AirPlay Audio Does Not Stream to ATV from MacBook Pro

For some reason, AirPlay will occasionally strop streaming audio to the Apple TV, usually after sleep. This has been a problem from day one, and I expected an update to fix it, but it's still a problem.
It goes like this:
I select Apple TV from the menu bar
The screen mirrors to the Apple TV
I start playing a video, but the audio plays through the MacBook speakers
I try to switch the audio via system prefs, but while it shows the Apple TV/AirPlay, but I am unable to select it.
I then have to restart my Mac to get audio streaming over AirPlay
So what's going on here?
My MacBook is the mid-2011 13" model maxed out with 8GB RAM.
Is it an Apple TV problem? Is it the MacBook Pro? Or is this a bug for AirPlay under mountain Lion?

Hey Harry,
I was able to get rid of the skipping with apple's help.  In my case it was the router... so I just disconnected the coaxial and power cable for like 1 min and plugged it back in and it started to work perfectly again.  The tech said that if it continued to be an issue I should get a new router from the ISP.  Hope this helps!  Let me know if you need any other info.

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