Sharing iTunes Library on 1 computer

Hi,
I have just bought a new iMac with Mavericks. I have a large iTunes library with Music, Movies and TV Shows. (All Software is up to date - OSX is 10.9 and iTunes 11.1.3)
I have followed the instructions in iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer. i.e. in the first Users Account, iTunes media folder has been moved to the Shared Folder.
However when I follow steps 6 to 8 (Add to Library) on the secondary users account, any movies or TV Shows have their Media Kind (Get Info / Options/ Media Kind) changed back to "Home Video" This box is greyed out and cant be changed.
Also in the original Users iTunes all the Movies and TV Show files are moved into the "Home Videos" Folder.
Any Ideas?

I'm having a similar problem accessing a single library from different accounts on the same computer. I moved my iTUNES library to the Shared folder, then redirected iTUNES to that folder by holding down the Option key when I open iTUNES. No problem. The issue comes when I try to access that folder (using Option key again) from the other account on the computer. I get an error message saying that the folder is locked or that I do not have sufficient permissions. I tried to create a new library on the Shared folder (empty) & sure enough, when I moved to the other account & tried to access it, I was told the folder is locked. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you, Lee

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