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e4effect Author

Level 1

7 points

iTunes 10.5 does not load shared library files

Since today's update to iTunes 10.5 from 10.4.1. iTunes can no longer access the shared music library I have on my iomega NAS disk. It sees the disk and lists it as a shared library, but when I click on the library it goes into an endless loading cycle. In the past it might take a minute or so to load the library, but since the update, iTunes never actually does load it.

There is no error message, not even an operation time-out. I can't see anything rrelevant in the console. It just goes on for ever trying to load the shared library.

It was loading the shsred library just fine until this evening when the update downloaded.

Any ideas?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iTunes 10.5

Posted on Oct 11, 2011 9:56 PM

239 replies

Nov 15, 2011 2:04 PM in response to e4effect

I've had the same problem too with Acer Aspire Server running WHS 2003. Downloaded iTunes 10.1.5.42 for Windows and the latest iTunes for my Macs, plus made sure WHS is up-to-date. The WHS library icon shows, but when I click on it, I simply get "loading" and that white wheel grinding ad infinitum.

Truthfully I have little need for my server library now that Itunes Match is working, but it's annoying as sin. I'm going to turn off iTunes Server until I see that everyone in this thread has been satisfied -- it's just wasting CPU cycles and power as is.

Message was edited for typos by: Arthur_P_Johnson

Nov 15, 2011 1:51 PM in response to Mini-Lover

I second that.

Not working for my Buffalo LS Turbo 2GB, latest Firmware (with Twonky 4.4.19).

PS3, VLC, iTunes 10.4 work,

10.5.1(42) shows the barber pole forever :-(

Apple, get it fixed for good.

iJny9956

Level 1

2 points

Nov 15, 2011 3:21 PM in response to e4effect

did anyone try after the new update: 10.5.1? please let me know, im away from home for few weeks so i cannot try.

Nov 15, 2011 8:13 PM in response to iJny9956

I am using 10.5.1 and a Buffalo LSCHL 1tb and still not working.

A-biotic

Level 1

10 points

Nov 15, 2011 8:30 PM in response to dothetunes

itunes 10.5.1 does fix the problem for me (running non forked mt-daapd on ddwrt asus router/server)

iJny9956

Level 1

2 points

Nov 15, 2011 8:46 PM in response to e4effect

thats wackness! i was really hoping that 10.5.1 would fix it. dang it apple

Bill0199

Level 1

4 points

Nov 16, 2011 4:30 PM in response to e4effect

I guess fixing this issue was not part of the 10.5.1 update cuz my Iomega drive is still not loading either. Too busy getting the "match feature" out there. Dammit. This is never going to get addressed!

iJny9956

Level 1

2 points

Nov 16, 2011 5:25 PM in response to Bill0199

either apple will fix (not likely), or theyll force others to, thats just how they control thing aka afp3 issues

Nov 16, 2011 6:02 PM in response to iJny9956

After researching this topic daily for two weeks and hours on the phone with tech people. It is definately Apples problem. I simply dropped the thought of retrieving my 8,000 music files from the NAS drive and paid $24.00 for a year suscription of Itunes Match. The time I spent on this topic is worth more. Now I get my Itunes songs on my Iphone, Itouch and any other computer with Itunes, all under the comfort of Apple.

Nov 17, 2011 10:42 AM in response to thomasfromrotterdam

hi,

im facing same problems with my winxp server running firefly and mac client running snow leopard and 10.5.1 itunes. so if i understand correctly, the solution is here, but for linux servers. giving the fact firefly has source files, implementing the patch deledrius was kind enough to share it here with us and compiling it for windows xp would solve miseries 🙂 for us running it under winxp.

so, any c/c++ ninjas hanging here willing to cope with the problem? 😉

Nov 17, 2011 10:57 AM in response to Andrej Trilavov

The patch, while formatted for Ubuntu, is not specifically for linux servers; it is for Firefly Media Server (mt-daapd) itself and should work against any build of the svn-1696 version (in theory, anyway). At the very least, the code it affects can be adapted and should solve the problem for any version of the software afflicted by iTunes requiring that field in the server response which causes iTunes to sit indefinitely spinning at the loading stage. Any other problem is probably the result of some other defect or bug.

Nov 17, 2011 11:07 AM in response to Deledrius

precisely, but the thing i need is a cookbook (step 1, step 2...) for dummies like me 🙂 how to implement patch for firefly svn 1696 running under winxp. i presume final output should be bunch of .dll files or .exe file, but definitely not .deb package (which is for linux)

Nov 17, 2011 11:14 AM in response to Andrej Trilavov

Is there no way to PM people on this forum? *sigh* Anyway...

Are you using a prebuilt binary, or did you compile the Windows version yourself? If you're compiling it yourself, you can make the changes in the patch file by hand (there aren't a lot of changes necessary) and then recompile. The patch file simply lists which lines have changed in which files, and with what new contents they have been replaced.

Nov 17, 2011 11:36 AM in response to Deledrius

im using prebuilt binary, because i dont know a thing about compiling programs on any OS.

frankly, the thing im looking for is someone kind enough to post patched version of firefly_1696.exe (prebuilt binary so i could just uninstall firefly i have and install patched version) for windows xp 32-bit or guide how to do it myself in no more than 10 steps because i don't have the nerves nor the time to play with this issue too much.

it is much simpler to me just to install itunes on win server and have the functionality i need.

emanuil

Level 1

0 points

Nov 17, 2011 4:02 PM in response to e4effect

My Buffalo LinkStation is still not working either...

How long for a fix, guys! Seriously! Get it fixed!

iTunes 10.5 does not load shared library files