Incredibly slow streaming of video from macbook pro to apple tv

Hi. We purchased an apple tv 3rd generation connected to wifi. our internet runs about 7mb/sec. no problem streaming movies purchased on itunes through apple tv but ridiculously slow streaming mp4 through itunes to apple tv over macbook. when i say ridiculously, not even sure if it works... just seems to think about it. home sharing is enabled on both devices. i know they are communicating because i can play my music library on the tv (which is also pretty slow). am i missing something?

Home sharing is done over the local network so internet speed wouldn't play a factor. I would be inclined to think it is specific to the videos you are trying to share.
Have you made sure they are compatible with the Apple TV?
H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

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