Comments on: Share the iTunes Library on a network http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amberhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-885316 Amber Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:42:31 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/#comment-885316 Works great! Thanks for the tip! Works great! Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Chris Jordanhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-849310 Chris Jordan Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:55:49 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/#comment-849310 Thanks for the info, but you left out one critical piece of info. On the "original" machine that hosts the media, you still want to map the local drive like a remote drive. Example: Computer has external HD that is treated as a local drive G: Set up a share of the media directory. Then using windows explorer create a MAPPED drive to the media share. Now goto iTunes and create a new library by pointing to the MAPPED media drive (I suggest M:) Then when you create a mapped drive from networked drive select the same drive letter, and then using the left shift, double click launch of iTunes you can navigate to the original's *.itl file and the pointers all match including the drive letters. This works Great! Thanks for the info, but you left out one critical piece of info. On the “original” machine that hosts the media, you still want to map the local drive like a remote drive.

Example: Computer has external HD that is treated as a local drive G: Set up a share of the media directory. Then using windows explorer create a MAPPED drive to the media share. Now goto iTunes and create a new library by pointing to the MAPPED media drive (I suggest M:) Then when you create a mapped drive from networked drive select the same drive letter, and then using the left shift, double click launch of iTunes you can navigate to the original’s *.itl file and the pointers all match including the drive letters. This works Great!

]]> By: Jim Bobhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-269045 Jim Bob Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/#comment-269045 This method doesn't work. On the networked computer it is looking for the files in the same location as it would be on the main computer, and is not looking for the files at the remote location. This method doesn’t work. On the networked computer it is looking for the files in the same location as it would be on the main computer, and is not looking for the files at the remote location.

]]> By: Matthttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-84642 Matt Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:05:28 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/26/share-the-itunes-library-on-a-network/#comment-84642 I tried this and the networked computer cannot play the files in the library. For some reason, it is not looking for the files on the computer where the library is stored, it's looking inside its own my music/itunes folder. I tried this and the networked computer cannot play the files in the library. For some reason, it is not looking for the files on the computer where the library is stored, it’s looking inside its own my music/itunes folder.

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