Can't see iTunes Library anymore on ATV (after moving house)

Can anyone advise me on how to make sure I can see and play my Mac computer library music on my ATV please... Thanks!!
(I have moved and in reconnecting, the ATV no longer sees the library although the ATV does register in iTunes as a device... I have used the ATV temporarily with a Macbook while the pro was unavailable).

greetings van D !
if you click on the icon of your TV under devices, do you see this ?
if so, the library on the Pro has been turned into a secondary (streaming only) library. you should still be able to stream content to the TV but in order to sync, you will have re-register the Pro as the primary lib.
check this user tip Apple TV primary/secondary lib (credits to Sir Winston).
any help ?

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