Digital camera movies? iPhoto/iTunes?

Hi
I have many small movies from my digital camera which are stored in iPhoto. I want them to be synced to AppleTV. So far the only solution I see is to export them manually for AppleTV and import them into iTunes. Is there an easier way?
why does AppleTV not sync those small movies automatically?
Michael

Those small movies are in the wrong format for your tv.
You may have a couple of options to convert them the first I'd try would be by placing them into itunes selecting them and choosing 'convert selection for apple tv' from the advanced menu.

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