Home Sharing & Airplay limitation ?

Hi,
Can someone let me know if this is limitation due to stronger copyright constraints on movies than on music :
I'm using home sharing between an iMac, 2 MacbookPros and an Apple TV 3rd generation.
I can perfectly airplay a movie from my iMac iTunes library to the Apple TV.
But when I try to airplay from my iMac a movie of a "Home Shared" library that I have access to (an iTunes library from one of my MacBook Pros), it's not possible as the Airplay icon is not shown anymore.
However, when I do the same for Music (airplay from my iMac a song of a "Home Shared" library that I have access to), I'm perfectly able to do it (the Airplay icon is still there).
So, bug or limitation imposed by Apple due to movie copyright constraints ?
Waiting for your precious input,
Regards,
DDA

Hello Burl3y,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you're having issues with both Home Sharing and AirPlay between your MacBook Pro and AppleTV. For troubleshooting the issue with Home Sharing, take a look at the following article:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
For the issue concerning AirPlay from iTunes take a look at this article:
iTunes: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5209
Take care,
Alex H.

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