Two libraries, one mac, one apple tv

Hi, I have browsed this community but can't find a sollution. I have one mac and one apple TV (2nd generation). My wife and I have seperate itunes libraries on the mac. How can I access both libraries at the same time from my Apple tv?
Homesharing is configured. I can access both libraries - but not at the same time. Only the library of the active account is visible. Any ideas?

You need to turn off the option to copy content to the iTunes folder in iTunes preferences, then when you add new content to iTunes you will need to place the content on one of the HDDs and then drag and drop it onto iTunes from a finder window.
Or you can alternatively leave the "Copy" option on and simply press the Alt-key when dragging and dropping content to momentarily suspend the "Copy" of the dragged content to the library. (I.e., iTunes will gladly manage both copied and non-copied content as long as you do not move or delete the non-copied files at the Finder level after adding them to the iTunes database.)

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