[wernerb]

This is what I use to add the sources (already replaced the paths with your paths). You probably want to check the options.

You can also add the sources from a client, which is probably a bit easier if you want to configure the options for each source.

Code:

INSERT INTO `path` (`strPath`, `strContent`, `strScraper`, `strHash`, `scanRecursive`, `useFolderNames`, `strSettings`, `noUpdate`, `exclude`, `dateAdded`) VALUES
('nfs://192.168.0.107/export/NAS_HD/Medien/Movies/', 'movies', 'metadata.themoviedb.org', NULL, 1, 1, '<settings><setting id="RatingS" value="IMDb" /><setting id="TrailerQ" value="No" /><setting id="certprefix" value="Rated " /><setting id="fanart" value="true" /><setting id="keeporiginaltitle" value="true" /><setting id="language" value="en" /><setting id="tmdbcertcountry" value="nl" /><setting id="trailer" value="true" /></settings>', 0, 0, NULL),
('nfs://192.168.0.107/export/NAS_HD/Medien/TV Shows/', 'tvshows', 'metadata.tvdb.com', NULL, 0, 0, '<settings><setting id="absolutenumber" value="false" /><setting id="dvdorder" value="false" /><setting id="fanart" value="true" /><setting id="language" value="en" /><setting id="posters" value="false" /></settings>', 0, 0, NULL);

OK, so I compiled XBMC 14.0-ALPHA1 into docker container running on Ubuntu 12.04 and everything seems to be working. This is running under VMWare, so I shared my videos, pictures and music over (as test) and is mounted as /mnt/hgfs. I then used -v /mnt/hgfs:/media in my run command and used the above script to add /media/video and /media/music as sources. I finally added cron entry to update the library at regular intervals. Just did this as a quick proof of concept to replace Serviio. I am able to browse content on all my dlna/upnp devices including other XBMC boxes and so far, all content has been able to play.

However, I do have a couple questions. Why do I have to add sources in the database? I originally wanted to test pure upnp setup which my understanding wouldn't even need centralized DB. I tried leaving out DB configuration and only use sources.xml but had no luck in doing so. I also am not quite sure how to add picture source through XML or DB. Is there a way I can add my pictures library as a local source and share via upnp?

Hi! Good question. What you do is the following:

1. Setup xbmc on your computer (download it as normal, install as normal)
2. Configure the sources there with the GUI, adding pictures, video locations etc.
3. Enable UPnP Server and other services and test them in your network
4. Then simply copy over the userdata folder from your computer to your server and link that with the docker container (-V ~/.userdata:.. look at the example)
5. Copy over advancedsettings.xml to the userdata folder (from the xbmc docker container) and remove the section about mysql.
6. Run your container

Your xbmc server will then start and it will be identical to the xbmc you had configured on your PC.
Effectively you configure everything through gui and once satisfied you shutdown and copy the library/database/settings to the docker container where it will run as a headless server.
No need to configure anything manually with xml or db.