Wireless Music Library

OK, a quick brief
At the moment I have a Mac Pro with a internal HDD full of music which I managed using iTunes.
I've sold the Mac Pro and brought a Mac Book Pro.
I was just wondering how would I get a mobile music library for my mac book pro which I could manage through iTunes on my macbook and play the music thru my hi fi without wires?
I had thought of a SATA HDD enclosure, but my macbook would have to be permanently connected to it via USB and the macbook pro line out connected via optical or 3.5" jack to my hi-fi for that to work.
Many thanks
Trist

I play music from my iMac over my stereo using this: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB321B/A/AirPort-Express-AirTunes?fnode=MTY1ND A0Mg&mco=MTA4NTc4MTE
"Play the music from your computer's iTunes library through a set of speakers or stereo in just about any room in your home — wirelessly."

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Music sharing in iTunes has 2 basic settings. Share My Music, and Look For Shared Music. Those are the 2 key ones.
The icon is representing a Shared Music source that iTunes is seeing on the network. You can listen to those sources if you wish. It is unlikely that the sharing user does not know it is being shared as it has to be enabled manually and is by default, not enabled.
If you simply disable "Look For Shared Music", you should see the shares your neighbor is sharing go away.
You can not copy songs from a shared source. That would break copyright laws hence the absence of the feature.
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Your external HD needs to be mounted before launching iTunes or iTunes will create a new blank library on your startup drive.
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Hi there,
I'm just wondering how to best set-up my iTunes library. I want the library on my TimeCapsule wireless hard drive, and to be able to set this as the library for multiple computers at home. It's a waste of space to have duplicate libraries on both computers.I had this working with an earlier version of iTunes, but its not working now.
I also want to know how I can get the wireless device to fire up simply by pressing the iTunes icon. If I do this without, iTunes says it can't find the library.
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Frank, yes. Only one library of the songs and content if it's stuff from the Music Store.
If the music is your own CD rips, then you can put all the music on a central server and have all the computers connect in on your home network.
You do NOT set your iTunes to share their libraries, or look for shared libraries, you manually do the drag-and-drop with your networked music folder into the iTunes library window and each copy of iTunes behaves as if the network volume is it's own.
The only shortcoming to this is if you add music with one machine, the others will NOT have the new songs added to their own library lists unless you drag and drop the songs into the iTunes library manually for each computer.
I have enough music that I have broken down the library list into five folders, A-E, F-J, K-O, P-T, and U-Z. When I add new songs, the folders they're in will be added at the root Music Library folder level, so I can refresh the libraries with the new music THEN manually file it into one of those five correct folders.
This is what my network library looks like:
http://home.comcast.net/~foodandart/Network%20Library.jpg - you can see that I haven't added the Clapton, BBC, Roxy Music, etc, to the library lists for the entire house.
The G4 frankenbeast computer in our living room, is the media server for the house and has the stereo system rigged through it and is used to rip vinyl and watch the video. I still have to refresh the libraries in my husband's laptop, and on my main internet computer, so those albums haven't been filed yet.
Of course the caveat here is that I haven't a single item that's purchased through the Music Store and thusly locked down, since I rip my own LP's and CD's, so everything is much more flexible in how I can handle it.
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Is there a better way to share your music library outside your home network other than using an i-Pod classic?

APPLE-Here's a complement and a question. Why has the i-Pod Classic fallen from grace compared to other i-Pods? Please know that while I can share my music using home sharing within my home network with a different i-Tune account, it seems to me that the best benefit of having an i-Pod Classic is that you can give your dedicated music library and device to a friend or housemate to use outside your wireless network (and not on the internet) to use while traveling. Am I wrong? Is there a benefit to sharing the cloud usage with a friend. Add that to the click wheel and I think I'm going to be a fan of the i-Pod Classic far longer than it is in production. I hope Apple NEVER stops production of this device. Are you listening Apple?

