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Author: | tscholl [ Thu May 15, 2014 11:10 am ] |
Post subject: | xbmc sync |
Question for the xbmc users. I have 2 LinHES boxes at two different locations. Both machines are LinHES 8.1, have XBMC installed, and share the same hardware configurations. The second box has been shutdown since October. I want to bring the watched shows, movies, etc to agree with box #1. I'm thinking that If I tar the .xbmc directory on box #1 and over-write the .xbmc directory on box #2 both boxes will be in sync again. I'm just wondering if there any files that might have the host name in the .xbmc directory structure that I need to worry about? Thanks. |
Author: | graysky [ Thu May 15, 2014 12:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: xbmc sync |
The problem was that approach is that you would have to keep them synced in perpetuity... this could be accomplished with an nfs share to /home/mythtv/.xbmc on the "server" or you could migrate the database from sqlite into a real mysql database. See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XB ... e_XBMC_PCs |
Author: | tscholl [ Thu May 15, 2014 8:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: xbmc sync |
graysky, Thanks for your input unfortunately a shared connection is not possible as the machines are 600 miles apart. Basically we spend 6 months in where #1 is located and the other 6 months where #2 is. So I'm thinking that moving the contents of .xbmc would be a primitive but fairly easy way to sync as I move from one location to the other. Tim |
Author: | graysky [ Fri May 16, 2014 12:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: xbmc sync |
OK. Your use case is very different from what I suggested. As long as your filesystems that xbmc knows about are identical, the most simplistic solution is what you have outlined. |
Author: | tscholl [ Fri May 16, 2014 12:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: xbmc sync |
Thanks for the input I know it's an unusual situation. Would you delete the the existing content or just let the tar overwrite the existing? I don't think that it would matter either way. |
Author: | graysky [ Fri May 16, 2014 2:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: xbmc sync |
Better to rename the old one, untar the new one and delete the old one only when you're sure the process was successful. |
Author: | tscholl [ Fri May 16, 2014 2:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: xbmc sync |
Good thought! Will do that! Thanks |
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