Apple TV v2 - do photo smart albums autoupdate?

Hi gang,
I am displaying some photos on my Apple TV (new generation). They are selected from a smart album from iPhoto on my laptop. This smart album collects all of my highest rated photos. If I rate a picture as 5 stars in iPhoto, it will automatically appear in the smart album. Does this in turn get synchronized with the Apple TV, or do I have to do something on the Apple TV to ask it to check for new photos?
Cheers!

The new AppleTV does not synchronise as such as it has no storage, so I suspect it gets or is is given a list from iTunes every time you go into the Photos submenu.
Question is if iTunes updates this list dynamically and pushes it to AppleTV, or if iTunes only get the list on startup or when the photo section is entered.
Do you have an ATV2 and are having issues or is this a pre-purchase query?

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