3 different iTunes libraries on one Apple TV

Is there any way possible that I can be signed in to ONE iTunes store account on my 2nd generation Apple TV to rent movies and tv shows, then see my family's mac's and pc's? I have a mac. Then there are two other computers in my house all with different iTunes accounts. I was looking at other posts and I really cannot understand this setup. My apple TV is only showing one library at a time unless I sign someone else in my family out, then type all my credentials in. And back and forth seeing all my mac's and pc's with my iTunes account. This is really tedious. How can I see everyone's computer's all under the "computer" tab in the Atv?

Both libraries would need to have been setup to use home sharing with the same Apple ID in order for that to work.

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Hello.
I am using iTunes on a Mac, iPhone and iPad.
I have two iTunes-libraries with one Apple-ID, one local on my MacBookPro an one with my HomeServer.
The change between the libraries is realised with a program named "Libra".
Now i have iTunes Match and the sync with the local library was pefect.
But what happened if i change at home the library when i want using the library with my HomeServer?
Is it possible or make it problems?
I hope you can help me.
Thank you.
Thomas

I'm not familar with Libra, but if it gives you a way for iTunes to be associated with another library at launch, meaning it looks and behaves the same way your original iTunes library does, then when you launch and link to that library, initially iTunes Match will be turned off. You will have to turn it back on (if prompted to "add this computer, just do it, and if asked for your Apple I.D. just do it).
Once iTunes Match is turned on, it will scan your library and the results will be added to the initial match. Providing everything in your second library is determined to be eligible (low-bitrate songs won't be, neither will audiobooks, videos, etc.) you will have a merged library available in the cloud

Having issues setting up the use of two iTunes libraries on one Apple TV. I can set up my iTunes library as I can turn home sharing on from my own computer, however, my fiance only has an iPad with home sharing turned on and it does not find his account?

I have a new Apple TV which I am struggling to set up with both mine and my fiances music. I have a laptop, but my fiance only has an ipad and it only seems to sync my music library from my iTunes account. He has homesharing turned on on his iPad but the Apple TV does not recognise his iPad. It seems from the help that I have read online that homesharing works when you use the same itunes account, is not possible to be able to use two different itunes libraries with two different accounts (and only one computer)?
Thanks

Both libraries would need to have been setup to use home sharing with the same Apple ID in order for that to work.

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Greetings, what I would like to do is to have my main iTunes library selected (certain movies, music, apps for ipad/iphone) which is located on my iMac. I would also like to have a second iTunes library where I keep a hundred gigs or so of video on an external hard drive that can be accessed by Apple TV. Any thoughts on the easiest way to accomplish this. I don't want to store my main iTunes library on an external but I don't want a hundred gigs of video that I may or may not watch sitting on my main hard drive. Thanks in advance.

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Yes. By enabling iTunes Match on each computer, each library will be scanned and the Songs will be Matched or Uploaded to the cloud.
Do look carefully at the User Tips area of this forum to help you with the neatest route to success.

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Is ist possible to sync - or better stream - contetn from two different itunes libraries.
I have an iMac sitting in my office and a amc mini in the livingroom (which was supposed to do the atv-job but failed due to tremendous fan activity)
i would like to connect the appletv to both itunes libraries, because their contents are different.
Is this possible?

You can only sync from one library but it also streams content that isn;t synced.
You can stream from up to four other libraries as well (or is it five? I can't work out if the one yuo sync from counts as one of the extra streaming libraries or not).
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Can you keep it from creating duplicates? These libraries have some duplicates.
How do you deal with duplicates?
I'm talking 50GB.
All computers are authorized.
THANKS for any suggestions.

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Is it possible to sync the itunes libraries from my two macs onto one appleTV? The libraries are unique.
When I try to switch source to sync....ATV says I will replace the contents from the previous sync with the contents of the other mac.

I don't have an ATV yet (should be arriving any day now), so I can't test this, but at the very least you should be able to stream from two different iTunes libraries on the same computer. This article mentions doing it:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305287
Apparently when there are multiple logins with multiple instances of iTunes running on the same machine, they use additional TCP ports that would normally get blocked by the firewall, if it's turned on. Maybe you've got the firewall turned on, and it's smart enough to open a hole for the standard iTunes port (3689) but not the extra holes for additional users (49152 and above).
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"Can you Home Share from one library to another on the same machine?"
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This is up to you and not determined by the iPhone.
You can sync each iPhone with the same iTunes library and each iPhone has its own sync preferences with iTunes, or you can have more than one iTunes library with iTunes on your computer. This will require constantly logging in and and out of each iTunes library on your computer with iTunes depending on the iPhone being synced with iTunes.

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Is there anyway to have 2 different iTunes libraries on 1 computer? My girlfriend and I both have Ipod Nano's, however I want my own library for my own songs, and I tried to download the library again however it just goes to hers. Is this possible?

That's using one user account and switching between 2 iTunes accounts, you need two user accounts.
By user accounts I mean accounts on the computer where each user logs in and accesses only their content (which includes everything, not just iTunes)

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