2015-11-13, 11:27
My home network consists of a linux server holding all my media files, a mysql database on the server to hold kodi info, and kodi clients (windows, raspberry pi) that play the actual media. everything has worked nicely so far
recently, I upgraded my server to unraid 6, and taking a look at some of the docker containers I see one for kodi headless
Can anyone explain what a headless kodi server is, and how it might improve my current network setup?
From what I understand it does library updates in the background so my clients dont need to be online, which I'm assuming will update my mysql database in the process. But once clients boot up, don't they still need to poll the database and refresh their own library?
recently, I upgraded my server to unraid 6, and taking a look at some of the docker containers I see one for kodi headless
Can anyone explain what a headless kodi server is, and how it might improve my current network setup?
From what I understand it does library updates in the background so my clients dont need to be online, which I'm assuming will update my mysql database in the process. But once clients boot up, don't they still need to poll the database and refresh their own library?