[theophile]

Is there a way to update the XBMC library (pick up new movies, scan TV shows for new content, etc.) remotely via the terminal? Or even a web frontend that can do this?

[spiff]

yes. using the event server or the webserver submit the updatelibrary(video) builtin

[wyild1]

I use this command from a different computer on my network. It works as long as XBMC is running and web server is active

Code:

curl --get "http://IP OF XBMC:PORT/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=ExecBuiltIn&parameter=XBMC.updatelibrary(video)"

Change IP and PORT to what you have setup. This will update the library remotely

Cheers!

[Freddo]

I'm curious, is there a way to express that as a URL you could just put into any browser?

If so I could make it a bookmark in firefox which would be really cool!

[spiff]

uhm.. yes? it's an url

[BLKMGK]

http://IP OF XBMCORT/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=ExecBuiltIn&parameter=XBMC.updatelibrary(video)

Change IP and port....

[proctor]

Nice, I was just trying to figure out how to do this.

Works well as a cron job.