Can't watch rental on Mac after watching it on ATV via Home Share

A couple of times I've rented a movie from iTunes on my Macbook.  When my family wants to watch it, I turn on Home Sharing and am able to use our Apple TV to select my computer, go to the 'Rentals' folder and view the movie.
However, when we've finished watching it, I can't view it on my Macbook anymore.  I get a 'Could not play the rental because it is authorized to play on another computer or device'.  Even if I turn off the Home Share and put the Apple TV to sleep, I still get this message.
Since I'm not actually "transferring" the movie file from my laptop to the Apple TV, I'm confused as to why I can't watch it on my laptop after we've viewed it on the Apple TV.
Renting movies is expensive, and you only get 24 hours to watch them.  This technical issue is really causing problems for me.  Any help here would be greatly appreciated!

Lots of new intermitant and odd network issues with the last two ATV updates.  I know this sounds weird and makes no sense, but if you are using WiFi switch to wired or if wired switch to WiFi.  It is too long winded to exmplain why.  Give it a try and see if it helps.

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