New IOS 10.2 TV app breaks Home Sharing for Home Videos

I have similar issue. Home shared libraries failed to show on the Library screen until I went to Store and down loaded an iTunes video. Downloading a free 2 minute trailer was enough to correct the issue. I then deleted the trailer. I don't buy stuff from iTunes store so this was a first for me.

Sadly it seems like Apple is slowly phasing out the home sharing option on iPad and iPhone, and since they don't give third parties access to this API there is no way to build a work around.

I ran into the problem of syncing videos from iTunes to iPad as well which is why I build this app to fix the problem: View in iTunes

Maybe it solves some of the problems you experienced.

I have the same issue as all where it take forever, if ever, to load ripped movies (dvd/blu) and worked perfectly in previous Video app.

can anyone provide a link to complain to apple about this defect.

know they do not really look here and would like to email them daily ( would love to do it hourly) every time I try to watch my movies on the new Tv app... not.

It's sad that I can no longer share/stream videos between my Apple devices while I can do so from a non-Apple device (my dvr). Regarding alternatives Plex has come up, but please post if there are other solutions. In the meantime, I'm going back to transferring files to view them on my devices -- its so 90s and so sad.

Thanks lederermc -- this works! I didn't see a downloadable movie trailer, but I downloaded a TV trailer. At first I downloaded it on my MacBook Pro, and should have known that would not help. But then I downloaded it on my iPad -- and wah-la -- upon launching the TV app, and selecting Library, the much missed Library drop-down menu at upper left now appears! Scroll down to the bottom of the menu, and there's my shared videos! It's great to be sharing again -- thanks again lederermc!

Same problem here after update,its so disgusting that why did they just remove videos app....and another thing is that we can no longer delete videos directly from iphone....apple is getting worse.....

I loaded this app.

How exactly do I get the downloaded movies on to this app so I can watch movies offline.

I understand I need to go to iTunes, but once again, how do I get the movie to move into the video app?

The TV app is terrible and keeps searching for an Apple TV.

If TV App does not show/find the home sharing library on your idevice, make sure to turn on home sharing on itunes on your PC/Mac by going to File - Home Sharing - Turn Home Sharing ON. Hope it helps, this worked for me.

Thanks, I did confirm that already. The thing I've noticed is that it comes across as hit or miss. Or sometimes it just takes a long time to figure everything out. I can keep changing menus and then at some point, everything will just show up. But then no rhyme or reason as to when, how and why it just goes back to only my purchased content. Looking forward to experimenting with 10.3 to see if anything gets fixed.

I am with you on this KM. Second time Apple has decided to make Hone Sharing vanish on iPads, iPhones and iPods. First it was music now it is your own TV library. Then they remove binge watching of your own library... Lame!

Found a great work around that removes Apples idiotic ideas of what we want... It is called Plex, down load the App, download the media server add your media locations and watch it.

Down side to this approach, Plex wants $4.99 per mobile device to activate the ability to watch on your mobile devices.

Up side to this approach, $4.99 is a one time, per device, fee and you shed Apples hold over you.

Another upside, You can also stream your media library anywhere! Home, shopping, airplane... just make sure you set the media server up to allow it! Plex is available on Sony and Microsoft as well so if you decide to boot your Apple product at home, you have options!

So Apple can keep messing with us, but the power they have is fleeting at best. Steve Jobs would be appalled at what Apple is trying to do now.

Shame Apple!

Same here. Very, VERY slow interface. A couple of other serious bugs and missing features:

• No genre sort, at all I have over 480 series with over 5,800 episodes in them (yes, I'm a pack rat). That's a **** of a long list to scroll through. (Even dumber than iTunes insistence that each entry can only have one genre; you know, because there's no such thing as a movie or TV show that's both a comedy and a mystery, for example.)

• No watched/unwatched indicator or sort for shows, just a grayed out check mark at the deepest level of the list. Seriously, really?!?

• Well, no way to sort your library list al all!

• No way to fast scroll to a certain letter in your list (the letters are missing from the right side). Want to watch an episode of "Zoo?" Get ready for a LOT of finger scrubbing!

• In the initial view, everything is "Recently Added Purchases," whether it was purchased from iTunes or added to the library via another route.

• "Watch Now" and "Search" completely ignores your iTunes library in favor of streaming content ONLY.

I'm sorry, but this app feels more like an early proof of concept alpha, than a finished product. Sad. (For lack of a better term) Luckily, the AppleTV still has its "Computers" app (I've reprogrammed my remote back to the old buttons and moved this piece of junk off screen to the bottom of the list!). Of course, it doesn't no squat about genre ether.

Very similar issues.

iPad 3 will eventually allow me to get Home Sharing content on my Mac Mini. But it is much slower to get there, and sometimes I'll have to force quit the TV app and reopen it once or twice to get it to finally connect to the content. This iPad uses the same iTunes/iCloud account that my home sharing is set up on.

My son has a iPad Mini 2 that will not connect using our Home Sharing account. He has his own iTunes/iCloud account with family sharing set up with the same iCloud/iTunes account as our Homes Sharing. With home Sharing enabled in the TV app settings, he is unable to access that content. He can access the shared music with the same Home Sharing account info, so the issue seems to be limited to the TV app.

Pretty disappointed with this update. The iOS TV app is currently pretty useless, as trying to find a show on Hulu is also slow, and rather clunky as it switches from the TV app to the Hulu app to watch the show. I would imagine that support for other streaming service will grow and it may become more useful, but it will need to view the content within the app, or at least streamline how it interacts with the other streaming apps.

Bring back the Video until the TV app is ready.

when not connected to cellular or wifi the tv app just hangs, if I connect to wifi then my home videos will show up after a long delay. My iPhone 5 remembers that I was looking at home videos, but iPad and iPad mini makes me start with recently added. The tv app is extremely slow...