iTunes Library from VM

[Omne666]

Just wondering if anyone has run an iTunes library from within a Virtual Machine??

I have Win7 running in parallels and in an effort to have a separate library for my teenage daughters with 'only their' stuff on it, I built a library that accessed the files from the existing storage location for my main library.

It shared fine in that I could see it from the ATV, but could not load it. I'm guessing something to do with firewalls?

Any ideas appreciated.

[garybUK]

Originally Posted by Omne666

Just wondering if anyone has run an iTunes library from within a Virtual Machine??

I have Win7 running in parallels and in an effort to have a separate library for my teenage daughters with 'only their' stuff on it, I built a library that accessed the files from the existing storage location for my main library.

It shared fine in that I could see it from the ATV, but could not load it. I'm guessing something to do with firewalls?

Any ideas appreciated.

Yep, I run my iTunes server via a windows 2008 vm. Just make sure that networking is set to bridged and that, like you said.. Turn off firewalls

[Pyromonkey83]

According to your signature, you dont have enough Apple TVs. You need more.

Also, you shouldn't have to set the network to bridged, but firewall is definitely a possibility. Apple TV's go through iTunes Home Sharing based upon network ID's of iTunes, not the IP address of the machine. Bridged would only help if you needed a separate IP.

Just make sure your iTunes library for your daughters has a different name.

The other option is to set up a separate account as well for the machine rather than go through parallels, but either way will work.