Fightthegoodfightnow wrote:
I also lend books I read and CDs I own and that isn't stealing either.
Yes it is, and it's precisely what the music industry has been fighting about for years.
Interpreting the law to suit yourself does not render law ineffective. Apple's Terms of Use mention this:
Keep within the Law
No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise 'work around' digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about 'ripping' DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
...which is why my original response was framed as it was. Nothing to do with "attack mode". (You're the one with an "attack style" user name.)
Fightthegoodfightnow wrote:
Heck, as I understand it, I can legally burn up to five copies of a bought song for noncommercial, personal use....so copying in and of itself is also not illegal.
As I recall, the music industry has acknowledged that making a copy of a CD (that you own, and still have in your possession) is regarded as "Fair Use" - and is therefore tolerated. But until that point was established just a few years ago, then technically, it was illegal to rip a CD into iTunes and onto an iPod. Slightly different to your interpretation. That same music industry (and the musicians) regard the following as unacceptable:
keeping a copy of a CD but disposing of that CD to someone else
lending the CD to friends, so that they can make a copy
making copies and giving them or selling them to someone else
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Home sharing
use of the CD by someone in your family, living under the same roof
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Take the transmit rate and divide by 3..
You should realise that wireless is limited by Apple to 130Mbps at 2.4ghz although in newer equipment you can achieve 217Mbps.
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I lost my connection after restarting my computer. I reinstalled the USB cable with no luck. I have 2 solid green lights on the wireless receiver. Tool bar shows media server connected at92.68.0.3. Netgear wireless router. Dial up modem. No other devices on the network. Windows ME. Also, now when I try to acess the CDDB the program says that there is another process of the music information provider running at the same time.
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does anyone know if Creative still consider the Wireless Music system as a "li've" product?
I've just been trawling the forum looking for info about drop outs and freezes, and found a thread where the moderator was kind enough to email a test version of a new firmware to those that requested it. This thread started months ago and as far as I can see this firmware has still not been posted to the official download site. This seems to imply that Wireless Music isn't receiving much love & attention from Creative. Are we likely to see any further development of the system in the future?
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I have copied all my/our Cds into my G5iMac Music Library (iTunes 6.0.3) - I have over 3000 tracks - approx. 14Gb of music. I have a 30Gb 5th Gen. iPod and have all the tracks on my iPod.
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He has updated his iPod using my iMac but I've discovered that he's gone through my playlists and unchecked many, many, tracks that he doesn't want (but I do). Of course, now they don't download onto my iPod either.
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I would do this via firewire - airporting would take all day.
go to network prefs, choose network port configurations, then click "new". select the built-in firewire option.
Once you have set up this on both machines (and connnected them with a firewire cable!), you should be able to connect by choosing "connect to server" from the Go menu in the finder.
if you have problems, try creating an new network location called "firewire" with only the firewire connection box checked.
if you have purchased music on iTunes you may not be able to share these files, but on that opic i am not 100% sure.
hope that helps.

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I have two SoundBlaster Wireless Music receivers and I love the functionality, but I am seriously disappointed with the software/operation... It is not fast or user friendly!
Are there any plans for updates to the remote/software? or are there plans for a new product to replace this?
I am sure others have commented on the same problems/performance/lack of features:
- needs a page up/down feature for scrolling through long lists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- needs alternate drill down paths (genre to artist to song, genere to album to song, etc)
- needs alternate sorting (by artist, song, etc... it is frustrating to see a list of songs sorted by artist when you are seeing the song name, not the artist name)
- needs to be able to save/export information such as playlists and song ratings (preferrably into the id3 tags) so they can be reinstalled and not have to be recreated when you get a new PC
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- browse songs on the remote by folder also...
- and I could go on and on...
I assume a lot of the lack of user friendly operation might be because it was not tested with large libraries... Making the remote's ability to navigate songs faster/easier would make it so much nicer!
Any word on the future of the software or new products to replace it would be greatly appreciated.
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RayBowers,
Currently the most recent update that I have is firmware update that addresses difficulties with high bitrate files. That file is available through email currently and does update the remote software (but no changes to functionality that I know of). I have not received any information on updates for the wireless music but will pass your suggestion to our product developers (along with your request). I'll see if I can find anything out for you on this.
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Seems simple (of course I am not an engineer) but if the iPhone has wifi AND has itunes, shouldn't we be able to see the rest of our music library through the wireless network? and be able to play music wirelessly while we are in range?
This feature may quiet all of the people who thought the iPhone should come with more on board memory.
Just a thought.

The iPhone does not include the iTunes application. It includes a link to the iTunes Music Store which can be connected to via Wi-Fi only for purchasing and downloading music from the iTunes Store to the iPhone and there is a difference and not as simple as it may seem.
The iPhone does not have more storage (not memory) since it uses Flash storage and not a hard drive which is better suited for cell phone use. As Flash storage cost continues to drop and this storage technology improves allowing greater storage capacity and a reasonable cost, it will increase. The iPod Touch comes with 16GB so it is heading in that direction slowly but surely.

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Recently updated the the apple tv remote app for my iPhone4. Now can no longer turn on the apple tv "box" on/off using iPhone app as I used to do before the update. Only thing that shows on iPhone screen is music library. Home Sharing is on. Any help appreciated. Sorry if this is not exactly the right place to post this!

One clue: I have found a reliable way to solve the problem when it happens.
In my network, I have the main Airport Extreme (Gen 1) which is connected to my router, which distributes IP addresses to my internal subnet. The other two AEs (one Gen 4, one Gen 5) are set to extend the network.
When I get this problem with an AppleTV 2 that can "see" my library, but when I try to open it, it says it couldn't find the library, it seems to have to do with a change in which Airport Extreme it's talking to.
If I restart the main Airport Extreme from the Airport Utility, effectively restarting the entire wireless network, then when the network resumes, every AppleTV 2 is happy again.
Unfortuntely, the problem does seem to recur - but I'm wondering if it's because temporary interference leads an AppleTV 2 to try to connect to a different AE, and somehow that's mucking with the Home Sharing. Remember, internet access (Trailers, Store, Netflix) have no issues. Purely Home Sharing.
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This happens frequently because my airport connection frequently disconnects for a couple seconds and, then, automatically reconnects.
I have even attempted to trash the original iTunes folder but the computer just creates a new empty one to default to.
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