Good network setup of music collection in iTunes

My setup consists of a windows server with iTunes, a windows htpc, a 32 gb 4S and a ipad3. Same apple id on all. Originally I connected the iPhone to iTunes on the server and later also the iPad by USB cable, so these are paired or not? Now only on wifi.
My music collection was mostly in flac, so I converted them to apple lossless and put the in the iTunes on the server. Getting the htpc, I just took a copy of the iTunes on the server and placed it locally on the htpc, but it means that covers are not replicated. Also the phone is filled with some music, but thou I have checked the box for down convert, it will not do that.
So now I wonder what a good setup of the music collection will be, so changes are propagated from the server lib to the htpc and iPhone and iPad, while buying though iTunes will also go to all devices.
Any recommendations?

After further investigation, it appears this problem is related to rebuffering. iTunes 7 appears to lose sync when it rebuffers music from the hosting machine (Mac Mini). There is NO fix or workaround that I've been able to come up with.
As to why iTunes needs to rebuffer at all and why it can't maintain a constant, uninterrupted flow of music to the remote machine over a GigE network, I'm not sure. The streaming buffer size is set to LARGE.
Both machines are vitually running idle when playing music, so not sure what's impacting buffering. Seems like the streaming bug and iTunes 7 has only made it worse.

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option which is revealed in the iTunes app on your iOS device by tapping the more button at the bottom of the screen.

HT204074 I have our music collection on iTunes Match for my PC, ipad and iphone. Can I share that music collection with my wife so she can play that with her iphone? Even though she has a different Apple ID from me?

I have our music collection on iTunes Match for my PC, ipad and iphone.
Can I share that music collection with my wife so she can play that with her iphone? Even though she has a different Apple ID from me?

Her iPhone will need to be set up to iTunes Match using your Apple ID to be able to share music via iTunes Match. Otherwise you'll have to download the music to your computer and then copy those tracks into her iTunes library, assuming hers is separate.
Regards.

Desperate for advice on how to manage a music collection with iTunes

Hi All
Some advice please...... :o)
To elaborate:
--> I want to keep my music in a directory sorted by folders and subfolders that I create and have the ability to tell itunes where to put the MP3s it Rips from my CDs
--> I want to point itunes at this folder (not import! the songs... why have 2 copies of the same thing... really silly!)
--> I want to use itunes to edit tags where necessary and use it to create playlists
--> Lastly I want to activate iTunes to have a directory view (if such a feature exists) and move between the playlists view and this view at will... Also in the list of music on itunes how would i activate a column showing where the music is stored (i.e. the actual music directory)....
Then.....
--> I want to be able to move the folder and the itunes db file to any machine install itunes ... point itunes at the directory of music and the itunes db and presto all my stuff nicely sorted and ready to go...
Sorry this is how my brain works and iTunes just seems to want to do it's own thing...
My wife has an iPod mini... and I though it was cool till I started using iTunes... and now I'm considering an iRiver for myself rather.... I get the feeling that apple is trying to lock me into a way of doing things, be it that they are nervous about piracy or want you to purchase songs/videos etc....
Now I couldn't really care about the iTunes store.... my collection is based on CDs that I've collected over years and years (all above board!)... and iTunes is just frustrating the living daylights out of me!
Show me the light...
Thanks
iPod Mini Windows XP Pro iTunes 6.0

Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General has the location of the iTunes music folder. That is where ripped CDs will go.
The My Documents\My Music\ folder is a special windows folder. If you want to move that, it might be easiest for you to use TweakUI, google for it.
I don't know about the folder view.

Managing individual playlists and music collections in iTunes

My wife and I are sharing a Mac desktop but we both have individual music collections we like to listen to.
How can you set up individual accounts on iTunes where you can still "share" some music while keeping individual collections separate?
Thanks ...

One sort of solution, if your intention is simply to have a record somewhere of what the playlist was so you can recreate it later if you want, is to simply do a Select All command on your playlist. Do a COPY. Open your favorite spread sheet program and do a paste. One nifty thing about this is that the columns from iTunes will be preserved in the spreadsheet, so all the album names in a column, song names in another, etc. You can easily select and hide or delete columns you do not care about.
Then save the spread sheet in a "playlist reference" folder or some such. You can create spreadsheets for each playlist or you can use the sheets feature of most spreadsheets and put a playlist on separate sheets of the one master Playlist Spreadsheet.
If you were really clever with spread sheets, you could even exploit it to create statistics and whatnot showing you a running total, average, etc. of songs, genre, etc. you add to your playlists and be able to see, for example, which artists you tend to add the most, which songs the least, etc.
Patrick

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I was hoping to get feedback on what the benefits (and perhaps disadvantages) of importing a very extensive music library (consisting of about 100 CD's) into iTunes would be...

Funny Question...
First of all is this a poll survey?.... lol.... anyways here are the benefits:
1) All the collection will be in the Digital format, so even if the CDs got damaged, the digital files won't unless your wife or kid deletes them.
2) Having all the songs with you on one device will let you listen those songs more often instead the old fashion way, also you will not have to keep track of where each CD is as everything is on iTunes.
3) While you decide to step into the next era of digital music, make sure you import them with AAC 256 Kbps or higher, this will ensure the crystal clear sound remains, as encoding them with 128 Kbps reduces the sound quality extensively.
4) After you have done importing the CDs, make sure to Back up by FILE >Library>Back up to Disc>
choose "*Back up entire iTunes Library & Playlist*". Doing this you will have an extra copy if anything goes wrong with your PC. (Use DVDs for backing up, as each empty DVD can hold upto 4.7 GB).
I hope it help. GOOD LUCK

MacBook accepted my entire music collection except for one boxed set.

