How can I automount Time Capsul

I have a Time Capsule on my home network that I use, not only for backups (Time Machine on Mac and Norton 360 on PC), but also to store all my media.
I have setup iTunes on my iMac and both my PCs to access the media on the Time Capsule. This works really well. I have no issues at all with my PC's access to the Time Capsule the problem is with my iMac.
On my iMac the only way I can ensure that iTunes can access the media on the Time Capsule is to first open a Finder window and browse the directory tree to my media folder. After I have done this once there is no issue, but if it is not done (for example my wife plugging her iPhone in to synch just after logging in) iTunes says all of the media on the Time Capsule is in accessible. To remedy this I have to then exit iTunes, do the Finder thing and then restart iTunes.
I guess the issue is caused by the iMac not automatically mounting the Time Capsule disk. If this is the case, is there any way that I can configure my iMac to automount the drive so I don't need to open it in Finder before I access it with anything else?
TIA
Grant.

Hi,
Just found this on another forum. It worked for me.
Yeah, that's actually really easy. Time Capsule runs a Samba server and an AFS (Apple File Sharing) server in the background. You can connect to it using the "Connect to Server" feature in the Finder. I assume you've already used the Airport Setup Utility to configure your Time Capsule for file sharing. If not, do that first.
Then, use the Finder's "Connect to Server" feature:
Finder > Go > Connect to Server
Next, enter the address of your Time Capsule's AFS server in this format:
afs://192.168.1.1
When you click "connect" it will prompt you for a username and password. Use the login information that you entered when you set up your Time Capsule. A finder window will appear, giving you access to the Time Capsule's disk.
Depending on which version of OS X you're running, it may or may not have put an icon on your desktop for the mounted disk. You can fix this by checking the "Connected Servers" checkbox in: Finder > Preferences > General
To make it mount the disk automatically every time you log in, add a login item to your account. Go to:
System Preferences > Accounts
Click on your user and select the "Login Items" tab. Click the plus sign to add a login item and choose the Time Capsule Volume you just mounted.

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