Home sharing not working with appleTV after I moved itunes to new computer

I Bought a new Mac computer and followed the directions to move my iTunes library from my windows PC to my new Mac. Now my home sharing doesn't work with my AppleTV. I get an error that says it cannot connect to iTunes librarY.
I Have tried reboot both the computer and AppleTV. I have turn on and off home sharing multiple times on both the computer and appletv.

Hey rjcarter,
Good job on troubleshooting the issue so far. The next steps would be to check the network and firewall settings as well as resetting the wireless router. Take a look at the article below for more information about troubleshooting Home Sharing.  
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203311
Regards,
-Norm G.  

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