Apple tv, why can't I play my non-itunes purchased music over apple TV?

Why am I unable to play all my iTunes music library music on my apple TV? It only sees iTunes purchased music to play.

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AppleTV can only access compatible video in iTunes via its menu system.
If your Mac supports Airplay mirroring you will potentially be able to screen share the video but none of mine are new enough to test. Airplay mirroring uses screen sharing type software so the video seen on AppleTv will be a recompressed video output from the Mac and quality may suffer especially if network isn't that fast.
I believe mirroring maxes out at 720p but can't confirm.
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My Itunes-Angola doesn´t has any music (songs) at all. I would like to buy songs from itunes store from a diferrent country. but it doesn´t allow me.

You can only buy/download content from your own country's store - to be able to buy from another country's store you will need to be in that country and have a valid billing address in that country on your iTunes account (content is licensed to Apple to sell by the content providers on a country-by-country basis).
In order to sell music in Angola the record companies will have have to grant Apple licenses to do so - until if/when they do that then unfortunately you won't be able to buy music from Apple. You can try leaving feedback for Apple to let them know that there are people there that would like to buy music : http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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My ipod shuffle will happily sync with and
transfer
the music from iTunes that I have downloaded from
iTunes but fails to transfer music from iTunes that
I
have uploaded from CD. Why?! Help!
What format is the music uploaded from CDs? Select
one of the tracks and click on File>Get
Info>Summary and post results here.
Kind: AAC audio file
Size: 3.5MB
bit rate: 128k
sample rates: 44.100kHz
data modified: 9/24/2006 7:30PM
play count: 29
Last played: 3/19/2007 7:33PM
Profile: Low complexity
Channels: stereo
encoded with: iTunes v7.0.0.70, Quick Time 7.1.3
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The concept is great if Apple could get it to work.

Unbelievable. I just played the movies on every laptop around our house but Apple TV won't. How can they even put their name behind a product like this?
BTW our house has 2 iPads, an iMac, MacBook Air, a MacBook Pro, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, 3 iTouches, 3 Nanos and an orginal iPod so we are not novices to Apple.
Unfortunate.

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Click here and ask the iTunes Store staff for assistance.
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Add icloud status column to song view in iTunes library on your computer. What is the iCloud status of those tracks? What if file type, size and bit rate of those tracks.
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After reading your post, it sounds like you are experiencing an error with the Podcasts app. You may want to consider restarting the device first, and then resetting if that does not work. This article provides detailed instructions for Restarting, and Reseting:
Turn your iOS device off and on (restart) and reset
How to restart
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top of your device until the red slider appears. Then drag the slider to turn your device completely off.
After the device turns off, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button again until you see the Apple logo.
How to reset
You should reset your device as a last resort and only if you can't restart it.
To reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities,
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Why Can't i play any my music from my library or home sharing files?

Greetings Heather,
After reading your post, it sounds like you are experiencing an error with the Podcasts app. You may want to consider restarting the device first, and then resetting if that does not work. This article provides detailed instructions for Restarting, and Reseting:
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Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top of your device until the red slider appears. Then drag the slider to turn your device completely off.
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You should reset your device as a last resort and only if you can't restart it.
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