Accessing an itunes library from different version of itunes

I recently installed yosemite and with that came iTunes 12 since I have an iPhone 6 with 8.1 I will keep iTunes 12. But I have been having major issues with syncing video files to my iphone 4S(ipod touch now) 7.1.2JB. The files never sync or appear to sync and then when I go to view them on the iphone the size shows up as zero. So I feel like if I go back to an older version iTunes all will be right in the world. I just wonder will I have any issues if I have different versions accessing the itunes library files? Planning on using iTunes 11.4 and iTunes 12.
TIA

Open the iTunes preferences, click on the Advanced tab, turn off the option to automatically copy the music to the iTunes Music folder, and then drag the library on the Windows partition to the open iTunes window. This will not transfer playlists and other metadata and will not keep the Mac version of the library in sync.
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