Why must I reboot my Mac to switch between iTunes libraries?

AppleTV 2 can always see the libraries but choosing "the wrong one" gives me the error message about not being able to connect.
We have two OS X user accounts, different iTunes libraries, both setup with the same AppleID. I have to reboot my Mac and launch the desired user's iTunes first in order for my AppleTV 2 to connect to whicever iTunes library I want. When I want to watch something from the other user's library I have to repeat the process but launch that other user's iTunes first.
Whichever user's iTunes gets launched first after a reboot is what AppleTV can use. Whichever iTunes gets launched secondly can't be used by AppleTV. User login order doesn't matter and logging out/in without a reboot won't help. Ethernet vs. WiFi doesn't matter. My 5th-gen AirPort Extreme isn't a variable here. None of Apple's suggested fixes work.
The above has been occuring for over a year, so the involved OSes are 10.6/10.7 and whatever applicable versions of iTunes and AppleTV 2 software (I stay current on everything.)

And now it's currently working correctly and I didn't edit any settings anywhere.

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