Extremely slow Apple TV sync

I have begun to sync my iTunes to my Apple TV. Everything has gone as planned except that seems to take about 10 minutes per song- literally - to sync. At 2000 songs this will take a long time. Is this normal??
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No it's not normal, but since your songs clearly are syncing and the sync is not simply hanging, I'd suspect your network. Are you connected by wifi, could you be experiencing interference or perhaps you have a weak signal. Have a look in the network menu on the tv to check your signal strength,

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