2014-09-15, 04:49
tl;dr = is there an XBMC remote for Android and IOS which reads the library info from the shared database rather than any one xbmc instance?
having used XBMC/Kodi for many years, at the weekend I got adventurous and setup;
NAS:
WDMyCloud to store all movies, tv eps, and what-not.
SHARED LIBRARY:
Raspberry Pi running Raspian with MySQL and PHPMyadmin (cos I'm lazy)
XMC CLIENTS:
Win7 Gotham 13.1 (office)
Raspberry Pi Gotham 13.1 (lounge)
Raspberry Pi Gotham 13.1 (bedroom)
REMOTES:
Official XBMC remote on IPad
Yatse on Android (on two different HTC phones)
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The main reason was because library updates seemed to take forever on the raspberry pis so I can now upload new content to the NAS and update the library on my PC which is nice n snappy. I also wanted the ability to have each instance of XBMC remember which episode had been viewed and resume and half watched episodes (My better half is currently binge-ing Greys Anatomy and gets into a rage when my tweaking with XBMC wipes out her 'watched' progress)
Everything is running great, menus are responsive on the pis thanks to changing the boot to USB3 keys. I have stripped down the interface so as not to confuse the missus, running Amber skin with only TV Shows, Movies, Setting visible on the main screen. The SQL pi is always on and I am fond of both the official remote for IOS and Android. shared 'watched' progress and resume from last point is working fine if I use the on screen menus but not so when it comes to the remotes.
I see that yatse can let me specify one instance of XBMC as the master however this appears to need to be 'always on' for this to work correctly. Only the SQL pi stays on all the time, the others could be off at any point so when I point a remote to a different host, it wont pick up the episode progress unless use of the onscreen pi menus triggers an update from the SQL database.
Unless somebody can point out what Im doing wrong, Is there a remote out there that reads the library and content direct from the SQL database and sends the instructions to the host, rather than reading library content from the host itself?
(tried to browse the forum and Google it but I have a feeling if my query has already been asked/solved then may be lost in the depths of the innerwebs....see previous lazy comment)
ta!
having used XBMC/Kodi for many years, at the weekend I got adventurous and setup;
NAS:
WDMyCloud to store all movies, tv eps, and what-not.
SHARED LIBRARY:
Raspberry Pi running Raspian with MySQL and PHPMyadmin (cos I'm lazy)
XMC CLIENTS:
Win7 Gotham 13.1 (office)
Raspberry Pi Gotham 13.1 (lounge)
Raspberry Pi Gotham 13.1 (bedroom)
REMOTES:
Official XBMC remote on IPad
Yatse on Android (on two different HTC phones)
--
The main reason was because library updates seemed to take forever on the raspberry pis so I can now upload new content to the NAS and update the library on my PC which is nice n snappy. I also wanted the ability to have each instance of XBMC remember which episode had been viewed and resume and half watched episodes (My better half is currently binge-ing Greys Anatomy and gets into a rage when my tweaking with XBMC wipes out her 'watched' progress)
Everything is running great, menus are responsive on the pis thanks to changing the boot to USB3 keys. I have stripped down the interface so as not to confuse the missus, running Amber skin with only TV Shows, Movies, Setting visible on the main screen. The SQL pi is always on and I am fond of both the official remote for IOS and Android. shared 'watched' progress and resume from last point is working fine if I use the on screen menus but not so when it comes to the remotes.
I see that yatse can let me specify one instance of XBMC as the master however this appears to need to be 'always on' for this to work correctly. Only the SQL pi stays on all the time, the others could be off at any point so when I point a remote to a different host, it wont pick up the episode progress unless use of the onscreen pi menus triggers an update from the SQL database.
Unless somebody can point out what Im doing wrong, Is there a remote out there that reads the library and content direct from the SQL database and sends the instructions to the host, rather than reading library content from the host itself?
(tried to browse the forum and Google it but I have a feeling if my query has already been asked/solved then may be lost in the depths of the innerwebs....see previous lazy comment)
ta!
