Photo display probem from iMac

I have a new ATV2 but am having problems with displaying photos from my iMac. Music and videos show up fine from the iMac. iMac has latest vesion version of Snow Leopard. And I can share photos fine from a MB Pro on the same network (so doesn't seem to be a networking issue). I've tried changing the source photos on the Home sharing options from iPhoto library to a specific folder on an external hard drive (connected to the iMac) with no sucess. I have also tried only sharing selected events or albums from iPhoto, also with no luck. The ATV just displays a message "loading photos from ______ Library" and finally gives up and refers me back to the "choose which photos to share" under the Advanced selection in iTunes. Any suggestions?

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Have you checked permissions for the photos and their enclosing folders. Do you have any illegal characters (/, for example) in either the photo titles or their enclosing folders, how is the external drive formatted.

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