My ATV (1) is Re-Syncing files that were already on it???

Just a query to see if any one else has had this issue.
Recently when I turn on my computer and open iTunes it is not just connecting with my ATV and checking if it needs to sync as it should, it is actually wiping small numbers of files from my ATV and re-syncing them from my ITunes library. I was kind of over looking it because it was only 10 or so files but, today I booted up and it wiped 454 files from my ATV and is currently re-syncing them.
I suspect there may be somthing to do with date stamps because it would appear that the longer I leave it between syncs the more files that are wiped.
Hard to recall when this all started or whether it has anything to do whith the whole Lion/iCloud upgrade
My iTunes library is kept on my laptop which travels with me (one of the reasons an ATV 2 is just not an option for me, No Storage = unhappy kids when i'm not home to stream "Dora the Explorer"), I've often bought stuff on the road and synced when I got home no worries in the past but now, well i don't know...
Anyone else had this happen or know a solution.
Cheers
J

Yeah I considered a disconnect reconnect but was trying to avoid it because it will take a good day or 2 to transfer all the files back . Running ATV Flash with an external drive. That's not the problem though just means i have a heap of media to restore after the reconnect.
Re. iTunes Match. no to that. prefer to keep my files locally.
The only other thing I forgot to mention is that while my .itl file is on my laptop i keep the media on an external drive that accompanies my MBP everywhere. so it's possible somthings screwy there.
anyway just weird that everything was working fine and all of a sudden this started up. Well I guess christmas is as good a time as any to do a restore .
I'll leave this post unresolved for the moment while I troubleshoot.

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