Is it possible to combine one Apple ID music library with another Apple ID music library on ONE computer? If so, how?

I have two Apple ID's and I want to combine the itunes file so that they are on one computer and I can sync all the files to my ipod. Is that possible?? Help!

I've been doing some experimenting on this. I made a smart playlist in iTunes to gather all my music videos (which I have previously tagged with 'VIDEO' in the comment field).
In Frontrow, iTunes will not play the video at all- it just shows a single frame and plays the audio; in Movies, music videos, it will play one music video correctly, but then go back to the music video menu. This seems to be a known problem.
My solution is to go back to the desktop and use iTunes in the old fashioned way! Selecting my new VIDEO smart playlist will play all my music videos in any order I like using the normal parameters i.e. random, alphabetical by artist, album, name etc..
Hope this helps.

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