Two Noob Apple TV(2) Questions

This is my first post. Im new to Apple TV and fairly new to Apple products and itunes in general. Here are my two noob questions:
1. How do I play M2TS files on Apple TV(2)? I thought I read something about ATV2 transcoding on the fly, but my M2TS files don't show up on ATV at all. They do show up in itunes although the playback is choppy. Do I need to download a file converter and convert them to .mov or another format first?
2. How do I get pics and movies I've taken with my my iphone into itunes? I want to view them on ATV, but only the pics have the airplay icon. I thought everything would move to itunes when I synced, but no dice. I downloaded "Im too Iphone transfer" to move the files from my iphone to my computer. It works and ATV can see and display them, but is there an easier way?
Thanks in advance!
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AppleTV supports very limited video formats, and in practice it boils down to h264 encoded files.
See specs here:
http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html
Neither iTunes or AppleTV 2 can transcode on the fly.
Even if something plays in iTunes it won't be viewable on AppleTv 2 unless iTunes decides it's in an appropriate format.
So for AppleTv 2 playback you need to convert/output files in h264 as per the specs, and at no more than 720p 30fps.
Given choppy playback, are your m2ts files from an HD camcorder or other HD source? The chopiness implies your computer is struggling to decode the file in real time, so by extension will probably take ages to convert/encode to a suitable format (you could try right clicking the file and seeing if there's a convert to AppleTV option - but it is likely to take a long time and tie up iTunes).
You might want to look at Handbrake if you want to convert files without any editing (not quite sure if it handles m2ts as I've not tried recently). If you need to edit m2ts files you'll need an appropriate video editor that can output h264.
AC
I'm not clear

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