Aebs and usb drive

I want to consolidate two itunes libraries into one on a usb drive connected to my aebs to sync with my atv. What would be ideal would for the usb drive to be able to work with time machine also but i guess the only way that would happen at this point would be to purchase time capsule and i think i will wait and see if able gets this fixed first. So if i hook my usb drive to the aebs how do i get it seen by my imac and my macbook pro? I have seen the post on how to get the itunes libraries there from both, or at least i think if i follow the post on moving itunes libraries i can get them there. Then if i sync my atv to the new itunes library or itunes account all should be good i hope. Two users one library.

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