Playlist shuffle and/or continous play

Gentlemen,
just got the new Apple TV, which in general works great. Only two problems concerning the music playlists via iTunes:
Problem 1:
- I am sucessfully connected to my iTunes playlists and can see every single album/title on my TV
- I also can select one single title and play that music
- but when I select Shuffle (in fact, it's "Zufällige Wiedergabe", as I am using the german Version), it gives me an error message like "Content not available" (rough translation). I also got this error message when I try to access that playlist not via the remote, but via the remote app on iPhone
Problem 2:
- If I select one single title in a playlist, I would expect that after the end of that song it plays the next one in that playlist. But it's not happening. So I would need to selecr every single title after the end of another one - very annoying.
Somewhere here in the forums somebody wrote that at least problem 2 is an error that was fixed with the latest update of Apple TV. But yesterday after installation, Apple TV already updated itself - so it looks like it does not work for me.
Can you guys help me with the two problems?
Kind regards
Alex

For your first problem, it sounds like your songs are unchecked in your iTunes library. Unchecked songs will not play through shuffling and playlists. They appear slightly grey instead of white and are only able to be played by selecting that particular song. Your second problem is likely related to that fact. Make sure your songs are checkmarked in your iTunes Library and that should resolve all your issues.

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