I downloaded my entire music collection to iTunes on my new MacBook with the exception of one boxed set. I tried the set at my daughter's house and it downloaded there just fine so I put it on my iPod but now when I sync it back at home I'll lose it since it's just a one-way street! Mac to iPod, never iPod to Mac. Is there a fix? Why won't my computer accept this one and only boxed set? (I have a huge collection and this is the only set it has happened with.)

tweetie123 wrote:
I downloaded my entire music collection to iTunes on my new MacBook with the exception of one boxed set. I tried the set at my daughter's house and it downloaded there just fine so I put it on my iPod but now when I sync it back at home I'll lose it since it's just a one-way street! Mac to iPod, never iPod to Mac. Is there a fix? Why won't my computer accept this one and only boxed set? (I have a huge collection and this is the only set it has happened with.)
Make sure if it's from a CD, it must either go to AAC or MP3 in order to work on iTunes. WMA, OGG and etc. formats will not work.
deltatux

What is best way for 3 person family to share 200 gb music on 1 itunes account on two networked windows 7 PCs, have access to each others music on each PC but have own libraries. Goal is simplicity

Currently, one windows 7 pc is upstairs in common area and is used most frequently. Father's (me) windows 7 pc is downstairs and has 200gb music collection on internal hardrive. PCs are networked together. Wife and kids would like to buy and listen to itunes music upstairs. They would be ok sharing a music library and it would not need to be huge. They generally, but not exclusively don't care for my music. I am eclectic and like their music as well as mine and would like access to it to be able to easily put it on my devices for family trips, etc and update playlists.
Ideally, I would like to be able to keep all of the music together on the same hard drive for managament purposes (organizing, replacing a computer, etc). I don't trust them not to screw up my library (too many hours invovled in it already), so I'm assuming that they should have their own libraries. These they would access upstairs and would also sync their devices on the upstairs computer. I think both their libraries could be pointed to the harddrive on the downstairs computer where the music files currently reside. When they played music from the upstairs computer, it would play from the downstairs computer across the network. If they purchase music on the upstairs computer, I would like it to get downloaded on the downstairs computer with the other music files and not be downloaded onto the upstairs computer. I would like to be able to rely on my library and the music files not getting messed up. If friends and babysitters come over, they use the upstairs computer. We've had a disaster before when it was just one computer, but the music was on an external hard drive and my wife launched itunes without turning on the external hard drive first and fried my library.
The best I can come up with is their having their own libraries, on the upstairs computer, that reference all music files on the downstairs computer over the network. Am I on the right track here? How do I make sure their purchases go into and only into the music file downstairs? Is there some other better option of having a separate itunes on the upstairs computer and storing their music separately upstairs? How would I make sure to get copies of their music files from the upstairs computer also into my large music file downstairs, so I can keep one comprehensive collection of music all in one file. This seems like it shouldn't be so very difficult in the 21st century. I ought to be able to keep one comprehensive music file and one comprehensive library, even though my wife and child, who are less computer literate than me would like smaller, more personalized libraries and to purchase music on the convenient upstairs computer and even store their music on the upstairs computer accross a network. I the old days, you could just dupe some of the CDs. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My wife is tired of waiting on me to resolve.

Anything Downloaded with a Particular Apple ID is tied to that Apple ID and Cannot be Merged or Transferred to a Different Apple ID.
Apple ID FAQs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5622
SHARING iTunes MUSIC
http://macmost.com/five-ways-to-share-music-in-itunes.html

Music collection on different macs iTunes match

Good morning,
I look on different forums to try to find the following:
I would like to buy iTunes Match but our music collection is on 3 different mac (2 imacs and one macbook).
Off course we don't have the same music on all devices but we have a lot of redundance between myself, wife and kid.
SO if I choose iTunes Match will the music from the 3 devices go into the cloud and we will be able to choose what we want on our device.
I had to tell you that one of the iMac is not at home. IIt is where I spend my workweek. (so not on my homesharing)
Thanks,
Sorry for the language mistake but not a native english speaker.
Have a great day,
Christophe

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I am having problems with my music collection, after burning all of my music to the computer I organized it into folders and placed it in the iTunes Folder. Starting on a new computer now. I can get my music from old computer?

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Does the iOS devices connect to other networks?
Does the iOS devices see the network?
Any error messages?
Do other devices now connect?
Did the iOS device connect before?
Try the following to rule out a software problem:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Power off and then back on the router
- Reset network settings: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings
- iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
- Wi-Fi: Unable to connect to an 802.11n Wi-Fi network
- iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
Since both iPhone and iPod stopped connecting I suspect a problem with your network.

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Give iPhoto a look at for creating the slideshow. It's easy to assemble the photos in an album in iPhoto, put them in the order you want and then make a slideshow of them. You can select from various themes and transitions between slides and add music from your iTunes library.
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Next, open iDVD, choose your theme and drag the QT movie file into the menu window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Then follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
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