Sync Apple TV to Itunes

If you have purchased movies on Apple TV can you sync them back to iTunes. The purpose is to then copy them onto iPad. If there is another way to copy directly to iPad (although I doubt it) please let me know. Many tx

Winston,
Yes I have 2 libraries from the same laptop. I did select delete from the appletv tab on iTunes preferences but it still shows on the apple tv screen under computers. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this?
Also I have another issue. (apologies in advance if these are rudimentary questions, but I am 1 week into this). I thought that the primary library could not only run programs that are synced but also stream from programs on iTunes from the laptop. I can't view any programs from my primary library on apple tv unless they are synced. When I try to watch a streamed show it says "format was not recognized". Any thoughts??
Tnx
Kristen

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Hi minjak—I'll see if I can help?
Has the Apple TV ever been connected to iTunes at all (on that, or another computer)? From the sounds of it, the ATV has already been "paired" with an iTunes library, thus it's not (and won't) show up in your current version of iTunes.
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Go to Settings > Computers > Select iTunes Library (or something like that—I don't remember 100% what the option is called as I don't have the screen in front of me right now) and select "Disconnect".
This should remove and "synced" or "paired" computer (iTunes) from your ATV.
Then, re-sync it back up to your version of iTunes. You have to do something like this…
On your ATV, go to Settings > Computers > Connect to iTunes and a passcode should display on your screen. Then, go to iTunes, and the ATV should appear (give it about 15-20 seconds). If it does, select it and enter the passcode showing on the ATV. This should re-sync the ATV to your copy of iTunes.
Make sure both the computer and Apple TV are on the same internal network. And if possible, connect the Apple TV to the network via ethernet (rather than WiFi). Again, make sure the Apple TV is "online" and connected to the same network at the computer running iTunes.
If all works, you should see the Apple TV appear in iTunes, something like this (i.e., there's now a small Apple TV icon at the right end of the row of icons along the top)…
Anyway, have a go at the instructions above and let me know what happens, and we can go from there!
Thanks,
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