2021-12-11, 21:15
Hey Folks,
I would like peoples opinion on using a central database for my kodi system. Currently I use 4 android players and 1 pc. My media collection is VERY large and I have contemplated doing this since it would be nice going from one player to another and have my saved viewing spots etc. The other issue I have which is not really an issue, more or an annoyance, is when I access my collection, at least on the android players which are Khadas Vim3 Pro's which are pretty quick as they are, can take 15-25 secs some times. The PC is slightly faster at 5-8 secs which I am attributing to it running on a NVME drive. I have no such option for the VIM3.
Also when I add media to it, because the shared drives are so large and full of media it can take 20mins to scan through the drives for added media. If for some reason I need to burn down one of the players for updates or something, rebuilding the collection DB from scratch can take 90 mins...
#1: Would using a shared DB increase performance accessing the collection if it was hosted on a super fast NVME and ran over a gigabit network? The VIM3's are limited to the speed of a usb 3.0 drive but do have gigabit ethernet.
#2: When adding new media into a shared DB would it be a 1 shot thing, since I am assuming the changes would propagate to the others that are using the shared DB?
#3: Is there a way to run multiple DB's and or User profiles? Say I have my movies/shows that I watch and have bookmarks. My partner has her own movies/shows which I would like to keep separate on the interfaces. Or am I relegated to just using different players?
#4: What would be the cons of a system like this?
Any folks using a system like this? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
I would like peoples opinion on using a central database for my kodi system. Currently I use 4 android players and 1 pc. My media collection is VERY large and I have contemplated doing this since it would be nice going from one player to another and have my saved viewing spots etc. The other issue I have which is not really an issue, more or an annoyance, is when I access my collection, at least on the android players which are Khadas Vim3 Pro's which are pretty quick as they are, can take 15-25 secs some times. The PC is slightly faster at 5-8 secs which I am attributing to it running on a NVME drive. I have no such option for the VIM3.
Also when I add media to it, because the shared drives are so large and full of media it can take 20mins to scan through the drives for added media. If for some reason I need to burn down one of the players for updates or something, rebuilding the collection DB from scratch can take 90 mins...
#1: Would using a shared DB increase performance accessing the collection if it was hosted on a super fast NVME and ran over a gigabit network? The VIM3's are limited to the speed of a usb 3.0 drive but do have gigabit ethernet.
#2: When adding new media into a shared DB would it be a 1 shot thing, since I am assuming the changes would propagate to the others that are using the shared DB?
#3: Is there a way to run multiple DB's and or User profiles? Say I have my movies/shows that I watch and have bookmarks. My partner has her own movies/shows which I would like to keep separate on the interfaces. Or am I relegated to just using different players?
#4: What would be the cons of a system like this?
Any folks using a system like this? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!