Apple TV constantly syncing in itunes...

Had my apple TV for about 2 months. Works fine, no issues. I only stream, and don't store or sync any movies or music on the ATV itself.
In the past it would automatically sync whenever I added a movie, even though it wasn't adding it to the ATV itself. And it wouldn't last that long.
Yesterday I consolidated my library to a new drive and it's been constantly syncing ever since. I'm still able to use the ATV, but why is it still syncing?
Keep in mid I have 40,000 mp3's and about 90 movies in my library so it's pretty big. Is it just taking this long to go through the whole new library location? Or is there another reason?

Similar problems here. iTunes is set to sync all tv shows purchased on Apple TV. It does this over and over again with exactly the same material.
I have my iTunes preferences set to an external drive since my file is way too big for the laptop.
As I type this it has just started syncing the entire catalog again, despite there being absolutely no changes since it complete the last sync yesterday.
Any ideas anyone?

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