Unable to share iTunes library on Mac partition with Windows partition

[Cybertronic]

I recently installed MacDrive on my Windows Vista X64 partition so that I could access my iTunes Library on my Mac partition. After installing iTunes on my Windows partition and pressing shift while it opened, iTunes asked me for an iTunes library file ending with the extension ".itl". Now, I do not have any files ending with this extension in my iTunes folder on my Mac partition.

Is there anything I can do to make iTunes on Windows to read my music library on my Mac partition?

I've posted an identical thread on MacRumors and have received any solutions yet

 

[Cybertronic]

Nobody has tried sharing their iTunes library?

 

[Cybertronic]

Windows can't read HFS file systems, so you won't have much luck there.

I'm using MacDrive to read my Mac's HFS file system as mentioned in the first post

It is odd that they'd opt for using XML on one system and not on another.

If this hadn't been the case, I would be happily playing Audiosurf with my iTunes music library

 

[Cybertronic]

There isn't an .itl file anywhere in the iTunes folder on my Mac partition, there are only .itdb and .xml files. I prefer not use a shared/external drive or a separate partition as a alternative workaround

 

[Cybertronic]

Thanks for your thorough reply

It seems the biggest problem in my situation is that even if your solution did work, iTunes on Windows would rename the paths of all the songs in this file to the paths used by Windows. If iTunes on Mac read this file, nothing would play since the paths does not exist on the Mac partition. Unless, iTunes rebuilds the library every time you play it in a different OS from what I've read it does on some solutions to a similar problem

However, I will try your solution but my MacDrive trial has ran out while trying to look for solutions since I didn't know iTunes on both OS used different files. 5 days is pretty poor for a trial