Apple TV won't play TV shows that are fully downloaded in my library.

Hi,
My Apple TV won't play TV shows that are fully downloaded in my library. It says it will take 6 hours to load a 50 minute episode. It suggests to change the picture resolution, yet this till says it will take hours to uplaod. Is anyone else having this problem, and how do I fix it? I only bought the thing last week, and really feel ripped off. Thanks in advance.

Raul Zero wrote:
Well, if the size of my iPhoto library is the problem, I would have hoped that Apple would have mentioned that when we were on the phone for two hours. But yes, that is a possibility. I have about 260 events containing about 26,000 photos.
I agree, they should now what kind of limitations might apply.
Again, the issue may not be iPhoto per se, but something in iTunes or the interface between the two that just struggles above a certain number of files.
I was able to view photos before I upgraded my apple TV to v3 software but it was not reliable. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. And it was always slow.
There were occasional posts about people with slow performance on AppleTV who had huge music libraries - not in terms of storage size, just overall numbers of songs/albums etc.
AppleTV is not a particularly high spec device compared to any modern computer so long lists of music files or photos/events might overload it. Trouble is here, itunes is just flat refusing to recognise your photos to even attempt to stream them.

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