I can see & play my home movies in itunes, but I can't see them on appletv

Can anyone help me with this? This is getting frustrating.

That is the purpose of imovie though to edit your raw video, to remove unwanted bits, add titles and maybe a few transitions and generally to make it more presentable before exporting it to a format which is compatible with the devices you intend to use it with.
Even if you don't want to use imovie and edit your video, (i.e. watch it as it was shot), you will still need to convert it to a format that will work with your chosen device(s), which in the case of the tv is h264. Your only way around this is to plug your camera into your tv.

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