Apple TV Doesn't Recognize Library with Macbook Closed

Hello all, long time reader, first time poster.
Just purchased an AirPort Extreme and I plugged in my external HD with my iTunes library. Everything went well, went in and pointed iTunes to the new location and voila, good to go. I can now play songs without having my hard drive plugged in to the Macbook; something I've been sorely searching to do for quite some time. In any event, I then turned on my ATV2 and voila, it picked up the library and I could navigate my library. Until I closed my Macbook....
There has to be a way that my ATV2 can recognize the library without having to open my Macbook and open iTunes. Right????

Welcome to the Apple Community.
AFAIK if your macbook is closed it will sleep and shutdown its wifi connection. Oddly enough I saw some information that questioned my understanding earlier, but the difference was that the macbook had a display plugged into it, I don't know whether that's any help or not.

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