AppleTV Not recognizing HomeShared library

How would I check computer firewall settings for homesharing? And no, Im not the poster of the post you linked, but you are right, the writing styles are very comparable.

Diana.McCall wrote:

Have you checked the required computer firewall settings for home sharing. I won't link the troubleshooting page, since you've already seen it.

Are you related to the poster of this Apple TV not recognizing my iTunes (Home Shared) libraries? You have very similar writing styles...

Winston Churchill wrote:

Poseidon5001 wrote:

Hi all, for those who saw this post in its previous location, I have decided to move it. That's why it's here, no one replied to it in the HomeSharing category so hopefully someone helps here 😝.

I've seen your other post, I can't speak for everyone of course but telling people how to answer your question often results in them not bothering, which is possibly why it got no responses. You may have meant well, but historically these types of questions sometimes produce quite nasty responses when someone trying to be helpful mentions something that has already been tried.

Im a bit curious as to how I was telling people how to answer my question, the other post is extremely similar to this one, just without the note at the top.
As for the nasty responses thing, well, knowing myself, in my case I do not believe that would occur.
Anyways, thanks for the feedback.

Winston Churchill wrote:

Im a bit curious as to how I was telling people how to answer my question

Now, before someone comes up with a copy paste of the troubleshooting page,

As for the nasty responses thing, well, knowing myself, in my case I do not believe that would occur.

Others don't though. I was only trying to help you get the best results from your post.

I know! Thanks for being helpful!
Others just prefer to be stubborn, immature and condescending, specifically Diana McCall.

Diana.McCall wrote:

Gee, isn't that the troubleshooting page? He doesn't want to see that...

Gee, aren't you salty.
I'll have you know I just wanted to make sure the steps on the troubeshooting page were accurate enough.
And, while I had seen those, I had concluded that since I can homeshare from one PC to another, just not the appleTV, it couldn't logically be due to port forwarding, since homesharing itself was working, just not with the AppleTV.
So, its likely your post wasn't helpful in the first place, but I wanted to give it a shot anyway. Seeing how rude you are, and seeing that you have a habit of being this way throughout the discussions communities, I'll ignore anything you have to say from now on.
EDIT: Also, your statement is somewhat invalid. I roughly stated "before someone copy pastes the troubleshoot page: ...." with the list of things I had done. Since, I didnt mention having done the homesharing, turingtest2 was being helpful, unlike you.
Enjoy your day.

turingtest2 wrote:

Does your network make use of fixed IP addresses, or is everything handled by the router using DHCP? The latter option appears to be more reliable when it comes to the discovery processes that allow devices to see each other.

tt2

I have a static IP address due to my use of port forwarding and virtual servers. Unfortunately reverting to a dynamic IP address is not an option for me.. Do you know of any workarounds? Thanks