Apple TV3 MacMini 5.3 screensharing issue

Hello
yesterday i realised that my AppleTV 3 can no longer do screensharing with my MacMini 5.3, it perfectly works with MacBookPro 10.1.
Both are on MacOSX Mountain Lion 10.8.3. Then Apple TV3 has the latest SW installed.
The AppleTV seems to get wrong informations as the picture is really messy. As i cannot attach pictures here I will post it later on youtube.
Anyone having the same isse ?
Thx

I am having this problem too. Since I updated my 2nd gen Apple TV to 5.3 a couple of weeks ago, any audio streaming over AirPlay is now choppy, and breaking up, not all of the time, but quite a bit of it. I didn't have this problem when I was on the 5.2.1 software before.

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Hi Jermobu,
If you are having issues with AirPlay between your MacBook Pro and your Apple TV, you may find the information and troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful, in particular the portion about Ethernet:
iTunes: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring - Apple Support
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YuShenn wrote:
My Apple TV3 used to sync youtube videos
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Annethrax wrote:
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Annethrax wrote:
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Annethrax wrote:
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Restore it.
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