ATV still can't play movie playlists?

I tried to make a playlist of movies (m4v format) that I converted from Handbrake.
Then I choose to sync both the movies and playlist to my ATV.
But on the movie part, I still can't see the playlist.
What's wrong?
Shouldn't the 2.3 update play the movie playlist already?
Or simply it still can't play the playlists that I converted myself, only play those purchased from iTunes?
Any idea?
Thanks.

This doesn't really contribute anything but....
Music video playlists and playlists for short TV shows (eg kids cartoons) I can understand, but I can't personally envisage needing a movie playlist - what do you need it for? Is it say for watching Star Wars I-VI consecutively or something along a 'movie party' line?
Even with TV shows so long as they're grouped properly can't see it takes more than a couple of secs to select the next episode.
Maybe it's because I'm not a big playlist user (even for music) in the first place.

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