Sharing 1 library with 2 iPods on 4 PCs and a NAS drive - possible?

Anyone managed to do anything similar to my setup as per subject line?
I've only just got an iPod so please tell me if I'm looking at this the wrong way but...
The idea is that all my music (CD ripped mp3s) is stored on a NAS drive on my home network. I create a library for my iPod on the NAS drive so any new CDs I rip on my PC also go straight onto the NAS drive. My GF connects her iPod to her PC which picks up the same library off the NAS, similarly when she rips CDs it'll update the same library. When I use my laptop or media centre PC they'll also pick up the same library off the same NAS drive.
Is this all too simple? Am I missing something? i.e. only one iPod per library allowed, or only one PC per library allowed? What would happen if both me and my GF connected to the library at the same time?
A lot of questions, I know, many many many thanks for anyone that that can answer some of them.
cheers

Sounds mighty tricky, but possible. Exactly the kind of thing I would waste days working on!
Is the music all stored on the NAS drive?
I would try and have a single library. You could create two playlists to handle the iPods and stream music to the other PCs. This way any music additions etc. would only have to be done once. In this case I would keep the library with the music on the NAS drive.
Alternatively, you would have a separate library on each PC accessing the music on the NAS drive right? In this case any music additions / deletions on the NAS drive would have to be reflected in all libraries. I've written a perl script that looks for music in the iTunes music directory that's not currently in iTunes -- could be adapted into an applescript that automatically adds the songs to a new playlist. Problem is, you're on windows...

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