My PC is not shown in 'Computers' on Apple TV, despite Home Sharing been turned on?

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My PC is not shown in 'Computers' on Apple TV, despite Home Sharing been turned on?

I have just installed Apple TV and now want to share my music from my PC. Although I have turned on Home Sharing on my PC, Apple TV will not recognise any libraries in the app Computers and instead just tell me to make sure Home Sharing is on - which it is. My Apple TV is wifi and my PC is via Ethernet cable but I am led to believe that should make no difference at all? Can anyone please offer some advice?

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Posted on Mar 29, 2015 1:15 PM

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Alley_Cat

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Mar 30, 2015 2:29 PM in response to Pachacaid

The connection should not matter though some routers can treat the two as separate networks.

I would definitely restart the router, iTunes and AppleTV if you've not done so.

If that doesn;t help, do you have any Firewall software running which might be blocking connections?

Ports required:

TCP and UDP ports and protocols used by Apple TV - Apple Support

Apple's Home Sharing info:

Troubleshooting Home Sharing - Apple Support

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Mar 30, 2015 2:33 PM in response to Pachacaid

Thank you Alley Cat your suggestion worked a treat! I had already rebooted iTunes and Apple TV but not my router. Once I had done this it then recognised my iTunes in the Computer option on the Apple TV so thank you once again.

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