2011-02-06, 04:59
i have absolutely no understanding of mysql, so i rigged something a bit simpler (to my eyes)
i use a program called freefilesync, which is a tiny little user-friendly application for syncing multiple files over a network. it allows you to set a silent running batch file to sync two (or more) directories.
i run xbmc in portable mode, and keep an intact version of the xbmc directory on my NAS. on each computer using xbmc, i use eventghost to trigger the freefilesync batch file both before xbmc starts and when it closes down. the whole processes takes about four seconds, and the xbmc folder in my NAS always remains current.
note, for this to work your media directories must have the same paths across all machines. i map network drives to z: for videos and q: for music. no muss, no fuss, and everything remains current.
i do anticipate that this might not work too well if you have multiple instances of xbmc running at the same time, but even then freefilesync makes it very easy to fix problems when they arise.
i use a program called freefilesync, which is a tiny little user-friendly application for syncing multiple files over a network. it allows you to set a silent running batch file to sync two (or more) directories.
i run xbmc in portable mode, and keep an intact version of the xbmc directory on my NAS. on each computer using xbmc, i use eventghost to trigger the freefilesync batch file both before xbmc starts and when it closes down. the whole processes takes about four seconds, and the xbmc folder in my NAS always remains current.
note, for this to work your media directories must have the same paths across all machines. i map network drives to z: for videos and q: for music. no muss, no fuss, and everything remains current.
i do anticipate that this might not work too well if you have multiple instances of xbmc running at the same time, but even then freefilesync makes it very easy to fix problems when they arise.