[bjwest]

Hi,

I am in the process of getting a Pi 3 but I have a large library of media that will be stored on my NAS.

To save storage/cache on the Pi is there a way I can keep the metadata (art, posters etc) on my NAS instead of clogging up the Pi?

Thanks

[Klojum]

The caching of fanart (posters, thumbs,etc) is fixed in a local Thumbnail cache folder on each Kodi client. There is basically no way around that. It's a design decision.

Depending on the OS flavor you use for Kodi, you could use an external USB drive (HDD / SSD) as the storage partition, and 'relieve' the RPi's SD card of mass writings.

[DarrenHill]

You can also use path substitution (wiki) to do it. But don't try and use that to share between multiple devices, as you'll run into problems.

But for a simple relocation of the folder(s) from the Pi to the NAS it should work.

[bjwest]

Depending on the OS flavor you use for Kodi, you could use an external USB drive (HDD / SSD) as the storage partition, and 'relieve' the RPi's SD card of mass writings.

so an 8gb or 16gb thumb drive should be ok to use?

What would I need to do to point Kodi to the thumb drive? I would be accessing Kodi via Retropie emulation station.

[Klojum]

Oh boy... I have 0-zero-njet-nada-zilch RetroPie experience.