Randomly movies will not start. (They did before)

Odd issue, I have movies that will not play. They get to the progress bar as the movie would normally start, but it doesnt...the loading indicator just keeps spinning. The time slider doesnt move, but the progress bar behind it does. (as if it were playing) I just have a black screen. Its odd because they are movies I have wached before with no trouble. Everything is updated, i've shutdown and restarted everything...still no luck. Anyone had this issue?

I'd try restarting by pulling ALL the cables, but if the problem persists I think there maybe something wrong with the file or possibly it's encoding (improperly encoded files may work, but may not following a software update). Unfortunately we cannot discuss the conversion you have performed, but you might try opening it in QuickTime and re-exporting it for Apple TV and see if it will then play. (iTunes will probably see it as already being compatible with the Apple TV and so won't re-convert it for you.

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