Can't access secondary apple ID account on Apple TV

Hi guys,
I've done some searching about this topic, but I can't seem to find an answer that is satisfactory. I don't know if it's the phrasing that I'm just not picking up on or what. Anyway, here is the issue:  I know that Apple TV 2 is capable of using multiple apple ID's. My girlfriend has an apple TV and we use her Macbook to stream downloaded content to the ATV device. Sometimes, however, we want to use the content that is on my macbook pro. I have gone into the settings on ATV and I have enabled both of our accounts to switch between. Currently, I have my account highlighted, but when I go back to the main menu screen to choose from the "Computers" menu, it says that the computer needs to have her apple ID, even though mine is already selected in the settings menu..
Now, I read that you can use mutiple accounts for accessing purchased/rented content. But does that mean that we can't switch between other content on our computers? Specifically in this case, nonpurchased materials? Downloaded content is fine once it gets into her iTunes library, but for some reason mine doesn't want to work. I'm sorry if this issue has been beaten to death I just can't really figure out why it's not working. It seems like it should be working. I have home sharing enabled on both computers too. It seems to me that the ATV should be able to just toggle between two computers freely, accessing any and all content from the libaries selected, but I can't actually get it to recognize the information in my library.
Thanks

I think I am having the same problem. I have a new ATV3, new macbook air and and old macbook 2010 model (that obviously can't airplay/mirror). I have 2 different iTunes accounts set up in ATV, 1 that I use with my new mac air and 1 that is used with my old mac. Both computers are sharing their individual iTunes libraries between them fine, however I can only see my new mac and my iTunes library in ATV. However, if I go into iTunes on my old mac I can select to play music through ATV, which it does but you can't see or browse that iTunes library through ATV. I have tried signing out with the apple IDs, rebooting all 3 devices and turning sharing on and off, no change. I was wondering if maybe it was because my other mac is too old to be supported?
If anyone finds a solution please post it, if I find one first I'll let you know.
Thanks

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