2009-02-12, 15:19
I haven't installed XBMC in Windows so i'm not sure exactly how it works, but I think a mapped network drive would be best.
Have a share on the NAS Box, mount that directory as a drive, and then install XBMC there. Then Map the directory as a drive on all of the client PCs.
The only thing I'm not sure about is the userdata and where it stores the databases. I hear that it stores these in the Documents and Settings folder of the user, that might be able to be changed, but I think it might be permanent. In that case it makes things a little more difficult.
Also another thing about multiple users accessing the DBs it needs to be setup on the server that there can only be one instance of Write access at any given time, otherwise it could be very easy to corrupt the DB if two sessions tried to write to the DB in different places.
Have a share on the NAS Box, mount that directory as a drive, and then install XBMC there. Then Map the directory as a drive on all of the client PCs.
The only thing I'm not sure about is the userdata and where it stores the databases. I hear that it stores these in the Documents and Settings folder of the user, that might be able to be changed, but I think it might be permanent. In that case it makes things a little more difficult.
Also another thing about multiple users accessing the DBs it needs to be setup on the server that there can only be one instance of Write access at any given time, otherwise it could be very easy to corrupt the DB if two sessions tried to write to the DB in different places.