Apple TV--accessing desktop MacPro on network

Hello all,
I just recently purchased Apple TV and just finished hooking it up. Seems like so far it works great, and I can access any of my itunes library that is on my MacBook Pro...however is there a way to access my itunes library that is on my MacPro? My MacPro is on the network with a direct wired connection. Maybe you can only stream wirelessly, which would make it so that my main library that is on my MacPro would not be accessible. Is there a way?
Thanks,
Norm

So long as the wireless/wired devices are on the same network it does not matter.
I have a mixture of wired/wireless computers, iPhone/iPad on wireless and wired/wireless AppleTVs.
Assuming the wireless services are provided by the same router handling the wired connections they should just see each other.
Home Sharing needs to be enabled on each itunes account and each AppleTV 2.
Different computers appear separately under the Computers tab.
Having a desktop to serve media can be more practical than a laptop, as you usually have more permanently attached internal/external storage without having to plug/unplug external drives if a laptop starts to fill with media, and also the system is usable when the laptop is out of the house.
Using Home Sharing you could quite easily copy content from one itunes library to the other to replicate the laptop contents on the Mac Pro. It's quicker to copy files manually using an external drive and just add them to itunes but Home Sharing is quite convenient.
AC

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