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Known
Limitations
Podcast
subscriptions are not a part of
iTunes library. Although any downloaded podcasts will be accessible
by USER2 subscriptions will not carry over.
Any
songs, podcasts, etc. previously
owned by USER2 will not be available in iTunes after you run
Tuneshare. The files will still reside in their original location but
will not show in the library because Tuneshare does not merge USER1
and USER2 iTunes libraries. A workaround is to manually add the old
files to USER2's library.
After
you run Tuneshare iTunes will
take several minutes to rebuild it's database and will report an
error message. This is normal.
Any
changes in USER1's library made
after the Tuneshare was run will not be reflected in USER2's library
until you rerun the batch file.
Modifying
the Batch File
Tuneshare
iTunes library hack is
written for Windows XP. Other versions of Windows use different paths
to the iTunes library. You can easily modify the paths in the batch
file for other versions of Windows.
Tuneshare
iTunes library hack assumes
that C:\ is the location of your iTunes library. You can easily
modify the paths in the batch file for alternate locations.
It
is possible to run Tuneshare batch
file by double clicking it instead of executing it from the command
line. In order to do that you need to replace all instances of "%1"
and "%2" with Windows USER1 and USER2 names respectively.
This will create hard coded paths instead of relying on command line
parameters to pass the user names to the batch file. Quotes around
user name are required if there are spaces in the name.
If
you have more than two users you can
duplicate all the lines that contain "%2" and replace the
notation with the additional Windows user name.
Once
you have permanent hard coded
paths you can automate the process by placing the batch file in your
startup or shutdown sequence. This way each time you restart your
computer iTunes libraries will sync up.
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