2009-05-11, 21:46
To do this across multiple PC's, running NT or Vista...
Create a folder on your server to act as the shared USERDATA folder.
Install XBMC on each of your PCs and install in 'portable mode'.
Now, within each PC's XBMC folder... delete the userdata folder then create the following SYMBOLIC LINK to your network userdata folder...
mkdir /d "userdata" "\\myserver\shareduserdata\"
this will make a symbolic link from each of your PC's to one common folder on the server.
HOWEVER... never manipulate data from multiple PC's at the same time.... do your scanning on one PC only.
Also... be aware that the 'local' database is now on a server, so you better have a fast network, since XBMC wasn't designed to do this!
If any of this is confusing to you.... be careful, this isn't rocket science but it's also not for beginners.
Create a folder on your server to act as the shared USERDATA folder.
Install XBMC on each of your PCs and install in 'portable mode'.
Now, within each PC's XBMC folder... delete the userdata folder then create the following SYMBOLIC LINK to your network userdata folder...
mkdir /d "userdata" "\\myserver\shareduserdata\"
this will make a symbolic link from each of your PC's to one common folder on the server.
HOWEVER... never manipulate data from multiple PC's at the same time.... do your scanning on one PC only.
Also... be aware that the 'local' database is now on a server, so you better have a fast network, since XBMC wasn't designed to do this!
If any of this is confusing to you.... be careful, this isn't rocket science but it's also not for beginners.