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Just wondering if its possible to save my XBMC library file to my NAS(freeness), then point my HTPC and Laptop to that file.
Trying to save both systems from updating when one has already done it.
 
Pete1989 said:
Just wondering if its possible to save my XBMC library file to my NAS(freeness), then point my HTPC and Laptop to that file.
Trying to save both systems from updating when one has already done it.
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Have a look at the first post in this thread.
If you can run MySQL on your NAS, yes it's possible.
 
Thanks for pointing those out. I've got MySQL running, created the advanced settings.xml and set my sources to SMB://.......
Start XBMC and scanning doesnt return any result, this is the debug. It creates 2 databases in MySQL, MyMusic35 & MyVideos75 but doesnt seem to be able to write to them, correct?
 
This is my advancedsettings.xml file:

Code: 
<advancedsettings>
    <videodatabase>
        <type>mysql</type>
        <host>192.168.1.66</host>
        <port>3306</port>
        <user>xbmc</user>
        <pass>xbmc</pass>
    </videodatabase> 

    <musicdatabase>
		<type>mysql</type>
        <host>192.168.1.66</host>
        <port>3306</port>
        <user>xbmc</user>
        <pass>xbmc</pass>
    </musicdatabase>
	
	<video>
		<excludefromscan>
			<regexp>recycle</regexp>
			<regexp>eaDir</regexp>
		</excludefromscan>
	  
		<excludetvshowsfromscan>
			<regexp>recycle</regexp>
		</excludetvshowsfromscan>	  
	</video>	
</advancedsettings>

And this is what I use for my sources.xml (I use NFS instead of SMB as it's better for the RPi):

Code: 
<sources>
    <programs>
        <default pathversion="1"></default>
    </programs>
    <video>
        <default pathversion="1"></default>
        <source>
            <name>tv</name>
            <path pathversion="1">nfs://192.168.1.66/volume1/share/tv/</path>
        </source>
        <source>
            <name>movies</name>
            <path pathversion="1">nfs://192.168.1.66/volume1/share/movies/</path>
        </source>
    </video>
    <music>
        <default pathversion="1"></default>
    </music>
    <pictures>
        <default pathversion="1"></default>
    </pictures>
    <files>
        <default pathversion="1"></default>
    </files>
</sources>

On the NAS you need to ensure the user has the appropriate permissions. I basically gave the xbmc account full access permissions to do everything, as my MySQL DB only contains my XBMC DB.
 
Might have fixed it somehow, deleted my xbmc user and recreated it, deleted my sources file and recreated it and its now scanning.
I'll let it finish before i open my other xbmc's to see if its working - but its looking promising.
 
Has anyone tried the XBMC TV stuff recently? I tried it about a year ago and it was pretty ropey - decoding glitches when starting streams, poor video quality and missing essential features like recording schedules. No where near the quality of MediaPortal Argus TV.

Has it improved?
 
What versions are you chaps running ?

I've been running stable for a good few months now since I don't want to mess up the centralised library

Main machine - ii xbmc 2:12.2~git20130502.1706-frodo-0precise XBMC Media Center (arch-independent data package)
Client windows machines - 12.2 Git 20130502-32b1a5e

I'm getting the upgrade itch and want to try an alpha

//edit this should work for nightlies right ? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=119768&pid=991783#pid991783
 
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Just wanted to check that openelec would do these 2 things:

1: play blu-rays via a internal blu-ray reader?

2: Have all the drivers I would need for say sound cards or motherboards or tv cards?
 
.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Just wanted to check that openelec would do these 2 things:

1: play blu-rays via a internal blu-ray reader?
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Not sure, are there any linux blu ray players available? I thought due to the encryption used on blu ray you could only playback via windows/mac but, I could be wrong on this
 
Oh right well if thats the case what about XBMC running on win7? I just want to get rid of my stand alone samsung blu-ray player and build a HTPC to replace that and freesat HD box. I want to be able to just stick a blu-ray in and it just work without messing about too much.
 
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.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Oh right well if thats the case what about XBMC running on win7? I just want to get rid of my stand alone samsung blu-ray player and build a HTPC to replace that and freesat HD box. I want to be able to just stick a blu-ray in and it just work without messing about too much.
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Theres a plugin called MakeMKV which can play direct from Blurays. I used it on XBMC under Windows for a bit but it didnt run very well for me, sometimes played the disk quite quickly, other times took 3-4mins with no loading/progress bar. It maybe better under Linux/OpenELEC, I cant say I never tried it. Also it only played the actual movie, no menu etc.

Even Bluray players on Windows are not perfect, some take a bit of messing to get good fluid motion and dont integrate very well into XBMC. I would stick with a Bluray standalone and a HTPC for the rest.
 
Hard to say. I started off using Win7+XBMC, it ran fine. I used it with a eBay remote but you can get programs to easily edit any remote commands to whatever you want so you can boot up XBMC instead of WMC etc.

I went over to OpenELEC, out of the box it pretty much ran perfectly as far as network/sound/graphics etc went. The remote worked fine too but was a little bit of a learning curve to setup the remote how I liked it.

I best thing about OpenELEC is you can create a Live bootdisk from a USB drive very quickly so you can test how it performs without affecting the PC's current OS. I dont think any is better as such, OpenELEC will boot to XBMC quicker and should be quicker, but Win7 gives you the option of running other programs/web browsers etc.
 
Well I plan to use one of those pulse8 CEC gadgets that allow the use of the TV remote to control the HTPC.

I will give openelec a try on my main PC to see what its like. Do you know of a guide to making a live bootdisk?
 
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