Help with Itunes Server

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Can anyone help with a problem I'm having with an Itunes server in my home? I can't figure out why when I load new songs onto an Itunes server (not local harddrive), those songs show only in the "library" of the computer used to load it, but not in the "shared" section, and thus no other computer on the network sees them.

Here's the situation: I had loaded and bought many songs onto Itunes which was stored in the c: drive of my old computer. I've since built a new computer and use the old computer for my wife. Both computers (and more in the future) are networked by wire to a router, which has a Network Attached Server (NAS, or poor man's server) also on the network. The NAS device (D-Link DNS-323) has a built in ITunes server, amongst others like UPnP or whatever.

Instead of copying over the itunes songs to the new computer, and so that others might also be able to utilize the same Itunes library, I moved the whole Itunes folder from the old computer's harddrive (c, and onto the NAS. Everything is fine and I can access that library by setting each Itunes client to look for shared music. It sees the NAS and puts it in the lefthand column as a "shared" item. Every computer has access and can rock out! Great!

But, now I want to load some new music onto the server. So, I use the cd drive of my new build and set my I tunes music folder (edit>preferences>advanced>general>set Itunes music folder location) to the NAS device. Should work, right?

Well, it does and don't. Let me explain. When I load a new audio cd to download into Itunes, it downloads it alright into the NAS folder I selected. I see the music there using windows explorer. However, and here's the rub, the music doesn't show in the "shared" item volume on itunes, but only in the "library" volume as if the music were resting on my c: drive all over again! So while 5000 songs are listed in "shared" volume, the new 10 songs just ripped are in library, despite all resting on the NAS device.

And the other computer on the network cannot see them!

So, how do I get them all in the one place, so no switching back and forth between shared and library? any ideas? Did I do something to reserve some right in my machine that is not authorized to others?

any ideas appreciated.

curt j.

[Jbridge337]

Sorry I can't be more specific, but when my wife first set up her Itunes account it wouldn't let her copy the song she paid for to her Ipod. There was some way (don't recall where it was, only that I search Itunes help for "unable to copy" or something like that) we had to set up the computer it was on as an authorized computer. It also said something about it being one of five authorized computers. Maybe you have to set up the computer you are having trouble with the same way??? just a shot in the dark.

Jim


from I tunes help "sharing"

Sharing your iTunes library across computers
If your computer is connected to other computers over a local network, you can share items in your library and playlists with up to five of those computers (in the same subnet).

To share your library with other computers:
Choose iTunes > Preferences, click Sharing, and select "Share my library on my local network."
Select the items you want to share.
Type a name for your shared items in the "Shared name" field.
To require users to enter a password before they can see your shared items, select "Require password" and enter a password.