HLS movie download does not home share

Referencing many questions on this forum related to MP4 versus HLS movie downloads. I’ve had the same issue with Apple since last year, nothing I do fixes it. For some reason, purchased movies only download to my Mac as HLS, but HLS does not work with home sharing; Mac computer to appletv. I got on the line with Apple support many months ago, several hours I’ll never get back, although the tech said Apple was working on it as many users are not happy about it. I really don’t care what file type is downloaded, just that I can use the Apple products I spent good money on to share movies on my local network, the same as what MP4 can do. I see online where HLS can be converted to MP4, but then why should I go through that. My current solution is to stop purchasing media from Apple, can’t use it so why buy it. Certainly hope someone at Apple does something to fix this home sharing disaster. Between this and the insane price hikes on movies in the last year, just not worth it; will start looking for a different solution soon.