Sometimes Apple TV just disappears from iTunes & Other Issues?

Hi. Love my Apple TV.
Except, some issues:
First, sometimes the Apple TV just falls off the network. It doesn't see my computers, and the computers don't see it. I then go to the status about page, and I see it's not on the network. So then I have to click on the network again, and re-enter the password, which takes a long time and hopefully no one is around and sees the password. ha-ha. I guess it does this like once a week or once every 2 weeks.
Next, sometimes it will be just playing a lame tiny little AAC song, and it will just stop playing it and go back to the list of songs, it gets 4-5 bars in the signal strength.
Next, stuff on the hard drive of Apple TV plays worst than streaming. Example: on the hard drive part if you pause, play from pause, or even try to fast forward it hangs up several seconds. However, on the streaming function, pausing, fast forward, etc. is smooth. Is it normal for that to occur?
I think that is about all the questions I have at this time. really appreciate any suggestion or experiences you might have to share. Thanks.

Next, stuff on the hard drive of Apple TV plays worst than streaming. Example: on the hard drive part if you pause, play from pause, or even try to fast forward it hangs up several seconds. However, on the streaming function, pausing, fast forward, etc. is smooth. Is it normal for that to occur?
There are some issues with some software encoding movies for the tv. I believe some software incorrectly encodes the wrong proportion of i, p and b frames in accordance with the mpeg4/10 main profile standards. Streaming video seems to escape this problem, I'm guessin' because of the way it buffers the stream. Synced movies also seem to escape the problem at low bit-rates, but encounter difficulties at higher rates.
Could you tell us what your source is, what software you are using and what settings you are using.
If this is the cause I'm not sure whether running the movie through the built in itunes converter will sort things for you or not, or whether you may need to look at another encoder.

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