Apple TV using router's iTunes Server?

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, this is what I did to make the iTunes Server work. Now keep in mind I only briefly searched on Youtube but to no avail, so if this is documented and is a now "known" then please reply to my post so others will know not to follow this direction.

Just doing these steps make the library visible in iTunes in the Home Sharing section.

- Have a EXFAT formatted USB in the ASUS RT-AC66R USB connector (bottom port if it matters).

- Enable both the DNLA servers (iTunes and Media Server).

- Initially i kept the setting for all drives vs. manual folder configuration

Now as far as getting media on there so iTunes can use it, this is what I did:

ASUS Setup (in addition to the prerequisites above):

1) Enable SAMBA Share, Set WorkGroup to your home setting ...most likely "WORKGROUP", I kept NTFS Disabled.

2) In the SAMBA Tab create a "Shared" Folder (Note: we will not be putting anything in this folder.

3) Create another User (besides admin) allowing R/W access to "Share" folder

4) Enable Guest Access

5) Go back to the Media Server tab and select Manual Media Server Path

6) In the pop-up window that appears to select the path, select the Share folder in EXFAT volume.

Done: You should be left with a media server directory of /mnt/EXFAT/Share

iTunes Setup:

1) Create a new iTunes Library (by holding the hot key down when clicking iTunes to open.

2) Not sure if vital, but when I first created the new lib, I did not select the SAMBA share as it's location, I just picked a local folder on hard drive)

3) Oops...Now Set the path for the iTunes Media library in the Advanced tab to "/Volumes/EXFAT" (<-Note that "Share" folder is NOT the selection)

Done.

When you add "media" to library it will be placed on the ASUS Share, iTunes running on other computers will see it as a Home Shared library.

If this helps and you want attachments of the appropriate screens just ask. I didn't do it now as I'm not sure this post is even needed anymore. (Or the appropriate venue for this)

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my nas also have that feature but it's not the same as a real sharedlib in the eyes of the appletv and ios devices

it also show up different in itunes on my computer compared to other computers on the network with shared itune lib

Just to add another voice - it won't work.

The iTunes servers in NAS devices/routers etc have never worked with any AppleTV model. AppleTVs use different protocols (currently Home Sharing) to communicate with iTunes unavailable to non-Apple hardware.

AC

Does this work to share out the iTunes library from the router alone? No PC or Mac running iTunes necessary? Also does it work with an Apple TV3 as well?

Thanks

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