Play Movies via Apple TV from iTunes on a PC

I have a PC with itunes and I'm looking to start building my movie library. However, I wanted to first check to see if I could use Apple TV to play the movies from my PC to my tv or if it will only work from a something running iOS.

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Being able to play content from your iTunes library on your computer is one of the main features of the Apple TV.

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Hi Scott,
i have very similar problem but even with older versions.
all of my devices all use iOS 4.x, iTunes upgraded to 10.5 since a week now.
here is my situation:
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- iTunes does not find remote Speakers.
but:
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