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Symlink to a Server Volume
I've used a symlink to a server hosted "iTunes Music" folder since iTunes version 4. It's a great way to share the same music files among our family.
The key is to make sure that your file server permissions allow the group to read & write to the music files. This allows the members of the group to update artwork, etc. Note that when you use this method, each person's (account) has a different iTunes Library. Since the library is really only a sort of index on steroids to the Music folder linked above, one can customize playlists, ratings, etc. in their own library without affecting someone else's library. All of this requires iTunes to manage the music. One minor issue... when someone adds music to the library (by purchase from the iTunes Store or ripping a CD, for example) the other iTunes libraries don't automatically update. The owner of the library must use File, Add to Library and locate the new music files to index. All of the above syncs to two different iPhones (a 1st generation EDGE only, and an iPhone 3G) and wirelessly to an AppleTV. The AppleTV only syncs with one user account, not with all of the accounts. As an aside, our family also uses a similar technique to share a single iPhoto library as well.
Symlink to a Server Volume
Keeping computers synchronised from a central server is a bit of an issue. We have music on a NAS but with iTunes library files on each Mac so we keep our own ratings etc.
Symlink to a Server Volume
I agree that keeping the individual libraries synchronized is a problem. But I leave that up to the individual anyways. I don't care if my son marks a song or a movie with 1 or 5 stars.
My concern is that the .mp3, .aac, .m4b, etc. files are all in a single location. (These are then backed-up using both Time Machine and Mozy.) The rest, for us, is just communication. I have to let my wife and kids know when I've imported new music or movies into the file location so they can update their individual libraries if they choose. Or I can remote into their systems and update their libraries if they ask. |
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