Central NAS for iTunes Movies

Hello all;
I'd like to set up my home network to include network attached storage eg 500GB external hard drive, which I use as the location for my iTunes movies and music; the intention would be to allow all machines (Macs or Windows or Linux) on the LAN to download to and then read from this central drive, so for example I could download in one room and then go to another room and watch the movie on a more appropriate machine; essentially it is a central shared library on the network.
Assuming all iTunes instances point to the same file location, are there other gotchas I need to keep in mind? eg DRM?
Thanks - Oliver

Yes. It is the computers that are authorised, though you only have to authorise computers on which you want to access protected content.
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