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Itunes Library - shared drive

Here is my question. I have itunes on my mac mini - I just got a Buffalo Linkstation to set up as a shared drive on my network - I want to put movies on the shared drive to be able to then view on my Apple TV. I don't want my music on my shared drive, I want to keep it on my mini. Can I do this? If so how?
Thanks

Mac Mini, LED Display, Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPhone 4, iPad, Apple TV

Posted on Jan 15, 2011 2:41 PM

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Jan 16, 2011 1:24 AM in response to vicky729

vicky729 wrote:
Can I do this?


try if you can use this script:


[_*Re-Locate Selected v1.1*_|http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=relocateselected]
This script will re-locate the files of the selected iTunes tracks from their current location to a new user-chosen folder. iTunes will be updated with each track's new location and all of each track's meta-data will be preserved. Option to remove the files from their original location. (I don't advise using this on more than an album's worth of tracks or so at a time; re-locating dozens of tracks' files to a single folder doesn't seem to make much sense to me.)
NOTE: If your "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" preference set, you will not be able to create new folders in or re-locate files within the iTunes Media folder; outside is OK.


you can also move the movie files manually:

(a) temporarily change +*iTunes media folder location+* (preferences > advanced) to point to the NAS. on the same tab, ensure +*copy files to ... when adding to library+* is check marked
(b) highlight the movie files in iTunes, right-click (or ctrl-click) and select +consolidate files+ from the pop-up menu.
(c) point +*iTunes media folder location+* back to the original spot and delete (or keep) the original movie files from your local iTunes media folder.

J GG

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