How does airplay interact with Time Machine?

I just purchased a MacBook Pro, but the 256GB of flash storage is not going to be enough for my projects and media.  My iTunes library has become pretty extensive, so I'm wondering if I'll be able to stream to my TV the content in my iTunes using Time Machine in combination with Apple TV?  Anyone have this set up?

Time Machine is software that backs up the contents of your Mac.  You will not be able to use those backups for everyday use to stream media over your network.
Suggest that you add another external hard drive and move your iTunes library to that drive.
Then Time Machine will backup both your Mac and the contents of the external drive. So, you have "originals" on one drive and "backups" on another. If one drive fails, then you at least have a copy on the other drive.

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