Time Capsule and Apple Tv Question regarding iTunes

(Sorry if this has been asked) I wanted to know if you could set up the time capsule as basically a centralized itunes server and connect to it from multiple apple tv's at the same time to stream music to different rooms( 3 rooms at most) if not will this work one stream at a time?

If you go into File, Preferences, and click ADVANCED, you will see a checkbox that says
Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library.
You want to uncheck this.
If you have your library on an external drive, and you want to keep the files there, you uncheck that box and it wont copy the files to your hard drive, just link to them.
In my case, I had my iTunes library on my Macbook. I copied all 20g over to my Time Capsule by dragging the folder in it's entirety to the TC. Then on my Macbook pro i clicked the startup icon and held down OPTION. This asked if I cwanted to create a new library or open another. I chose open another, navigated to the Time Capsule, and it worked perfectly.
THere will of course now be syncing issues between my music. I use my Macbook as my purchase and portable library, so I will now have to either completely copy the directory once a day/week etc or i'll have to export any new songs/music i buy from iTunes to a disc and then import into the new library. Also wont keep my play lists in sync. But that's a smallish issue for ME.

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