be especially fragile.

  • by Ade2,

    Ade2 Ade2 Jun 24, 2016 3:41 PM in response to AutoZuLaut
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    Jun 24, 2016 3:41 PM in response to AutoZuLaut

    Home Sharing never works first time for me on my iPhone 5, it first gets stuck so I have to log out/in as outlined above, then it looks like it's going to work but crashes (usually half way through), it will now keep crashing until I reboot the phone, then it finally works

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