Frustrated Piping Video Into Living Room

I'm trying to pipe a video into our living room via Apple TV. It's a 24 gb QuickTime .mov file. It plays fine on my computer desktop. I dragged it into iTunes and can successfully play it on my computer. However, it does not appear as an option on my ATV. I alternately attempted to view it by FTPing it to my ATV via ATV Flash 4.0.4. The audio plays but there's no picture. I tried breaking it into smaller segments (1 gb and 300 mb), but still no picture. I then flipped over to Boxee and was able to successfully view the smaller videos but not the big one.
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to what gets played and what doesn't on ATV. Shouldn't Apple's own QuickTime .mov files reasonably be expected to play on ATV? Are there any codecs or plug-ins I can install to have greater success?

Specifically:
Video formats supported
* H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps, Progressive Main Profile (CAVLC) with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
* iTunes Store purchased video: 320 by 240 pixels, 640 by 480 pixels, 720 by 480 pixels (anamorphic), or high-definition 720p
* MPEG-4: Up to 3 Mbps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 720 by 432 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

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