2019-09-10, 23:13
Hello
What I currently have
What I currently am
What my wish is
What my questions are
Thank you in advance very much for your help,
Bye,
What I currently have
- I have 3 HTPC's running LibreElec 9.2 = Kodi 18.2.
- My media is stored on a Synology.
- The database is in the Synology package MariaDB5 (setup long time ago, forgot how I did it, because I wanted "one single source of the truth and be able to continue in my bedroom where I left of in my sports room).
- I use TinyMediaManager to "prepare" my newly added videos with the right NFO before I manually run an "Update Library" in LibreElec/Kodi.
What I currently am
- A complete noob on Docker (amongst others)
What my wish is
- TinyMediaManager is a superb application, but it runs very slow in my Windows 7 box (since it has to index my media via SMB on my Synology). So I managed to install it in Docker on my Synology yesterday and there it is very fast: lovely. (This one, should you want to know: https://github.com/romancin/tinymediamanager-docker).
- LibreElec/Kodi also takes a lot of time to update the library (for the same reason, I take it: indexing through the network on my Synology, albeit via NFS). So I would love to have an installation of LibreElec on my Synology, assuming that then will be fast as well. I say LibreElec assuming the compatibility with my current database and my other LibreElec HTPC's will be 100% (assumption).
- There doesn't exist a LibreElec Docker image, but there does exist a LinuxServer.io headless Kodi Docker image, which, as is known from LinuxServer.io, installs superbly simple. I just installed it. It is Kodi version 18.4.
What my questions are
- A Docker question (since I am a Docker noob): how do I connect a Kodi running in a Docker container to my MariaDB that runs outside of Docker, directly as a package on my Synology Server? [A] Can I simply copy the advancedsettings.xml from one of my HTPC's to my Docker-Kodi-container, in the mapped config directory? /volume1/docker/kodi-headless/ is mapped to the Docker mount point /config/.kodi) [B] How do I make the Docker-Kodi talk to the non-Docker MariaDB that runs directly on my Synology (@ http://192.168.2.21/phpMyAdmin/index.php)? The reason I ask here is: I don't want to 'just go ahead and try it', and mess up the whole MariaDB which will also ruin the viewing pleasure on my 3 HTPC's, and will get me into trouble with The Family.
- Will the database in MariaDB be messed up since the LibreElec on my HTPC's is Kodi 18.2, where the Docker Kodi version is 18.4? My current MyVideos is MyVideos116, in MariaDB. https://ibb.co/kMQM0nw In other words: suppose I get the previous step solved, will my HTPC's and the Kodi running in Docker all use the same database? Or will 18.4 create a new MyVideos which the 18.2 LibreElecs will not use? (LibreElec isn't on 18.4 yet it seems).
Thank you in advance very much for your help,
Bye,