Sharing iTunes
Rather an open ended subject, but let me clarify:-
There really is no way to satisfactorily share media using iTunes, although there are many kludges offered here and elsewhere on the 'Net. One of these, as suggested by Apple, is to place the iTunes Media folder in some location that is accessible by all those who wish to share. Unfortunately, this falls down as soon as one user adds more music, videos etc since the other users won't get to see the new media unless they specifically add it to their own library. So it can sort of work, but it's not true sharing by any definition of a multi user database.
Be that as it may, if the iTunes Media folder is being shared in this way (each user actually has their own Library file), what happens with the 'Automatically Add to iTunes' folder?
iTunes monitors this for any new files and attempts to add them to its library and in isolation, it works. But in the scenario above, there are now several users all sharing this same iTunes Media folder and hence several instances of iTunes all monitoring that same folder. So what happens when a new file is added. Which iTunes gets it? Any of them? The quickest one? or do the iTunes all fall over when they find they're all trying to do the same thing to the same file, simultaneously?
Anyone tried this or have any idea how iTunes will behave in this situation?
MacPro, MacBook Pro, Mini Server, ïŁżTVs, iPad, iPhone 4, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 30" HD display,