ITunes sync hangs only when syncing photos to Apple TV

I just got an Apple TV, and updated it to the last software v2.4; iTunes is also running latest v 9x.
I have a large library and the first sync took a long time but it got done successfully.
But when I select images I want to sync in the 'photos' tab in iTunes for my ATV and then run sync, iTunes hangs on "Syncing Apple TV" - it just spins for hours without doing anything - nothing gets synced. If I deselect Photos completely, sync works normally - this is true for either auto or custom sync modes.
Is this a known issue? If anyone has experienced this issue and has a suggestion on a fix, it would be welcomed. I've searched the forums and can't seem to find anything that would be a fix on this.
Thanks!

So I tried a sync with the ATV with only 1 folder of photos selected from my 'my pictures' folder which is populated only with a few jpeg format images.
Same problem - itunes just stays in 'syncing apple tv' mode, the sync activity icon keeps spinning but nothing actually transfers. I had to cancel out of the sync.
One thing I noticed which is odd, is that no matter which or how many folders I might happen to select in the folders list view, the number '390' appears beside the selected folder to the far right of the selected folder. I assume that is a representation of the # of images contained in that folder that's been selected, but I know each of the selected folders don't have precisely 390 images each.
This smells like a bug.

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