Home sharing with itunes not finishing songs

Hi,
I have a strange problem with iTunes. I currently use an old Intel iMac as an itunes server, feeding an Apple TV 3 and two Macbook Pro's with songs/movies/TV Shows using WiFi. Recently, I upgraded the iMac HDD to an SSD and placed the iTunes library on an external 1TB drive. Ever since this upgrade I have experienced problems with Home Sharing. It seems that certain songs will not play through to the end when streamed through the Apple TV or either laptop. Only certain songs are affected and will get a certain way through and then seemingly come to an abrupt end (the next song will then start). Play back on the iMac itself is fine, its only when using Home Sharing.
As I said, only certain songs are affected but it seems to be consistently the same songs. With 1 song it will play back the first 30 seconds and then go quiet, although the screen shows as if the song is playing!?
The iMac is running Lion with the latest patches and version of iTunes. I have tried rebooting, restarting iTunes and repairing disk permissions with no luck.
Any ideas?

I am replying to my own message as I have solved this problem and others may have the same issue and the fix I applied may work for them too.
After a short search on the internet I came across an apple support page with instructions on rebuilding the iTunes library. I followed the steps and after rebuilding my playlist my songs now play through to the end on my Apple TV.

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