Home Sharing without needing itunes open?

Is there a way to set up home sharing without requiring the source Mac to have itunes open all the time? ie a background process?
I have an imac (where all my media is located) and a mac mini in my living room connected to my tv and sound system. Ideally I'd like to use front row on that mac mini to pull all my media (including artwork) from my imac, which it can do if Home Sharing is on and iTunes is open on the imac (just media no artwork), but I'd like this to work without needing to have iTunes open on the imac. Can this be done? Thanks!

nycgirl06
The disabling of the firewall is the only way that i am aware of, i will ask around and see if i can't find a way and try to get back to you ASAP
Ryan

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I want to run movies and music from a local drive and don't need internet.
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