Apple TV constantly cuts out -- and in both iOS, and Mavericks -- multiplies

Hello All -
Yes, this is another "Apple TV cutting out thread." I am getting so frustrated with this issue I could almost throw something.
Here is my setup -
MacBook Pro Retina w/ 10.9.3
Apple TV 2 w/ 6.1.1
Apple Time Capsule 2 (flat with 1 TB HDD) w/ 7.6.4
PowerMac G5 w/ 10.5.8 (media server)
I have not jail broken anything, and I only use iTunes and Screen Share to control this entire apparatus.
When I stream movies to the iTV through the Media Server everything works just fine for about 5-10 minutes, then everything cuts out for about 1-2 seconds before coming back on -- thereafter everything works great.
When I clone my desktop onto my TV from my MacBook pro, I habitually have one of two problems --
1) The first of which is no audio, which I've been able to fix with a "sudo killall coreaudiod" command in the terminal. This is just more annoying than anything -- why can Apple not fix this.
2) What is really egregious is when I extend the desktop onto the TV, its normally for YouTube playlists -- and it cuts out every 30 seconds or do for a second or two. Does anyone have a fix for this, and can someone explain to me why Apple has yet to fix the issues -- given they are so common?
Thereafter, when I am done watching whatever I am watching for the night -- the network (on both computers) sees the Apple TV as some outrageous number -- right its 250, and rougly equates to the amount of "cut outs" since the last power cycle (not just sleep mode).
Thanks!

sounds like your network is unstable
test by connecting both devices to the router by ethernet cables
rather then wifi

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