ITunes on Time Capsule - Front Row

Hi,
I have recently moved my songs to a Time Capsule which I play wirelessly through iTunes on my MacBook. I have just tried to get play the songs via Front Row but it is not bringing up any songs/playlists etc.
Is there anywhere I can point Front Row to the Time Capsule.
Thanks in advance,
Louise

Well, I've never done that myself, so I'm probably not the best person for iTunes instructions. I was only speaking for the functionality of Front Row. Others here have been able to host their iTunes library on a shared/network drive and still run Front Row. You might want to search/post in the iTunes forum.
-Doug

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The Time Capsule has no easy backup method. It is a backup device.. not a NAS.
If the itunes is on a computer connected to the TC and running Time Machine the itunes will be backed up. is this what you mean? You can also make a copy of the itunes but not use it as a main store.

The HD was recently changed on my MacBook Pro and I lost my iTunes library (Time Capsule also died!) but have all my songs on my iPhone. How can I copy them to my laptop?

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Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

Sharing iTunes and then using Front Row

I have been downloading all the album artwork just like everyone else is, now that iTunes 7 is out.
I have run across a small problem and a fix I would like to pass along for people having problems viewing the album artwork on a computer that is sharing the iTunes from another computer and then using Front Row.
First off, the artwork for me seems to work fine on all individual computers that have the songs and the album artwork on it.
When I shared my 'master or main' computer iTunes with my Mini Mac Intel, I then played the music using Front Row but the majority of the album covers would not show up.
For some reason only a few of the album covers were showing up in Front Row on the shared computer. It took me quite awhile to figure out that the only album covers that were showing up were the album covers that I dragged and copied onto the main computers iTunes album window.
I don't know if anyone has found anything easier to fix this problem but I went ahead a copied all of the album artwork, one by one, on the main computer into the iTunes artwork window. Now, all the computers that access the main computer via sharing, shows the album artwork when using Front Row.
I hope I explained this clear enough.
Here is a photo of my Mac Mini hooked up to my TV, playing Front Row and using the shared iTunes Library from my main computer which is an iMac G5.
http://users.sisqtel.net/jkriz/MacMini/frontrow_albumcovers.jpg
I needed to use the flash for this photo because it was getting dark but I think you get the idea.
I know I could have put all my music on the Mini Mac or any of my other computers and I wouldn't have had to go through all of this... but then I would have trouble keeping all of my computers music up to date. This way, I only have to keep the main computer up to date with all of my music. Much easier.
If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know.
I hope the rest of you can benefit from this tip.
iMac 17 (Intel), iMac G5 (Rev B), Mac Mini (Intel) Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Bizmarck,
Well, this is interesting.
When I first read your question I said to myself, of course I can play the shared slideshow along with the selected shared music.....
Well, I'm glad I tried it out first before I posted this as I cannot play the selected songs on the shared slideshow. All I could play was the Minuet in "G"....
I could have sworn I used to be able to do this with 10.4.7 and Front Row 1.2
However, I could be wrong.
I have tried everything.
I have the Serving computers iTunes and iPhoto open and to allow sharing of both.
On the Mac Mini which is playing the shared items from the serving computer, I can turn off the music but I cannot select a song from the shared library in iPhoto. All the library shows for music selection on the Mac Mini is the music that is on the Mac Mini.
Apparently Apple has more work to do if this is going to work.
It is interesting to me that we cannot play a shared slideshow along with the shared music that was selected with that slideshow.
If the selected song from the shared slideshow is already on the Mac Mini, then I can choose it, but I cannot choose any other songs unless they are on the Mac Mini.....
It seems that Front Row will not play the selected shared song from the shared slideshow. Front Row only wants to play the songs that are on the Mac Mini for any of the shared slideshows... BUMMER.......
If you open iPhoto (not Front Row) on the Mac Mini, then select a shared slideshow, then click on the 'Play' button. You will see that Minuet in "G" is selected to play on that shared slideshow. I turned all of mine OFF for the time being as I am tired of the sample music also.
If I come up with anything new I will post it here.
Thanks for sharing this information.

