ITunes sees my AppleTV, but does not sync! (firewall issue?)

Hi there...
I have been using a AppleTV (software 2.01) and Mac OS X 10.4.11 (with a Airport Express) for months without any issues at all.
Then I upgraded to a new PowerBook Pro with OS X 10.5.4 and approx. the same time my AppleTV updated to the latest version (I believe 2.1).
Suddenly my iTunes although seeing the AppleTV but WAS NOT able to sync anymore. iTunes suggested to open a specific port at the firewall...
now:
(a) if I completely disable the firewall syncing works just fine
(b) however if I want to activate my firewall I have not found out how to enable this specific port in OS X 10.5 firewall. I can open "all" ports (?) for a specific application; I tried that for iTunes but it didn't work.
Could you please help?!
thanks a lot
Wolfgang
Message was edited by: Wolfgang Ty

Try this previous discussion:
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