Back up question

I'm new to Mac, and am reasonably proficient with MS Windows (Vista). I have a Vista machine and a Mac Mini without a DVD burner, along with a Timecapsule hardwired to the PC. To back up my Mac Mini, which I use exclusively for iTunes and media, I formatted a Seagate external HDD and use Time Machine to back up.
Here is my problem...I want to burn DVDs with my iTunes library on them as another physical back up. I tried to connect the external HDD to the PC, and of course it didn't show up since it is formatted for a Mac. Then, I changed the back up disk to the Time Machine, and it appears that I did indeed back up my Mac; I got many files, called 'bands', all the same size, 8.192MB. Presumably that is my data. (Note that the Time Capsule is formatted for Windows.)
When I used iTunes in a Windows environment,it was fairly straightforward to burn my library on a series of DVDs, and I'd like to try to do that with my iTunes in the Mac environment. If it helps, I've formatted by iPhone and old first generation ipod to operate from the Mac. My itunes file is about 17GB.
Thanks, sorry for the long drawn out explanation.

Charles Smith wrote:
OK, I got it. I changed the Seagate external HDD back up disk to the TM and then after I backed up one time, changed the backup back to the Seagate from the TM.
TM is software so I don't know what you mean by this. do you perhaps mean a *Time Capsule*?
File sharing is explained in iTunes, I just was not aware it would work cross-platform. I'll play around with this.
Permissions in Windows Vista ia a nosebleed, and about a year ago is one thing that tempted me to migrate from being a 20 year Windows user to trying to learn the Mac OS. I've not moved to Windows 7 yet.
I bring these troubles upon myself by mixing OS platforms and using the Time Capsule as my router.
ah, you DO mean a Time Capsule. you were using wrong terminology that got me confused. then you can also just store the itunes library on the Time Capsule and you should be able to access it from both the mac and the windows. just move it from your mac hard drive to the time capsule and change the location of the library in itunes preferences. alternatively, start itunes on the mac while holding option. it will let you choose the library location. I'm sure there is a similar procedure in windows.
Bonjour does not like MS printer installations, and I can't seem to get a printer to operate as a network printer, i.e. plugged into the Time Capsule. Apple says it is because I've mixed OS's.
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