HD videos on ATV 1st Gen?

I have the 1st Gen ATV downstairs and the 2nd Gen ATV upstairs. I have been succesfully streaming video from my PC to both my ATV's without a problem for well over a year. Just recently I purchase a GoPro Camera which shoots video in 1080p as an MPEG-4 Movie. My 2nd Gen ATV plays the content just fine but my 1st Gen cannot seem to reconize the video at all. The videos definetely exist in the iTunes library but the 1st gen won't even show them as an available movie to play. It's simply not there.
All other videos from my iTunes library are streaming just fine to both ATV's - it's only these new videos from my GoPro camera that are the issue. The only difference, from what I can gather, is that these videos are shot at 1080p.

Hi!
Open your project in iMovie. Click on "share" at the top of the screen. When the menu appears, click on "share to iTunes". You will get a menu asking you to pick what size you want. Go for the large size for the ATV. When it's done sharing, (may take awhile depending on how long the movie is) if your ATV is set to auto synch new content, it will copy over right away. If not, you can manually synch it, or just stream it. Hope that helps!
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ToddPeperkorn wrote:
I am trying to use my old 1st Gen Apple TV as an digital announcements unit at my church. It looks like the ATV only allows 480p, 720p and 1080i resolution. I am trying to use a 17" monitor with DVI & 1280x1024 resolution. Any suggestions on how to make it so that the screen doesn't come through squished? I'd rather not have to buy a new monitor/tv if I can avoid it.
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Hi!
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