Problem streaming movies from library after update to 5.0.1

Hi, I just updated my apple tv to 5.0.1 and after doing so it is unable to load/play my videos from my home library. It starts to do it but is v...e....r...y slow to load the video, as in, 1/2 hour has passed to get ready to play a 2 minute video and it still hasn't started yet. Purchased tv shows work fine. Netflix streams fine. I have restarted the apple tv, itunes, and my airport. Please help! Everything was working fine before the update. I have a first gen apple tv and the most recent version of itunes.

Try deleting the account(s) you're having problems with, resetting your phone (hold on/off and home buttons simultaneously 10-15 seconds until Apple logo appears, release buttons and wait for it to restart), then add back your mail accounts. I've read that this has worked for some.

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I know how to stream just fine, that's not the problem. This is what i do to stream, i go to itunes > pref > advanced > uncheck "copy files to itunes music folder when adding to library." Boom, that works every time.
This is not what allows you to stream... this allows you to put files (actually that path to the file) into the iTunes library without it being in the iTunes folder but that has nothing to do with streaming...
having the external connected or not connected should not affect your ability to stream later when the drive is connected... i have a feeling you actually may not know how to get streaming working and are actually syncing.
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2) link the iTunes library to the appleTV as a syncing/primary library, go to the summary tab in iTunes and uncheck +show only synced items on appleTV+ (very important), then go to the media tabs in iTunes (click on appleTV under devices in iTunes tabs appear on the right) then turn off syncing for each type of media you don't want to sync
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Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel or adjusting your multicast rate.
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RDH wrote:
Any clever (or blindingly obvious) solutions would be welcome.
easy
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