AppleTV 3 Needs Daily Reboot to Play Home Sharing Content

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Intermittent problems are often a result of interference. Interference can be caused by other networks in the neighbourhood or from household electrical items.

You can download and install iStumbler (NetStumbler for windows users) to help you see which channels are used by neighbouring networks so that you can avoid them, but iStumbler will not see household items.

Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel or adjusting your multicast rate.

There are other types of problems that can affect networks, but this is by far the most common, hence worth mentioning first. Networks that have inherent issues can be seen to work differently with different versions of the same software. You might also try moving the Apple TV away from other electrical equipment.

The following article(s) may help you.

Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections

Recommended Wi-Fi settings

Sources of Interference

Wifi Diagnostic Software (for Mac users)

You may also find some help on this page, where I’ve collected some of the more unusual solutions to network issues.

Another potential source of your issue maybe some sort of issue with the HDMI connection, have you tried another cable or TV.

I can see you have your own ideas about this, I'll leave you to pursue them.

I may have misread the winking smiley to your final comment. I certainly wouldn't rule out a dodgy HDMI connection as the cause of anything when a restart is needed to resolve something. However I suspect it is something else. You don't say if this has always been like this or just started or what.

I also suspect that the Apple TV isn't reading your library when this happens but rather a cached version and hence when you try to play something, it can't find it, because that content isn't where your cached version expects to find it. (you could test this by changing something in your library to see if it's reflected on your Apple TV.

I have similar problems.

A 2009 Mac Mini running Yosemite and the latest version of iTunes connected via Ethernet to an Airport Extreme, 3 Apple TV's (all running latest updates) also connected via Ethernet (there are switches between the devices).

The ATV's stream Netflix, Now TV, YouTube, plays/streams all purchased content from the Movies or TV stores and all other services without a bit hitch.

But e en though you can browse the iTunes library running on the Mac Mini - every day at some point I will get a endlessly spinning icon on a show or movie - restarting the ATV from the general menu and the content will, once selected play just fine.

This afflicts all all my ATV daily.

Streaming the same content to iPads etc works 24/7 via homesharing.

Could it be something in the latest ATV software, or a quirk in the latest iTunes?

Prior to the most recent updates my system never displayed these issues.

Any ideas grearly appreciated!

sTeVE

I have the same problem with ATV3.

I can see homeshare library only after a reboot.

This very annoying.

I have this problem too and don't use WiFi (everything is on a wired network). 99% sure this started after the last Apple TV update (7.0.2) but hasn't effected my Apple TV 2. Waiting for a new update....

I have the exact same problem. Tried moving the router and computer directly next to one another and still no result. So interference is not the problem. System: Brand new iMac, Apple TV 3, Yosemite. I honestly think they brought out Yosemite way before it was ready. Use to be you bought Apple for the ease of use but that has been gone now for a while.

Same problem here and it has been worse in the last couple of months so I suspect is update related. It's gotten a bit better just recently, so maybe partially fixed. I have ATV3 wired to a Time Capsule, which is wired to the iMac. If I reboot the iMac, I always have to reboot the ATV3.

this is related to the 7.1 update. I never had this problem before that and now mine loses the 2 iMacs it connects to after sleeping. It requires an unplug/replug and then it sees them again. Mine is run over ethernet so it certainly has nothing to do with interference. Until the 7.1 update it never happened.

My Apple TV has a similar problem. It can play its own streaming services like Netflix or YouTube without issue, but if I want to stream from my phone, tablet, or laptop, I have to manually pull the power cord out, and plug it back in, every single day, to get apps to see the Apple TV on the network.

* Google Play Music

* Spotify
* Beamer

* VLC + AirPlay mirroring

* Apple TV 3

* iPhone 6, iOS 8.4.1

* iPad mini pre-retina, iOS 8.4.1

* 13" mid-2013 MacBook Air, Intel Haswell core i7, Mac OS X 10.10.5

* Belkin AC 1200 Wireless router serving 802.11g and 802.11ac bands

* LG TV

Sometimes I give up on my Apple TV and switch to Chromecast, but honestly both of these set top boxes crap out after a few months, frequently becoming unresponsive and invisible to stream-capable apps. I'd use a Roku, as it's a more stable product, but unfortunately it doesn't have any third-party mobile app support or Mac/Linux mirroring options I need.

I hope the Apple TV fixes these issues and has a price drop. For $200, I could buy 5 Chromecasts and sell the worst 4.

My Apple TV needs reboot every other day. Otherwise, the network connection gets slower and slower, and eventually, stops. It prompted me to sell all my apple shares last week(Apple shares collapsed 20%,right after I dumped it). Thanks Apple!

You might be able to fix this problem, if you post a question and give sufficient details. Many ATVs work fine, so there may be some problem with your configuration or software. Good tip on the market, by the way.