ITunes music sharing from PC to Mac

Hello,
I have an old pc (not so old it cannot stably run iTunes) and a MacBook. I did not upgrade my MacBook's hard drive and it has become clogged with my music! I am at college and know about networking etc... I was wondering about the compatability of PC's and Mac's with iTunes. I will have Windows 2000 Server Edition on the PC (its currently installing).
Is there anything more that I need to do to get my music shared? I have all the wires or wireless to get it on the network. Is it as simple as going into iTunes and enabling library sharing or will there be some compatability errors over iTunes for windows and iTunes for mac?
Thanks

Hi Lauratranter,
Welcome to the Support Communities!  The article below will help you troubleshoot the issue you are having with Home Sharing between your PC and your Mac.
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
Home Sharing enables you to stream or transfer music, movies, TV shows, apps, and more among up to five authorized computers in your household. To do so, you will need to turn on Home Sharing on each computer using the same Apple ID. Once set up, all the libraries from these computers will show up in the Shared area of iTunes:
With Home Sharing, you can stream music and video from one authorized computer to another, or drag music between computer libraries. You can also choose to have iTunes automatically import purchases you make on any of your Home Sharing computers to your own library. To do so, select the library and use the Settings button at the lower right of the iTunes window to select what you'd like copied.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy

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