Home sharing - can see movie on iPhone, but it won't play.

I've got home sharing set up on iTunes and in my iPhone 3GS. I'm in the process of testing the digitizing of my home DVD library into iTunes, and have made my first attempt. The film works fine in iTunes on my Mac, and I can see it on my iPhone, but when I try to play it it hangs for a second and then an error comes up that says "The operation could not be completed". I also have a couple of television episodes I purchased - they also show up on the iPhone and play with no problem. Any thoughts? The movie file is an .m4v - I wondered if that could be the issue?
Thanks,
-K

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