Display and Syncing Apple TV in iTunes for Windows

I have been out of luck getting my Apple TV to display and sync properly in iTunes for some time now. I found a solution to share. I enabled UPnP on my router and voila, no more problems.

After lots of research and trial & error I have answered my own question. Hope this helps anyone with the same issue.
When I purchased ATV3 I wired it directly to my router. In ATV3 under Settings > General > Network, I recorded the MAC address of my ATV3. I use MAC filtering for my network. This way I don't have any network passwords, but just add a list of approved devices by putting in their MAC address. This allowed me to do everything on ATV3 as it was connected.
Here's where I found my solution... I disconnected the network cable from ATV, then I noticed that I was no longer connected to the internet. Going back into the network settings I noticed a very subtle detail. The last letter of the MAC address now showed a C, where it was a B before. I added this second MAC address to my router's list, and then had wireless internet working fine with ATV3. I then tried going into iTunes on my computer, clicked on AirPlay, then tried to click on the Apple TV. It still had the padlock symbol beside it, but now I was able to click on it, and type in my password (used my main iTunes account password). Everything worked.
The solution was not that I didn't have a connection, it was just that my connection was only wired, and I needed to also have it connected to the wireless (so add the second MAC address). So to those people out there who want to have ATV wired to the internet, note that you do need to be wirelessly connected to the network for some of these features (even if you're directly plugged into the router for that network).

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