Moving Library to NAS (wrinkle)

I have an NAS and I can (using preferences> advanced) specify my itunes library as this NAS, but in iTunes, I can't see the music. I can see the music via sonos (they have a nifty "index music library" button that will rebuild after you add music.)
At SOME point, I ripped all my own CD's using itunes to this NAS, but I gather from my reading here, if I don't have the itunes library file from whenever (or whith what mac 5 years ago) I did this, it makes no difference.
I have held the option down, re-launched iTunes and specified a new iTunes folder on this drive, but I have tried to File> Add to library, the files to add them, but I have a couple of thousand AIF files (about 20 MB each) and in an hour, I had only copied about 30 files with a slew of "Can't update the iTunes Library -50" errors.-----so I have stopped.
IS THERE A BETTER WAY to get iTunes to see the 100 GB of music? I just can't keep this stuff on my Mac. I need it to be on an NAS where everyone can get to it with Sonos, with other Macs etc (without worying a particular mac is "on" as in "Shared Library".
I appreciate any specific help you clever folks can offer.
Many thanks!

Hi Daniel,
I found these articles online.  Hopefully they answer some of your questions.  (I have a Synology NAS with my entire iTunes library on it and it works great, so it is possible!  Hang in there!)
Setting up an iTunes server on a Synology NAS:
http://www.synology.com/support/tutorials_show.php?lang=us&q_id=521
Here's a ridiculously high-quality thread where a number of other people are trying to accomplish similar things:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4263870?start=0&tstart=0

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