2015-01-06, 05:14
I'm putting together a multiple machine system - server plus 1 audio box and 2 audio/video boxes (more details here http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=213828).
I have been trying to get UPnP working to mixed sucess and then started down the path of the MySQL tutorial here: http://kodi.wiki/view/MySQL
I've gotten an NFS share set up on my server box and I can mount it from other machines nicely. Then I realize that on each of those other machines I could just mount the NFS share containing all my media, and run the whole thing from there. (I have not, however, tested that hypothesis.) Assuming this works:
* host all the media on my server
* create NFS share of the media folder
* mount the NFS media share on any other machine
* add the NFS share as an audio/video source to generate the library
What purpose does the MySQL database service serve? Is it just to ensure that each machine shows my watched status, bookmarks, etc? If those aren't important features for me (right now), is there any reason not to do the simplified approach I mention above?
-Kirk
I have been trying to get UPnP working to mixed sucess and then started down the path of the MySQL tutorial here: http://kodi.wiki/view/MySQL
I've gotten an NFS share set up on my server box and I can mount it from other machines nicely. Then I realize that on each of those other machines I could just mount the NFS share containing all my media, and run the whole thing from there. (I have not, however, tested that hypothesis.) Assuming this works:
* host all the media on my server
* create NFS share of the media folder
* mount the NFS media share on any other machine
* add the NFS share as an audio/video source to generate the library
What purpose does the MySQL database service serve? Is it just to ensure that each machine shows my watched status, bookmarks, etc? If those aren't important features for me (right now), is there any reason not to do the simplified approach I mention above?
-Kirk