Home Sharing Windows 8 library to iMac

Currently I have my iTunes Library on a PC (Win 8.1). Unfortunately this library is composed of media purchased using three different Apple ID's (self, wife, kids). I have a new iMac and will eventually transfer the library to this machine. In the interim, is it possible to share the entire library residing on the PC with the Mac using home-sharing/other or am I limited to sharing one Apple ID at a time?

Hey geekymary,
In order to use Home Sharing in iTunes you need to have all devices using it updated to the latest version of iTunes. See this article for reference -
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer - Apple Support
Specifically -
Home Sharing requires:
The latest version of iTunes.
You can download the latest version from this page -
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Be well,
Brett L

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