HT3819 Home sharing question

I currently have an outdated iTunes on my PC, but it says it isn't able to download the newest iTunes, and I want to transfer all my content to my new laptop, how do I do this? I'm looking for the easiest way possible to sort this issue. Is there any way I can easily move all the content to my laptop?

the appletv see the shared lib of the computer it only! connects with the computers shared lib for the appletv it matters not where the media is stored it gets the data from itunes on the computer you can put it in a nas or on a cd or on a floppy disk it's of no relevance for the appletv it sees only itunes

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    cris1395 wrote:
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