[Rapid1898]

Hallo,

i have the following situation and i pls need your help...

On my stand-pc i have installed XBMC and the database is located on my Synology-NAS in the mysql-DB - everything is fine (scrapping works, good performance)

Now i try to use a second client (only for using the existing data from the central mysql-db - no scrapping planned from the second client).
When i start XBMC i can see all the films like the same on my stand-pc - BUT there are no thumbs - and there is also a mysterious error message which i don´t know what i should do in the log:
20:23:58 T:2908 ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::Create - Error creating C:\Users\Bianca\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\Thumbnails
20:23:58 T:2908 ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails

This is the full log
http://pastebin.com/kKpcXHhw

This is the advancedsettings.xlm which i am using:
http://pastebin.com/vyEaaipL

Your help or tipps would be great...

[PatK]

XBMC thumbnails are kept internally, so if you have two instances of XBMC and one NAS you'll have to have two C:\Users\Bianca\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\Thumbnails folders populated and pathed correctly. The only reason you have posters, backgrounds with the movie folders is back-up if needed for a scrape. The Wiki's and tips/tricks will show you how to keep both folders in sync with each other.

Links that may or may not prove useful

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW..._libraries
http://lifehacker.com/5634515/how-to-syn...-the-house
http://www.howtogeek.com/75535/how-to-sy...with-xbmc/

[Rapid1898]

Hallo,

thank you for your response an the links -

unfortunately i have used the turtorial to make the whole setup and now this links quiet good:
- mysql is installed and running
- and it works on the standard-pc (so the thumbnails folder on the client is emtpy - and all thumbs are on the nas)

I made this advancedsettings.xml and put it in all user folders (standard-pc and second client the laptop):
<advancedsettings>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.13</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
</videodatabase>
<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.13</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
</musicdatabase>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails</from>
<to>smb://xbmc:[email protected]/xbmcthumbs</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>

Isn´t it so that with the pathsubstitution all the thumbs sholud be also on the laptop client?
What is wrong with that...?

[Rapid1898]

@PatK: one further thing

I think i know what you mean with:
XBMC thumbnails are kept internally, so if you have two instances of XBMC and one NAS you'll have to have two C:\Users\Bianca\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\Thumbnails folders populated and pathed correctly.


But with the pathsubstitution

<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails</from>
<to>smb://xbmc:[email protected]/xbmcthumbs</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>

Shouldn´t it be so that all the information is stored centraly on the NAS and not on the client?
(192.168.0.13 ist my Synology NAS)
(the reason why i want to handle it this way is that in the future i will use a rasberry as further client - and there i need this pathsubstitution - and i would like to test it first with the standard-pc and the laptop as second client)

[PatK]

I was going to mention pathsubstitution in my first message, but didn't want to cloud the issue if you didn't quite catch the fact that each invocation of XBMC utilizes it's own thumbnails. Theoretically your set-up should function if you have both front ends are set-up with pathsubstitution and the path is valid, but you might be running into timing loop issues (perhaps a slight delay before PSub would help). I personally don't use pathsubstitution regularly, but I presume you've seen this http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...and_fanart

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Path_substitution
According to this wiki.... this is an experimental feature and I doubt I can add any more information that you don't know about.

[Rapid1898]

Hallo,

thank you again for your response -

now i tried the a whole new installation without the pathsubstitution -
- deinstalled XBMC on standpc and laptop
- dropped the databases on mysql
- installed XBMC on the standpc - start once - copied the advancedsettings.xlm without pathsettings
- scrapped a few films on the standpc - everythings fine
- installed XBMC on the laptop - start once - copied the advancedsettings.xlm without pathsettings
- start XBMC => result: all the films are there like on the standpc but WITHOUT this f**** coverthumbs (all other informatons are there - also all pictures of the actors)

It drives me crazy...

Here is the debugging log from my standpc:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8x0LbvN...sp=sharing

And here from the laptop:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8x0LbvN...sp=sharing

Pls help... :=)

[PatK]

You are running identical versions of XBMC? From Eden to Frodo covers changed from folder.jpg to poster.jpg You might also post your logs to http://xbmclogs.com/ which is a bit more convenient than asking permission for Google Drive. This might have a bit of a clue.. http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=173820

[Rapid1898]

Hallo,

yes i am running identical versions on both clients -

i am not sure but maybe i found the problem - when i tried to get an access to the NAS-folder via SMB on the client-side he asked me to put in the user / pw - after that it seems that everything works fine
(i was never asked for the user / pw on the stand pc)

i will do a few tests on the weekend (scraping new films and so on)

[PatK]

Eeps: great news, if it this is the solve.