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Jun 5, 2009

Out of the box, iTunes lets you share your library with up to 5 client computers. However, 5 is the max.

I need to share my iTunes library (or a music library set up in some other way) with up to 9 clients on a local network. Does anyone know of client/server software that will let me do that? I'm pretty techy, and can work at the terminal level, etc., so it doesn't have to be an off-the-shelf solution.

I thought I'd heard of people doing this, and done a fair amount of searching, but haven't been able to find anything suitable.

Constraints:

All computers are running 10.4.11.

Right now, we don't have internet access, and may not have it any time soon (I know, I know, it's the dark ages, but I'm having to deal with bureaucracy and privacy issues). So, something like SimplifyMedia probably won't work - it seems to be dependent on internet access.

We add music fairly often, and the person who adds music is not techy, so adding tunes/updating what the clients see is either automatic, or at least easy. And, changes need to be seen by the clients immediately, or at least quickly.

I can potentially set up a file share, though this isn't ideal. Has anyone shared an iTunes library this way?

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