Steve,
Did you get this problem fixed? I am having the same issue. I just installed the recent update to my Apple TV. Before this, I was able to view on my Apple TV all my iPhoto SLIDESHOWS just as I had created them within my iPhoto on my laptop... (showing the chosen photo order, transitions, music, etc.) I have dozens of these custom slideshows and loved watching them with friends of my Apple TV. However, now the Apple TV shows these SLIDESHOWS in no relation to my picked preferences in iPhoto. The slideshows now just seem to adjust to the APPLE TV setup and not carry-over all the iPhoto edits.
Please note: I have restarted and re-sync multiple times and no success. Nonetheless, I did go all the way back to a "factory install" and besides the pain of the LONG re-sync of 6000 songs and 7000 photos, it DID play these slideshows CORRECTLY at last... However, this old version of Apple TV has no movie rental and other recent additions. HELP!!
This limited SLIDESHOW viewing was never an issue until this most recent upgrade. I hope they did not change this in the new upgrade as viewing my photo slideshows with the proper editing/music/transitions was the FAVORITE thing about my Apple TV!!
Why did they change this??!!
I just read on the Apple Support site at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1273
"Note: iTunes and Apple TV do not stream photo slideshows made in iPhoto; you can stream either the entire photo library or just selected albums and use Apple TV's slideshow function to view photos in a slideshow. Music used for photo slideshows on Apple TV also has to be streamed from iTunes." WHY!!??
Did you get this fixed?
Many thanks for your help!
Michael Petty,
Email: mrpetty@mac.com