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1 Ipod library, 2 PC's?

I have begun ripping my CDs to an external hard drive/network drive that is attached to a PC that does not have itunes installed.
I have 2 other laptops, I'll call them A and B.
Laptop A is what I have been using to import/rip CDs to the external drive without any problems. It rips, plays back, displays the music, etc, no problems.
I recently installed itunes on laptop B. When I fire up itunes, it shows nothing in my music library. If I rip something to the external with itunes, then it shows that CD in the library.
How do I get laptop B to display the music I have on the external drive?
FYI...there is no itunes folder on the external drive, just a folder I created named Music that contains all the music I have ripped to it. Is that maybe the problem?
Laptop A has no problem playing from or ripping to the external with this configuration.
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sbank
3,378 posts
 
you need to have itunes installed on both PCs, and select the "share libraries" option under preferences on both PCs. Denote the drive\folder where the music is, and you should be all set. I keep mine titled "itunesmusic" so I will know when I search for it in explorer. Cheers,
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gmood1
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What type of OS are you using? Is the external drive shared
on the network? Does your laptop B have permission to access
the music library? Does your ITunes on laptop B map to the
same folder as laptop A? If the drive is shared with the
network, it shouldn't matter whether you have the player on
the main PC or not.
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kmulkey OP
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Sharing is selected on both laptops which both each has itunes on it. Both laptops are "pointed to" the external drive...it works fine for laptop A, no dice for laptop B.
I am running Windows XP on both machines, the external is set up as a network drive, laptop B is pointed to the external drive in itunes and it does have access to that drive, and still laptop B cannot see any of the music on the external drive.
gmood1
1,251 posts
 
Have you tried an alternate player? Such as Foobar, Windows
Media or J.River to see if the same problem occurs? You say
it has access to the drive, but does it have it to the
folder itself? Can you open the music folder from Laptop B
and
manually select songs to play?
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