Home movies take forever to upload to ATV

I have an ATV third edition, with the latest 6.1 software.
My iTunes is the latest version 11. something or other
Here is my problem.
I recently got a gopro and have taken some great footage and have uploaded this footage into my home movies secion of iTunes. On my PC it plays great, instant access no problem.
IF I try to play this footage on my apple TV it plays eventually, but as an example an 8 min video takes more than an hour to queue up. This makes the task completely useless so does anyone have any ideas where I am going wrong?
I am clicking on the "computer" icon on the apple tv and searching for the video's there. The video pops up to play almost instantly with a clear picture of the start of the video, but will not play until the progress bar is full and its just very very slow
I also have piles of music which plays almost instantly stored on my PC and played through iTunes.
I also have some movies stored in the same way which I got from "free digital copies" from various blu-ray and DVD purchaces over the years which I added into my itunes. These movies (some over 2 hours long) start to play in no more than 2 mins and play completely fine with no stuttering or lag.
PS. the video format is H.264 is less than 1080p and is 30 fps so the apple tv should play it ok.

well - I have used the "convert movies to apple TV format but that doesnt seem to have helped - maybe reduced the queue time by a few minutes, but when its taking many 10s of minutes to queue up a 15-20 min clip its not much use.
What do you mean with regards to fast start and streaming? - is there a setting hidden away in the ATV or iTunes? Bare in mind purchased movies playing from iTunes play completley fine, its only video that I have made myself that is causing problems
I guess its something I am doing wrong as the user group isnt cimpletely stacked with people saying this feature doesnt work, but its beyond me at this time.

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