"The selected video could not be played."

So after the update, I noticed I couldn't stream my movies to my appletv anymore. If I wanted to play my backed up movies on the appletv, I'd need to sync it instead of streaming it over my wired network. Same with my music video collection. My movie artwork and descriptions will show fine on the appletv, but when I go to play, it responds "The selected video could not be played. The format was not recognized" It works, however, when synced over. I thought the appletv could play all my itunes content, and it streamed just fine in v1.0.
Anyone else having this issue or been able to resolve it? I appreciate all the feedback!

Welcome to the  Discussion Forums.
The message you see also appears when content can't be accessed, since you know you can play these files then it would seem that your issue is likely access. Are these files on an external hard drive, do the files or any enclosing folders have illegal characters in them (e.g. '/') do you have permissions set properly for the drive and folders on it.
Yes, ensure all your software is up to date.
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After the latest software update for the Apple TV I've come across an interesting problem that's driving me crazy.
In a nutshell:
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- I can watch video podcasts.
- I can watch TV shows purchased on iTunes and streamed from my mac
- I can watch TV shows ripped by myself and streamed from my mac
- I can watch movie trailers
- I can watch YouTube videos
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- I can watch a movie ripped by myself that has been synched to the Apple TV
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These are movies I could watch perfectly well before the software update, and I could perfectly watch them streamed from the mac.
Any clues as to what could be going on? Any help or hits will be greatly appreciated.
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I am having similar problems. Rolling Apple TV back to 2.0 fixes it, but then I deal with the 2.0 bugs.
Basically, I've tried this three times so far: reset back to 2.0. Resync everything I can(I have about 500gb of video which is stored on a USB drive, but I selectively sync part of my library and all my music).
I have about 40gb free on the 160gb ATV. Everything plays fine - synched music, synced video, streaming video. My types of video are:
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*All of these played fine before the "upgrade" (some upgrade).* After the upgrade, and after the first post-upgrade sync, it falls apart.
Talking to Apple support about this results in the usual BS. Unplug your ATV. Resync your purchases, We don't support third party software yada yada.
All I know is, Apple broke something with 2.0.2. Either something to do with a USB drive access, or something to do with one of their stupid new flags in quicktime, or whatever. It needs to be fixed.
Going back, once again, to 2.0 until this is recognized and fixed by Apple.
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I am having problems with "The selected video could not be played. The format was not recognized." It happens when I try to watch TV show/Movie previews.
I can usually watch a few previews before the error comes up. Once the error comes up, sometimes I cannot watch the previews that I was able to watch just minutes ago. Other times, it seems to be dependent on the preview - some previews work fine and others don't work at all.
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