2016-07-24, 19:49
So I have done quite a bit of searching, looking for clues on how to do what I want... lots of dead end information, so forgive me if I'm flogging a dead horse.
I have a number of physical Kodi (OpenELEC) machines serving TVs at home. They all access a MySQL instance on a headless server in my utility room. This Windows 7 server runs 7/24 and also contains my media content along with a few minor services. I would like to have an instance of KODI on it for the sole purpose of scheduled KODI library updates. It would never be asked to play media.
However... while installing KODI on it is possible, I can't seem to make KODI run there (fails before it starts). Research seems to reveal it won't because I'm accessing the machine over remote desktop (Remmina from a Linux workstation).
I mean, ideally, all that needs to run on the machine is a scheduled KODI library scrape/update. But I can't seem to find if there is service-only function for this as an alternative to a KODI install either.
Are either of these two ideas possible or is there an alternative I should be made aware of? I don't want to leave one of the other KODI machines running all the time with scheduled library updates.
Cheers,
RLW
I have a number of physical Kodi (OpenELEC) machines serving TVs at home. They all access a MySQL instance on a headless server in my utility room. This Windows 7 server runs 7/24 and also contains my media content along with a few minor services. I would like to have an instance of KODI on it for the sole purpose of scheduled KODI library updates. It would never be asked to play media.
However... while installing KODI on it is possible, I can't seem to make KODI run there (fails before it starts). Research seems to reveal it won't because I'm accessing the machine over remote desktop (Remmina from a Linux workstation).
I mean, ideally, all that needs to run on the machine is a scheduled KODI library scrape/update. But I can't seem to find if there is service-only function for this as an alternative to a KODI install either.
Are either of these two ideas possible or is there an alternative I should be made aware of? I don't want to leave one of the other KODI machines running all the time with scheduled library updates.
Cheers,
RLW