Apple TV Syncs Content from Mac, but cannot access it when the Mac is off

I scanned the forums for a few hours and didn't see any answers to this question, so here it is.
I sync'd the movies and pictures on my MacBook Pro to the the Apple TV; however, when the Mac sleeps, I cannot play or view the content on Apple TV until the Mac wakes up and reconnects to the network.
When I go into iTunes and select the Apple TV, the content clearly shows up (15 GB+). I view Activity Monitor while movies play, and it appears to be playing the locally sync'd content because network utilization is almost zero. But, it insists on my MacBook being up with iTunes running.
Has anyone else seen this?
Thanks for any ideas.
Ben
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

OK,
Forget about iTunes, I am talking about the actual Apple TV itself.
On the TV screen in the main ATV menu you will see a list - Movies/TV Shows/ Music.....ending with Sources.
At the very top of this list you will either see a large ATV logo, or you will see the name of your iTunes library.
If you see your iTunes library name - the reason you can't access anything when your computer is asleep is because this source is for streaming from your computer only. Scroll down to where it says Sources, select it and in the next menu you will see the ATV logo at the very top of the list - select it and you can now play the content that is stored on your ATV.
Good luck!

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