2011-07-09, 05:09
kiboy6 Wrote:Is there any reason not to just create a symbolic link to the main machine's Appdata folder for all machines on the network? (ie not bothering with MySQL at all)
This works just fine for me, albeit with a noticeable slow down. Would the slow down be avoided if I went down the MySQL route? Or is that inevitable if sharing a large database with 100s of images over the network?
The database only stores the library information, like what titles you have, where you last were in the title etc. It does not store the large images for fanart etc.
I have wondered the same thing after I set up the Mysql stuff, but I have relatively minimal amounts of content (like 30 movies, and maybe 700 tv episodes or so).
The only downside to doing it the way you have it is that you are putting all the strain on one machine as opposed to spreading it out a bit; also, if you were to lose that machine everything would be gone.
What I opted to do was to simply use Dropbox to sync the fanart/thumbnails etc between the two XBMC pcs that I have. It works pretty well once the initial sync is done, and it is cross platform which worked the best for me!
I put together a little post here:
http://xbmcstuff.tumblr.com/post/7400497...pbox-style