Apple TV cannot play the current song - any idea why?

I'm seeing this with some songs that I'm trying to stream from my main iTunes library; all AAC files at 160 kbps. Does anyone have any idea why this happens to only certain songs (in this case it's all the songs of one album, which is even more curious...)?
Kirk

Turns out this occurs with some songs when you add art with CoverScout.

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