Syncing a mediathek between a MAC and a WIN-PC possible with Dropbox?

Hi everybody,
Is this a WIN or a MAC question? I try it here first... X)
I have a MAC at one place - and a WIN-PC at another place. Both have a Drobox-folder (Dropbox = a sync tool) to keep the data on them in sync.
That works like a charm, besides iTunes:
I would like to use the exact same iTunes mediathek on the WIN-PC and on the MAC.
(It must be a iTunes-based solution, as I would like to sync my iPhone on both locations with iTunes - so I would have fresh podcasts etc. going to AND coming from work, and do not need to think on which computer I include new Music, Apps etc.).
Physically I actually have the same mediathek files on both computers already - via Dropbox - but the location description in the iTunes library file is not matching:
MAC: <key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Users/xxx/Dropbox/Music/iTunes/...</string>;
WIN: <key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/C:/Users/xxx/Documents/My%20Dropbox/Musi /iTunes/...</string>;
So it does not work yet.
Is there a way to do what I want? (Like a script to fire up iTunes, that replaces the locations each time..?)
I assume there is quite some people with this problem...
Thank you very much for any help/hint!!
Best wishes,
Daniel

Hi,
I never really gave a final report to this question:
Things did not really work the way I wanted (having the libary file itself synced).
What I did in the end, was letting the media files sync via Dropbox (i.e., letting the iTunes Media Files folder of both computers point to the same folder in Dropbox).
I kept local library files for both computers, but used a HEX editor to change the library ID of one computer to the library ID of the other computer (so that my iPhone syncs to both computer). If you want to do this, there are several post on how to edit the library file with a HEX editor. For me, it did work with iTunes 9, it did not work with iTunes 10 (as far as I remember). So you might which to downgrade before attempting this.
Best wishes,
Daniel

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