Why is iTunes re-copying all my movies to Apple TV?

I finally got all of my movies synced to Apple TV, which took days since the transfer speed is so slow for some reason. Anyway, next thing I know, iTunes has decided to re-copy all of my movies to Apple TV, and begins the whole laborious process again. I checked the Apple TV and all the movies were still on there. I had added 2 new ones, and I have it set to sync all movies, but why would it sync movies that have already been copied? I let it run for a while but many hours later when it had only finished a couple of movies, I stopped it. But I'd like to understand what happened so I can prevent it from happening again. Any ideas? TIA.

If I were you I would contact the iTunes support team directly. I once had a problem where my iTunes gift cards were not redeeming, but once I contacted the iTunes support team via email, they were able to fix everything.
Here is the link: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/
You can also contact them directly by phone them or setting up an appointment for them to call you.

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