ATV 3 won't play my purchased movies from the cloud

Hi,
Since updating the software, my ATV3 wont play any movies I have previously purchased. I can download them from the cloud to my mac and stream from there, but the ATV tries to play thethen says it can't connect to the iTunes server. I can browse the rentals with no issue though.
Any suggestions?

Thanks to all those who looked and are as clueless as me. I have solved this problem but I still do not understand it.
I will pass on what happened and maybe it will help you.
I keep my iTunes purchases on my D drive, not in My Music on the C drive. I did this to save space on the C. I have done this for years and it was after an iTunes update that the problems started. All this time I have been trying to play these files and have been getting the "Windows Has Detected A Problem" or some such.
I have my iTunes purchases backed up on 2 different external drives and yesterday it finally dawned on me that I should try to play one of those. And Yes! It worked. Every one I have tried plays with no problems.
So like I said, I don't understand what happened.

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