Streaming from a Mac mini

Im thinking of buying a mac mini to stream music from itunes. We have 2 iphones and an ipad in the house. could different people be streaming to different rooms simultaneously from the same itunes source?
Thanks
David

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Yes, but how well it would work depends on how good your network is, the average network should easily support a couple of devices.

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My setup:
AirPort Extreme (dual router) with a 5 GHz N and a 2.4 GHz G broadcast at the same time.
The N network connects to my Mac Pro and my Mac mini, the G connects to my iPhone. I need the G network to control my Mac mini via hipporemote.
I just setup streaming by turning on File sharing on my Mac Pro and connect as a user from my Mac mini so that I have access to all my Mac Pro.
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taylojf wrote:
Hello my time capsule that I am using as my iTunes storage drive keeps disconnecting its self of becoming disconnected from the Mac mini any ideas why.
Some of the people in this discussion area.. keep telling people not to do this .. here is why.
Store files on the TC.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24380694#24380694
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You might be able to slightly improve things..
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Go, connect to server.. and type in the IP eg by default it is 10.0.1.1
AFP://10.0.1.1
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Then do the tests from the mini.. same ones.. copy large file to and from the TC by ethernet and by wireless.. when using ethernet make sure wireless is off.
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eg
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