Apple TV keeps losing my Itunes library

I go to watch Apple TV and it says there is no library available when I try to access it. The only solution is to unplug the Apple TV. After that, works fine, but this keeps happending. Clearly there's no network issue as I don't need to do anything to do with my router or my Imac. I have the Apple TV hooked up by ethernet cable as well. Any idea what's going on?

I have the exact same problem.
Can't figure out why, it will work fine with all other functions... but when I go to my library it says there is not one available.
Need help here too.
MV

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I use Windows XP, which is a little different to your Vista, but on your computer, if you look in *My Computer* you should see the "local disk: (C:)", and some other Disks, maybe D and E. When the iPod is plugged in, even if iTunes is handling it, it should appear as another "device with removable storage". It was that letter I meant. However...
I've just re-read your first post and I think I may have misunderstood you, so let's start again. In that post, you say
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Try that first anyway.

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The system was not shoot down correct, e.g. "pulled the plug"
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I've encountered this same problem on multiple occasions. Sometimes it will happen for days at a time, then stop for months, then start happening again without rhyme or reason.
This last bout has been the most severe, as my extensive library of movies (one one external HDD) and music (on another external HDD) wouldn't show up in iTunes. After reimporting and losing the library file again I started digging a bit deeper into solutions.
I'm a few hours (hopefully it will stick) and many changes into reconstructing a new iTunes library file after having found a useful solution:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73878/the-itunes-library-file-cannot-be -saved-a-folder-was-specified-instead-of-a-fi (I don't know if you saw the reply to your thread on stackexchange...)
I tried to choose my old .itl when prompted; it wasn't recognized. I then created a new library in a new folder (iTunes 1, as suggested) and repeated the "choose library" step. The new file was recognized. In the past I would change my media folder location in iTunes preferences depending on whether I was importing music or movies. I've decided to leave that at the default location, but have unchecked the copy to media folder option in preferences. I'm hopeful that manually managing where the media are stored and where iTunes looks for them will permanently solve the problem.
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Can I use two apple tv's with one itunes library?

I have been looking for a way to store my DVD's on a hard drive and watch them via my Apple TV as they are taking up too much space on my shelves. My first thought was to buy a large external hard drive and rip the dvd's using Handbrake for my streaming to my Apple TV gen 3 but I remembered that I still have my original 160gig Apple TV gen 1 which pretty much works as a large iPod for movies when syncing content rather than streaming.
So my plan would be :
1. Rip and add the dvd's to my iTunes library
2. Manually sync the movie files to the Apple TV 1
3. Delete the movies from iTunes to avoid using large amounts of computer hard drive space.. (this shouldn't interfere with the content on the Apple TV as syncing manually)
4. Connect the Apple TV to my TV to watch movies.
Can I have both of my Apple TV's connected to my iTunes library?
Are there any con's to using the old 1st gen Apple TV in this manner? For instance, I know there is no HDMI connection and the processor is older and slower than the newer versions.
It would be a shame to not be able to put the 160gig of hard drive space on the older Apple TV to good use, especially as it still works perfectly.. and it was a refurb when I bought it!

We cannot comment on your plans to copy DVD's but I have a number of Apple TV 1's, 2's and 3's all working together without a problem.
On the idea of keeping your content on your Apple TV 1 and deleting it from iTunes, you may want to read my article on this topic.
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I upgraded my computer system from vista to windows 7 losing my authorized itunes in the process - I cannot sync my ipod now without losing everything on it. Is there a solution for this?

At a guess you followed the process in HT1364 - iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder which would have moved the media folder to a new path of your choice. This process leaves the library database files back in the original location of <User's Music>\iTunes. Often people assume that all they need is now on the external drive and wipe the internal drive, or discard their old computer, before backing up the all important iTunes folder. If you have a backup of your user's profile folder from before the upgrade the iTunes library folder should be in there somewhere. Restore it to <User's Music> and your original library should pop back into existence. The external drive would need to have the same drive letter that it had previously.
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If you have an iPod or iOS device my scripts ImportDevicePlaylists and SyncStats may well let you recover ratings, play counts & playlists from the device.
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