Apple TV accessing content on an external hard drive

I have two Mac Pros and an Apple TV which accesses iTunes libraries on both Macs.  I want to consolidate both iTunes libraries onto an external hard drive.  Will Apple TV be able to see this external hard drive and access the consolidated libraries?

Yes, should work fine - iTunes keeps track of the media - so long as itunes knows where the files are, drive is connected and itunes running it should work fine - it has done for me for years.
Your options would include creating a whole new library structure including database etc on the external or just setting a folder there as the place to store your media with the library databse etc residing where it does now.
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