Apple TV cannot pay this song

Hi all,
I have an Apple TV which is sync'd with my computer and logged into my itunes account. My wife has a macbook and her own itunes account. I can play all my music through the ATV with no problems. However, when we connect (stream) my wife's machine and try and play we get an error for all of the music she has downloaded from itunes - simply saying Apple TV cannot play this song. I presume this is a DRM issue as non protected (ripped) songs play just fine.
I have tried de-authorising all machines on her account and then re-authorising her machine. No luck. Is this because the ATV is using my itunes account? If so, is there a way to "pair" the two accounts?
Any help appreciated...
R

You need to sync your wife's machine with the Apple TV, this will take her iTunes account information over to the Apple TV and then allow the music to play.

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