2012-02-09, 04:46
So I went through this for the last 3 days and thought i would share.
The mysql part is pretty straight forward except the recent change for CREATING the database in Eden. If you create the db prior it won't work just add the user in mysql and edit your advancedsettings.xml.
Thumbnail sharing is very straight forward just check that you can browse to that location and copy past the path right into the advancedsettings.xml.
I run a mac mini on my tv dedicated to xbmc with windows and mac satellite machines all running eden beta2 with a single dlna remote on my tablet. It's a breeze to add new ones as you just need to modify the xml slightly per machine.
Your friends are the xbmc.log it pretty much tells you all you need to know and enabling debugging for even more info. Here's my advancedsettings.xml.
<advancedsettings>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.11</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_video</name>
</videodatabase>
<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.11</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_music</name>
</musicdatabase>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>/Volumes/Media 2/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/media2/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>/Volumes/Media 1/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/media1/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>/Volumes/HP 2TB/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/media3/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/xbmc/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata/Thumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>
The mysql part is pretty straight forward except the recent change for CREATING the database in Eden. If you create the db prior it won't work just add the user in mysql and edit your advancedsettings.xml.
Thumbnail sharing is very straight forward just check that you can browse to that location and copy past the path right into the advancedsettings.xml.
I run a mac mini on my tv dedicated to xbmc with windows and mac satellite machines all running eden beta2 with a single dlna remote on my tablet. It's a breeze to add new ones as you just need to modify the xml slightly per machine.
Your friends are the xbmc.log it pretty much tells you all you need to know and enabling debugging for even more info. Here's my advancedsettings.xml.
<advancedsettings>
<videodatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.11</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_video</name>
</videodatabase>
<musicdatabase>
<type>mysql</type>
<host>192.168.0.11</host>
<port>3306</port>
<user>xbmc</user>
<pass>xbmc</pass>
<name>xbmc_music</name>
</musicdatabase>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>/Volumes/Media 2/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/media2/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>/Volumes/Media 1/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/media1/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>/Volumes/HP 2TB/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/media3/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>SMB://192.168.0.11/xbmc/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata/Thumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>