Mapped Drive to a OS X Shared Folder won't play purchased videos in iTunes

I have a MacBook Pro sharing out a folder where all my purchased movies are stored. I've got a Vista box to which I've added the full library. All the music has shown up, but none of the movies or TV shows. They won't play from the shared directory.
If I move the files locally, they play fine, so there must be some permissions issue with the files. I can read/write to the directory.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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