2013-02-04, 10:27
I have three XBMC instances at my home (one PC and two Raspberry Pi's) that share a single library on MySQL. I am working on an Android app that, with the help of a few PHP-scripts on the same NAS that hosts the MySQL database, connects to this database.
Using this approach I don't have to refresh the internal databases on my phone for multiple instances. Once I select a file to play, the app will ask on which XBMC-host to play it. To browse the library, I don't have to worry about the XBMC-host to be up.
Right now I am building the app with a lot of settings hardcoded (the server that hosts the MySQL-database for instance). If there is enough interest in this app I could make it better configurable and with a better UI.
The biggest downside for my solution is the fact that some scripts have to be placed on a webserver.
So, please post here if you would like an app like this
Using this approach I don't have to refresh the internal databases on my phone for multiple instances. Once I select a file to play, the app will ask on which XBMC-host to play it. To browse the library, I don't have to worry about the XBMC-host to be up.
Right now I am building the app with a lot of settings hardcoded (the server that hosts the MySQL-database for instance). If there is enough interest in this app I could make it better configurable and with a better UI.
The biggest downside for my solution is the fact that some scripts have to be placed on a webserver.
So, please post here if you would like an app like this