2010-09-25, 18:08
Hi,
I'm have 2 computers with xbmc installed one them (now i'm installing xbmc on the third).
In order to share the media between them in Camelot, I used Symbolic links on the userdata, video and music folders.
Actually it worked quite well although it looks like a hack.
Now I'm making some experiments with the Dharma version and I decided to give the MySQL method a chance (it looks like a "clean" solution, not like symbolic links hack).
Although, in the beginning, I had some problems to make the MySQL server work with the XBMC, it looks like I did it at last and currently it is working.
I tried to use xbmc profiles but it seems that it is not working quite well with the MySQL method.
I also noticed that there is a problem to "share" local media (I solved it by sharing using smb, even on local drives) and of course a problem with the thumbnails cache (which I solved with a symbolic link.
My question is what should be the motivation to port my setup to use the MySQL method instead the Sybolic links method?
What are the pros and cons for each method?
I'm have 2 computers with xbmc installed one them (now i'm installing xbmc on the third).
In order to share the media between them in Camelot, I used Symbolic links on the userdata, video and music folders.
Actually it worked quite well although it looks like a hack.
Now I'm making some experiments with the Dharma version and I decided to give the MySQL method a chance (it looks like a "clean" solution, not like symbolic links hack).
Although, in the beginning, I had some problems to make the MySQL server work with the XBMC, it looks like I did it at last and currently it is working.
I tried to use xbmc profiles but it seems that it is not working quite well with the MySQL method.
I also noticed that there is a problem to "share" local media (I solved it by sharing using smb, even on local drives) and of course a problem with the thumbnails cache (which I solved with a symbolic link.
My question is what should be the motivation to port my setup to use the MySQL method instead the Sybolic links method?
What are the pros and cons for each method?