iTunes question

audiobliss
audiobliss Posts: 12,518
edited May 2009 in The Clubhouse
I currently have two 250GB HD's in my computer, one with XP Pro, the other running W7 64-bit (which I love, btw). What I want to do is add a 1TB HD for all my media.

I'd like to run iTunes in both OS's and have both instances reference the same iTunes library folder on the 1TB HD. If I were just using iTunes to play back CD's I've ripped to my computer, I have no doubt that would work. However, if I've downloaded songs from iTunes, would both instances (one on each OS) be able to reference the same folder on my 1TB HD?

Thanks!!
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited May 2009
    Should be fine as long as your "library" is also stored on that drive. itunes keeps some separate metadata about the songs in the library location, independent of the actual music files.

    ...but take it for a test run and see what happens.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited May 2009
    audiobliss wrote: »
    I currently have two 250GB HD's in my computer, one with XP Pro, the other running W7 64-bit (which I love, btw). What I want to do is add a 1TB HD for all my media.

    I'd like to run iTunes in both OS's and have both instances reference the same iTunes library folder on the 1TB HD. If I were just using iTunes to play back CD's I've ripped to my computer, I have no doubt that would work. However, if I've downloaded songs from iTunes, would both instances (one on each OS) be able to reference the same folder on my 1TB HD?

    Thanks!!

    Ok, just a question, and I am not trying to hijack your thread but why itunes? Obviously you must have an apple product, but there are better programs out there to run all of your media. I understand using it for your music and video install on your IPOD, but why not use something like WinAmp for your everyday use?

    And what you looking to do should work fine. Glad to see you really like W7, I am really looking forward to it's release.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2009
    Thanks for the input, unc2701.

    avelanchefan - You're right, there are lots better programs. I was all into using EAC, lame, foobar2k, etc for quite a while, and just got tired of fooling with all of it and started using just iTunes (I have three iPods). However, once I get my 1TB HD, I'll have enough room to rip CD's in .WAV format again, so I'll probably go back to using iTunes for just syncing. We'll see though.

    Thanks for the assurance on my idea!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2009
    I've never found a way to make iTunes put its library file on a different drive. I know how to make it store MUSIC on a different drive, but moving the library file (in particular having it on a shared drive) might be a little trickier.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited May 2009
    Just saw this:

    http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10242259-12.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheDownloadBlog
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited May 2009
    audiobliss wrote: »
    I currently have two 250GB HD's in my computer, one with XP Pro, the other running W7 64-bit (which I love, btw). What I want to do is add a 1TB HD for all my media.

    I'd like to run iTunes in both OS's and have both instances reference the same iTunes library folder on the 1TB HD. If I were just using iTunes to play back CD's I've ripped to my computer, I have no doubt that would work. However, if I've downloaded songs from iTunes, would both instances (one on each OS) be able to reference the same folder on my 1TB HD?

    Thanks!!

    I'm not sure if this is possible.
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  • ckphoto
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    edited May 2009
    I don't know how much music you have or plan to have but when I run iTunes it is very frustrating I have over 80,000 songs and it will bog down iTunes during a search.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited May 2009
    audiobliss wrote: »
    Thanks for the input, unc2701.

    avelanchefan - You're right, there are lots better programs. I was all into using EAC, lame, foobar2k, etc for quite a while, and just got tired of fooling with all of it and started using just iTunes (I have three iPods). However, once I get my 1TB HD, I'll have enough room to rip CD's in .WAV format again, so I'll probably go back to using iTunes for just syncing. We'll see though.

    Thanks for the assurance on my idea!

    Why rip to .WAV? Why not a lossless format like ALAC or FLAC? It's like getting double the hard drive space, plus tagging.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2009
    unc2701 wrote: »
    Just saw this:

    http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10242259-12.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheDownloadBlog


    I just purchased a 500MB USB drive for iTunes and need to go through the move exercise. I thought your link was just the thing needed, some instructions. Rather these guys make a freaking movie on how to do it instead of just printing the steps. This is a great example of people not understanding the Internet and web technologies and who think everything has to be flashy to appeal to the masses.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2009
    Wow, I'm glad I decided to reference this thread again; I hadn't seen the last few replies.
    unc2701 wrote: »
    Just saw this:

    http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10242259-12.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheDownloadBlog
    Thanks so much for posting that! That's awesome, and exactly what I needed! I can't wait to order my HD now.
    ckphoto wrote: »
    I don't know how much music you have or plan to have but when I run iTunes it is very frustrating I have over 80,000 songs and it will bog down iTunes during a search.
    iTunes is usually fairly laggy for me, though if I remember correctly, I think I only have about 6,000 songs on it.
    nspindel wrote: »
    Why rip to .WAV? Why not a lossless format like ALAC or FLAC? It's like getting double the hard drive space, plus tagging.
    That's a good question. I should do some research into how I want to handle my music. What do you use for ripping and converting to .flac? What are tags?
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited May 2009
    I use Exact Audio Copy to rip and convert to flac.

    Tags are bits of information that you can attach to the song file that players can read, so they can tell Artist, Album, Song Title, Track Number, etc.
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  • Matt34
    Matt34 Posts: 318
    edited May 2009
    audiobliss wrote: »
    Wow, I'm glad I decided to reference this thread again; I hadn't seen the last few replies.


    Thanks so much for posting that! That's awesome, and exactly what I needed! I can't wait to order my HD now.


    iTunes is usually fairly laggy for me, though if I remember correctly, I think I only have about 6,000 songs on it.


    That's a good question. I should do some research into how I want to handle my music. What do you use for ripping and converting to .flac? What are tags?

    Itunes has always been slow for me but I have all my music on external HD ran through my laptop which doesn't help...about 275gigs worth.
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