A Different ITunes Library?

Is there any way to get Keynote to recognize an iTunes library other than the one on the startup volume. I'd like to store video clips in an iTunes library on an external hard drive and access them through the media browser if that's possible.
Thanks
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

well, you could try this:
http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/download-of-the-day-libra-itunes-library-m anager-140529.php
You'd have to fire it up each time you want to change the library, but it just might work. Not sure why I didn't think of it before.
Oh, and I also recall that you can launch iTunes with the Option key down and it will ask you if you want to use a different library. Then relaunch the same way to choose another one.

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