Apple TV hangs, crashes and freezes trying to sync photos

I love my Apple TV but it hangs my PC (iTunes pegs CPU at 100%) and crashes my Apple TV box whenever I try to sync "selected" folders from within a directory that has about 324 folders with pictures in each of them. If I only sync one folder and select all, it seems to work. Obviously that's a pain, since I'd like to sync multiple folders.
Any ideas? I have the latest ATV firmware for my 40GB unit (1.1) and iTunes version 7.4.3.1.
Thanks

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