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I have tried to reconnect to the library several times by restarting iTunes and holding down Option. It seems to connect but I'm still only have a few songs.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

No, the Time Capsule is a long way from full. I have the 3TB version and am barely using 500 GB.
I also have the iTunes library backed up to a Lacie hard-drive just in case.
So no worries at all about losing songs.
My worry is about how to play the songs I actually have!

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ITunes From Time Capsule to WiFi enabled HiFi.

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ITunes in Time Capsule.

Is it possible to store all my music in time capsule and use the itunes in TC to create playlists that i can later sync with all my devices?
I dont want to store music files in my MB Air, i just want to sync playlists which I created in TC to my MB Air.
Same with Pictures.
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Possible yes..
Highly not advisable..
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ITunes on Time Capsule : having trouble finding track files

I recently coupled up my Mac Mini to a Time Capsule with the intent of using the TC as my iTunes music server. This has been documented in several threads here already, but this is what I did:
1. Copied my entire iTunes music folder (i.e. all the MP3s) onto a subdirectory of my TC called Music.
2. Started iTunes for the first time on my Mac Mini and created a new library (I don't care about my meta data at the moment)
3. In the Advanced Settings I set my music folder to point at the TC's :Music folder.
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Any kind of change I made to the TC within the network produced the pointer problem. Example, I had everything set so I changed the multi cast rate and the pointer problem surfaced, changing the wireless name caused it and changing the TC name also.
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I think you may have misspoke as there is no animal as a Apple Express. However the AirPort Express and Apple TV, both stream from another system on your network. (the A TV stores a bit of that but doesn't act as a server).
The AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule and Mac Mini will all let you hook up your portable drive (via USB). The Mac Mini bonus is that you can add a 3rd party tuner and have it function similar to a Windows MediaCenter unit. Buying any 2 of these Apple products will be adding 2 wireless access points and possible confusion. If you would like a nice looking solution there are 3rd party external HDs that have the same shape and footprint as the Mac Mini and I believe the slightly larger AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule.
If your just looking for central storage and don't need the processor, the 500GB Time Capsule should work out to give you more bang for the buck than going with an AirPort Extreme and an additional external HD, (plus look cleaner and one less power power cord).
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Using itunes with time capsule

I am looking for step by step instructions to set up iTunes to work with time capsule. I would like to use time capsule to store and share music over my wireless network.

You just need to set the iTunes music folder location to a folder on the time capsule, then any content you add to iTunes will be stored there. You can find this at iTunes Preferences > advanced.

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I'm trying to transfer my library to my time capsule so I can access the music from both my MacBookAir and my MacBook Pro. However, when I follow the directions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449, I never see all my music in the library on my MacBookAir. All I see is my "purchased" music on the Air even though the preferences are pointing towards the music folder on my time capsule. Help!?!

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How do I host iTunes on Time Capsule

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Would now like to migrate or copy iTunes library from NAS device to Time Capsule. Are there any pointers / instructions out there for how to do this?

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ok out of preferences
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if i where you, i'd leave my library on the NAS - in fact, i recently moved my library from directly attached firewire drives to a Synology DS411j NAS.
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Thanks,
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Yes, you can plug USB drive to the TC.. that is very very slow..
You can put the files there.
You cannot access itunes on a TC without a computer running..
iPad cannot access an iTunes library without itunes running. TC is not a media server.
iphone and appletv same thing.. they cannot stream files from a TC without a computer.
Apple have instructions on using itunes shared in a home network.
There is no such thing as itunes server. But it is effectively taking that role.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2688
So a TC is not able to be itunes server.
The iphoto library is shared via itunes.. but all of the libraries should be connected by fastest drive you can afford.. USB2 is worst, but is still faster than a TC over a network, USB3 is cheap and excellent speed but only latest Macs use it.. Thunderbolt is the best but uber expensive.. FW800 is still a good standard except avoid WD version of FW .. it should be about double the speed of USB2.. WD stuff is the same as USB2 at least on the read side.. Plug the drive directly to the computer.. Or use a large internal drive of course.. but Macs tend to not be easy to change drives.

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