Remote App only seeing 1/2 my songs on 1st gen. ATV

Going a little bonkers here. I am using my AppleTV as a music server into my juicy living room stereo system. The flow chart seems fairly simple:
1. Sync playlist to Apple TV (first gen)
2. Pair Remote app on iPhone 4S to Apple TV
3. Works great, EXCEPT:
Remote only sees approx. 1/2 the tunes on the playlist. Interestlingly, it is almost, but not exactly, 1/2 the tunes. It also seems to give a slightly different song count sometimes. The Apple TV has never given an indication that it is full (approx. 1GB is empty still.)
Let's not even go into the frustrations of relying on Home Sharing-- which works only erratically. When it DOES, I do see the entire preferred living room playlist. Then I  can use Airplay to accesss the entire library, but I am at the mercy of a lot of wireless hurt.
Whuttup people?
Thanks in advance--  Scott

So, it looks like turning on Home Sharing solved it! I had no idea it was required as it was working before there even WAS a home sharing option :/   Anyhow, of course it works the minute i post this

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