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Can anybody tell me for certain whether the DB are still not compatible between the official build of XBMC and the nightlies.
One of my 4.2.1 ATV2s went bad so i have to start a fresh
was thinking of instaling the latest IOS as they have fixed AC3 probs etc... but I know that the official build does not have hardware acceleration for that version.
So that would leave the nightlies but I think I have a problem in that I have a centralised MYSQL database set up and the two versions not compatible...
Is that about the right summary of it?
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2011-05-20, 23:24
(This post was last modified: 2011-05-21, 01:53 by ChipsAhoy.)
I'm using a shared MySQL db (running on my NAS) with the nightlies on both ATV2 and Mac versions, and have been for quite awhile. I have 1 ATV on the older firmware (8C154) and 1 on the newest (8F305), both running the latest nightly (May16).
As I understand it, you must run either nightlies on all machines or official builds on all machines if you want to share the database.
So far, I've not had any issues with the database. To be on the safe side though, I export the database fairly regularly, so that I can easily recover or import to a different db version should the need arise. Also, I do all my scraping and database tweaking on the Mac, since this is dramatically faster than performing those operations on the ATV.
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The "official" ATV2 build is NOT MySQL compatible. Trust me. I just went through figuring it all out this weekend.
The resolution that made it work was using the latest nightly (May 16th I think?) for ATV2.
I'm also using a nightly build for XBMC on my main box downstairs.
One note that you'll want to follow is have your ATV2 build the SQL database... what that means is set up MySQL, create the xbmc_video database, and then connect your ATV2 so that it will add in the tables. After this you can turn the ATV2 off and do the actual library scanning and creation with whatever you want.
***Note*** This is the process I followed and YRMV.
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Well I have already got the following set up
MySQL running on qnap nas
windows 7 machine with official build - use this to update the database etc..
2 x atv2 on official builds (4.2.1 firmwares) - using the central database
all of that works ok with the databases
What I was hoping to go was get the additional sound features working from the latest IOS (my tv hates the digital out but amp is ok)
However I a pretty sure that if I upgrade one of the atv to the nightlies (required for IOS 4.3.2 to get hardware acceleration) then it will screw the MYSQL database for the other 2 machines.
I guess the best thing to do is just wait for XBMC to be officially updated across all platforms to endure it still works ok
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Not to hijack this thread, but I was wondering if anyone using a centralized database, has been able to also centralize the thumbnails yet on the atv2. I read you should use a symlink to a network share, but since nito doesn't have smb support yet, that's not possible. Isn't possible to.configure xbmc to use a network location for the thumbnails for shows and movies?
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it is possible using the path substitution feature ... search for the mysql library thread here in the ios forum ... there the needed changes to your advancedsettings.xml are described ... sorry for not presenting the link ... but i am on i mobile device right now...
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It's definitely possible, but be prepared for a pretty major speed difference, even over wired ethernet. I decided it was just too sluggish for me, and reverted to local thumbs.