Storing iTunes media on Time Capsule to stream to ATV

Can someone please detail the steps I need to move my itunes movies and music to new Time Capsule. I have done this and Apple TV is unable to recognize the library.
Here is what I've done so far:
1. Copied the iTunes music folder to the TC
2. Changed the library location to this folder in iTunes Preferences
Am I missing something?
Thanks!

Do you need to keep a local copy of your iTunes library for some reason? If not delete the local copy and keep only the copy on your Time Capsule.
Once this is done, on your Time Capsule, right click on your iTunes folder and select create an alias. Move this alias to your local Music folder and rename it iTunes (instead of "iTunes alias". That way your computer will think it plays the local copy but it will be redirected to the TC.
That's how mine is set up and it works good. I did the same with iPhoto

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Here's the first hit in the list:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive/
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Hi
Would anyone know if I can I move my iTunes library onto Time Capsule and share it across my devices (similar to a NAS drive)?
This would give me some hard drive space on my iMac and more importantly mean my iTunes library is available all the time. Although I have Home sharing I need my iMac on and if not I use iTunes on iCloud I always seem to be downloading the tracks I need.
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Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
OSX Mavericks
Time Capsule (1TB)
iPad
iPod Touch
Apple TV
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What "devices" are these? By devices I normally understand i-devices and not computers. How many computers?
If you put the whole library on the Time Capsule (TC) you can only use it with one computer at a time because the iTunes library file can only be opened by one copy of iTunes at a time. If you put only media on the TC but have a copy of the library files on each computer you can use media by multiple computers but you then have the headache of trying to make sure that any changes done to the collection by one computer are mirrored by the libraries on the other computers which will be more or less independent.
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To me, it acts like the external drive "went to sleep", but i'm pretty sure that's not the case. Nor can i find any place in Mac OS/X to control that other than the power settings, and all my hardware is set to NOT sleep.
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