Sharing iTunes Librairy with LW 5.3.2.Pro ?
 

I did install LW 5.3.2 Pro on my new iMac 3.06GHz OS X 10.5.8.
I was looking for sharing my iTunes (9.02) Librairy on LW but the only info I found on the forum seems concern Windows and didn't work.
So far, only the new downloaded music are shared in the LM Librairy and Public Shared Folder.
I try to add all my iTunes Music Librairy, but LW let me only do it song by song !... I don't intend spend weekS to do it. I suppose there is an other way which I would love to know.

First of all, I'm a Windows user... there's no Mac user around at the moment. If this info is wrong for you then I'm sorry... wait until LOTR is back from holidays.
But as far as I know you should be able to add your whole iTunes music library to LW's Public Shared list if you add the whole folder.

iTunes: If you select iTunes > Preferences > click Advanced... you'll see the location of your iTunes music.

LW: click on Public Shared. Click on Add Files.
Browse for your iTunes music folder.

Click on that folder (so that it shows in the 'File Name' text field). Now click on Add Files. A dialog box should pop up, asking you whether you want to share iTunes Music with the world... click 'Share'.
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...dy/sharing.jpg

Now the whole folder should be added to Public Shared. Just tested this on Windows & it worked, so hopefully the same for Mac.

*Simply dragging the iTunes Music folder into Public Shared didn't work for me, which is why I've given you the instructions above. You can try dragging the folder - maybe it will work for you*

Just remember that if you want to add a whole folder - simply click on the folder that you want to add (rather than opening the folder) & then click Add Files.

It doesn't seems to work.
Clicking on Add Files in Public Shared doesn't let me choose the iTunes Music folder. Open button still greyish, it's only become active inside the folder where I am able to select the Singers Music folders one by one only.
I also try, like you, drop iTunes Music folder onto Public shared folder. It didn't work either with me

I'm using LW 5.3.6 on Leopard 10.5. (1) If I drag & drop the iTunes Music folder onto the Shared icon at left side of LW's window, all the files are added to the library & shared.
(2) If I drag & drop the artist folder onto the Shared icon, all those files are shared.
(3) If I drag & drop an album folder onto the Shared icon, all those files are shared.
(4) If I drag & drop selected song files from an album (selecting using the either the command or shift key), then those files are added to library & shared.

With the Mac version 5.3 you cannot add a folder to shared via the Add to Library option under file menu. This option is only for adding individual files one at a time. If using LW 5.4 you can add multiple files & folders to Library (but not shared) from the Add to Library File menu option.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...older-2-LW.gif

As Birdy suggested, you need to first set how you wish file types to be added; 1. automatically add particular or all file types, or 2. a pop-up window asking which file types within the folder you are adding should also be included so you can customise which of audio/video/doc's, etc. types are included at the time. In the example below, option A is manually deciding which types of files each time you add a folder to LW. The pop-up window will then appear after you have dropped the folder onto the Public Shared icon on LW as in the example image above. You will not see this pop-up window if you choose option B in LW's preference settings. Make sure Audio option is checked!

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...re-options.gif

Mmmm... It's mean that I must upgrade to LW 5.3.6 !
Thank you for the info.

No not LW 5.3.6, they fixed the issue with the file menu Add to Library with the first LW 5.4 beta for the OSX LW. That adds the files/folders to Library but they are not automatically shared. If you wish to try the beta, go to your personal Pro download page & find the link to the Pro beta version, else go to LimeWire 5.4.4 (Beta) - Lime Wire for the Mac Beta Basic version. :)

But still you should be able to drag & drop folders onto the Public Shared icon using LW 5.3.2 or 5.3.6 on Mac. This way the files are automatically shared.

See the changes made in each version here http://wiki.limewire.org/index.php?title=Changelog
Specifically the changes made in LW 5.4 to fix the issue were:
. Allow you to add folders to the Library or lists.
. Add an OS X style dialog so you can select multiple files and folders at once.

not appropriate

Ok. Thank you for the help.
I try now LW 5.4.3 (no beta). It allow me to add my iTunes library indeed but as you said too, the librairy is not Shared. I didn't find any option to shared the content of this new library. Fortunatly, it has accepted the Drag& Drop.
Don't be too impatient because if you have a huge librairy, it can take some time before the content will be copy into the Public Shared folder...
Thanks again Lord of the Ring...

cldjr did you ever resolve this issue? I'm a mac user

Limewire Library
 

Sorry I forgot. :o
To solve the problem, I had to upgrade LW to a new vers.
It's now working fine. :Smilywais: