Streaming movies to ATV...

Question

Hi, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
I'm trying to stream my movies to my ATV. I get the code from the ATV to enter on the computer, but the screen to accept the code doesn't appear. I get a "ATV is busy".
I've unchecked all of my movies, I've chosen photos and music that I want to sync. The photos and music aren't a problem. They've synced. But I seem to be missing something when it comes to streaming movies from iTunes.
I have the small ATV and can only sync about 15 movies at a time. I have over a 100 movies that I would like to see without having to delete movies off the ATV and then add new movies. That kind of takes a long time.
Thanks,
mhh~

Answer 1

The 2.0+ software which came in last year changed completely the nature of syncing/streaming.
Personally I still prefer the 1.0/1.1 software for simplicity but the 2.0 updates have added new 'features' and blatantly shove the iTunes Store in your face.
Whereas with software 1.0/1.1 you could choose either:
1 - AppleTV - synced material
2 - a streaming only library
the options have now been blurred and confused to make things 'easier'.
The 'AppleTV' synced only option has been replaced.
In Settings>Computers, the top entry is the sync library now.
This library however automatically streams as well if iTunes is running to allow non-synced stuff to display - unless you have the 'show synced items only' option in one of teh Device tabs selected. The media is seen under My Music/My Photos/My Movies in the various lists for each category. When iTunes is off, you only see synced content in the list, when on the list merges with stuff that can stream from the sync library.
In Settings>Computers, streaming libraries are added/appear below the sync library in the list. When added and a code accepted successfully, you get a new entry in the media sections - under My Music you get Shared Music, under My Movies, Shared Movies.....these shared options let you select a streaming only library.
However, if you have iTunes set up as a sync library and it's your only library, you need do nothing to enable streaming other than ensuring itunes is on, and that you've not ticked 'show synced items only' on the AppleTV device tab.
AC