Minimum requirements for streaming from Mac to Apple TV

I'm thinking about getting an Apple TV, but one major requirement is that I can share my Mac desktop so I can stream TV shows from cbs.com and other websites and watch them on the big TV. Do I have to have Mountain Lion to do this? Or can I do it with a lower OS?

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Hey everyone:
I got an Apple TV a few weeks back and we've been using it a lot, especially to stream Netflix. However, another application that I got it for was for streaming iPhoto slideshows and iMovie stuff to the Apple TV with Airplay's screen sharing. This event scenario has played out several times..... Screen sharing is up and going and it'll be working great. All of a sudden the TV will go back to the main Apple TV menu on its own. Upon further review at this point, NONE of my WiFi (iPhone, iPad, etc.) devices will connect to the network and I have to power cycle the router. Router lights are on, but no one's home. At this point, it'll boot back up and then everything will be fine, at least for a while.
Tonight, I was showing vacation pictures to some family and this same process happened twice. Since I can't seem to figure out how to stop playing a slideshow in iPhoto and then start it again in the middle, it's very annoying. Here are some relevant troubleshooting points to consider:
1. This network problem (or something similar to it) has happened in the past, but whatever it is, streaming a slideshow really seems to aggravate it. This seems to be the only scenario that I can do to actually INDUCE the issue. Periods of long uploads or downloads are fine. Streaming audio from one device and similar usage seems to be fine, but this scenario fails pretty much every time, and not necessarily right away.
2. After having this issue tonight multiple times, I stopped trying to stream an actual iPhoto slideshow and just went into the album and scrolled through the pics one by one. I did this for at least an hour with no issue. But with an actual slideshow, it failed twice in 30 minutes or less. And it's happened before tonight as well.
3. It doesn't appear to make a difference what application I'm streaming from on the Mac. Whether it's iPhoto, iMovie, or even Facetime.
MacBook Pro Specs - OS X 10.8.2 - Late 2011 Model
Apple TV - MD199LL/A, v5.0.2
Router - Linksys/Cisci E1000 - Firmware v2.1.02
Anyone else have similar experiences or advice? I've got a fair amount of devices in my home that use WiFi, but there was nothing irregular going on in the house to generate an excessive amount of internal network traffic or anything like that. My gut says the problem is with the router, but it's only a few months old, and I've updated the firmware to no avail.
Thanks a bunch for any advice you may have!

OK, so I've done a couple things here and both point to the above post about having two devices doing AirPlay at once.
First things first.... I ran the Inssider tool and looked over my network. My signal seems to always be between 50 and 60. My router is on Ch 6 which seems to be the best choice. There's one other network on that channel, but it's a very low signal strength. The other ends of the spectrum are pretty well covered by other networks.
Does this shed any light on this problem?
Second - I hard wired my MacBook to the router, then screen shared to the Apple TV. It was up for at least 15 minutes. At some point, I looked over and it was no longer sharing, but the network *WASN'T* trashed like it normally gets. So it possibly got dropped for some other reason.
Third - I forgot that I have an Apple Airport Express that I normally use to stream music to a radio in my garage. However, this device can be used as a router. So I set it up this way and created a 2nd network. I only put the Macbook and the Apple TV on it. I've been streaming continuously for about 35 minutes now with no issues.
So it would seem that there's a firmware issue with this router that won't allow one device to Airplay to another device. Does anyone else have any other conclusions or suggestions? Otherwise, looks like I'll be treating myself to some new hardware after Christmas.
Thanks very much for your help!

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I am considering purchasing an AppleTV and was hoping to use my old 533MHz G4 PowerMac as the "host" for my media. I'm running Tiger Server on it with a wire connection to my AirPort Extreme (802.11n). I know the PowerMac itself can't play the HD video based on iTunes 9 requirements but I am hoping I can plug my 1TB drive into it and still stream from and sync back to it.
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as long as you can get the latest and greatest iTunes running on it, it should work fine...
Min Rec for iTunes..
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Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or later; Mac OS X version 10.5 or later is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras
QuickTime 7.6 or later
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Safari 4 or later
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Problem is we can't. Music is fine but when I click on a movie (from IPad or iMac) it takes at least 30 mins before it starts, the streaming bar at the bottom hardly moves.
I see that there are others with similar problems. I am using my home wireless network (BT Homehub 2) and I have no issues using the Internet, which is faster that streaming from my Mac!!!
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Sorry about this: I finally figured it being an iTunes issue. Restarting my router did the trick.

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Hi Mac4lfe: If you want to SYNCH between the Mac and the ATV, then any G3 will do, just expect the synching to be slow. If you want to STREAM from the Mac to ATV, then a G3 will do for music but not for video. If you want to stream video, a G4 will do, but you will get a lot of beachballs when you do anything on iTunes and sometimes the streaming will fail. I suggest you get the cheapest Intel Mac, you will have a much better experience when streaming. Lastly, remember you will need a screen for the Mini, there will always be warnings, error messages, updates, etc in iTunes that you need a screen, mouse and keyboard for. Very lastly, you can just get the ATV and buy music, TV shows, Movies and rent movies without a Mac. 160GP shall be enough. I have 40 movies, 20 full TV seasons and 6000 songs and am just over 400GB.

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