One music library, 1 G4 Powerbook, 1 MacbookPro

Hi there,
I use my MacbookPro on my office desk that I download music, rate and put into specific playlists as I need it to Dj. I have one external hard disk that has all my music.
I want to use my old powerbook G4 that is plugged into my Vinyl Scratch, mixer and turntables but the computer is on another table but is also plugged into the same external drive.
I want to sync all my playlist and ratings from my MacbookPro.
How do I do this so that everytime I download music from my MacbookPro that goes into the same external hard drive gets synced on my iTunes on my G4 Powerbook?
I tried exporting the XML library from my MacbookPro to my G4 but the playlists are not synced...
Are there any other solutions? The new music that comes in will be on my MacbookPro so that is where the source is coming from daily.
Thanks for your help!

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