Ah, ok. How I'd like to set it up is like this; iTunes is on my laptop, with all the audio files on (in a folder on teh F partition) but the iTunes database files directed by symbolic link to a network folder on my WHS 2011. I want to keep this as I have an ipod and iphone, plus my Android phone syncs ratings and playcounts (via iSyncr).
I have a copy of all the iTunes music on the WHS, in the same file structure as the laptop and also on the F partition. Logitech Media Server is on the WHS, with the iTunes folder pointing to the one on the network drive that the laptop uses. The Touch then accesses the music on the WHS. With my iTunes, I have been rating songs for years and add the ratings to the comments (ie Rated 1, Rated 2, etc, as iTunes doesn't store the ratings in the ID Tags), and have a couple of smart playlists in there that show me songs I have rated but not updated the comment on. I regularly backup all the iTunes music and database, and also run the same backup from the iTunes music on the laptop to on the WHS (so they have the same songs, etc when I've added new ones). Am I correct in assuming that iTunes doesn't actually need to be installed on the WHS and that the iTunes Update plugin will add playcounts into the iTunes database files on the network folder LMS is pointing to? So far I haven't seen it updating, but then I've probably not set iTunes Update properly. I'm not bothered about having dynamic ratings in LMS/the Touch as I have loads of smart playlists in iTunes already (I am very organised! :D ) so if the playcounts are updating the smart playlists should also update whenever I run iTunes? Am I on the right track here, or misunderstanding stuff? Thanks for the help, btw! -- Finchy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finchy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53230 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93530 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
