Apple TV v2 Not Playing Movies Rented On Computer

It was my understanding that if I rent a movie on my computer, I can view it on my Apple TV. I did that, and I can see the rented movie under my computer on the Apple TV — but whenever I click through to play it, I just get the rotating spin wheel endlessly. I assumed it was merely transferring enough into the cache like it does when renting directly on the Apple TV, but NOTHING ever happens, no matter how long I wait.
All other movies, rented directly, or bought on my computer, work as expected. This is the first time I've ever tried renting on my computer and watching on the Apple TV, though.
Thoughts?

No one...?

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Thank you for responding to my problem so promptly. Frankly, I did not expect to hear from people so soon! The fact is that as soon as I posted the question, I was shown a number of similar queries and managed to find the answer. I have to say it's not intuitive! I have an apple TV original version. Apparently I had the ATV on streaming and not syncing. Streaming does not allow you to stream a rental from your computer whereas you can sync and transfer the rental from the computer!
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