Subsequent to upgrading to iOS 16 (both iPhone and iPad), TV App's Home Sharing fails to display the category of "home video" content. Have toggled off/on home sharing on MacOS (Ventura) TV and Music applications and on the iOS devices' apps but home sharing continues to only display "download" media category. Feature or bug?
MacBook Pro Apple Silicon
Hello DFW_Dean,
Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you're looking to use Home Sharing, but can't see the videos on your iPhone or iPad with iOS 16, right?
If we have that correct, let's confirm this is still set up correctly. This will help to rule out if any changes may have occurred during the update that you're unaware of. We'll details to get started, and how to view videos in the TV app below. You can locate additional steps and information related to this in the following resource: Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support
Before you set up Home Sharing
• Update all of your Apple devices to the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS. On your PC, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes for Windows.
• Connect all of your devices to the same Wi-Fi or Ethernet network.
• Make sure that all of your devices are signed in with the same Apple ID and authorized to play purchases using that Apple ID.
See shared videos
1. Open the TV app.
2. Tap Library.
3. Choose a shared library.
Keep in mind to check for the videos while connected with the same Wi-Fi network on all devices, and let us know what you find. If you need additional assistance, let us know which steps you've tried, along with any additional helpful information. We'll gain a better understanding to provide more accurate details for you.
Have a great day!
Brandon you misunderstand the OP I think, I have a similar issue.
The issue is how do we make our own home videos available on all our devices. Up until now it has been possible to upload all Home Videos to an iCloud account folder, then access those videos on a Mac in a "Home Videos" which would then replicate itself on the iPhone and iPad Apple TV app.
That functionality has been removed. Home Sharing requires the 'source' to be available at all times, not great in a mobile world.
Apple don't seem to ever have addressed this issue properly, instead requiring us to find work around to store our own video content. Yes we could use Photos, but that is as rich an experience as simply using 'Files' to view content. Both are poor as they auto delete the downloaded original.
If you have any other insights that would be great to hear.
IOS 16 TV App Home Sharing of Home Videos
