How to watch home movies on Apple TV?

I have home movies in IPhoto taken with my Canon Elph. Can I watch these on Apple TV? If so where do I find them?

Niel wrote:
Double-click the movie in iPhoto, find it's path from the Open Recent item in the File menu of the QuickTime Player, choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, enter the path after deleting everything following the final /, and drag the movie files into the open iTunes window. .........
I'm sure that will work, but is it all that necessary, surely it's simpler to drag the movie from the iphoto window to the itunes window.
If it is in the wrong format try advanced/convert selection for Apple TV. Some files may not convert this way, if so, come back for another method based on the type of file you have.

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