[Lunatixz]

I've been running all those new version without noticing any bug. Really nice

I want to give "multiroom" feature but have some doubts about the instructions.

Code:

General Information:
For "Multi-Room", A single instance of PseudoTV Live is needed. Under PseudoTV Live's settings "Options" change the file location to a shared path. On your client device configure IPTV Simple to use those files. All instances of Kodi must be configured for sharing. ie. Shared/Mapped Drives and mySQL DB.


I know the instructions say to use mySQL DB, but I is there a way to use it somehow just setting up that same source paths on both kodi installations?

It would be good to avoid using a mySQL DB.

The isntructions say to use only one instance of pseudotv but, since the m3u referes to pseudotv plugin I'm assuming I need to install PseudoTV on both machines and leave the client without configuration. Is it correct?

Kodi MUST be set up with a centralized database with static shares inorder to work...  https://kodi.wiki/view/MySQL/Setting_up_Kodi

You are welcome to play around with Kodi's UPNP sharing... and report back if you are able to find a workaround to MySQL.

I was successful on my multiroom tests without MySQL database. Don't even need to keep Kodi program open on master/server. Just needed to open kodi once to generate the channels.

Just putting everything on a smb share and setting BOTH machines (the local/master machine and the client machine) with the same sources paths (all pointing to smb://somewhre) did the trick.

I'm not even sure if I need to setup the sources on client machines. I have the feeling it'll work without it. I'll test later.

Mistakes I did before getting it to work:
a) PseudoTV must be installed on both machines but must be left without configuration on the client (just installed and left untouched).
b) Having local sources paths on the master machine (E:\something) and using path substitution on client (E:\something to smb://something with advancedsettings.xml) did not work.

Master doesn't have to be open but should be running as it keeps the xmltv meta updated.

Kodis DB, SQLite and MySQL both store relative information by path found in sources.xml. I wouldn't recommend running a multi-room Kodi setup without MySQL; however, I guess if the sources.xml files are the same/paths are the same... all is good.