Hi there,
I have been experiementing with using advancedsettings.xml and MYSQL settings for syncing all of my various (Windows, Mac, Apple TV 2 and iOS) XBMC installations over the past week as detailed in the wiki guide. Specifically i have found issues with the following;
What i have found whilst taking into account the statement
I have attempted to resolve this with adding "mobile" as a use to the NAS, however the problem remains. The test i did was simply to add the substitution code and then attempt to change the weather location details and save it - it doesn't save the details - if i remove the substitution the details are saved correctly. If i copy the addon configuration to the NAS and then reapply the substitution configuration, it works perfectly, however i can not modify the configuration directly from within XBMC.
Personally i believe this would be a fantastic option for syncing all of my XBMC installations if i could update the details as you would expect that all reside in one place (and a plus for a single point of backup -specially for iOS and Apple TV installations). Whilst i may have missed something in the documented details for implementation of this advanced configuration, i have reread the details and steps a number of times and tested many times on a range of addon's that are supporting this method - all have the same problem - permissions.
Is there anyone out there that has successfully implemented this solution or know how to address the permissions issue i have experienced? or perhaps it may be a bug that has not been found due to this type of configuration being new and not often used?
Cheers
Felix
I have been experiementing with using advancedsettings.xml and MYSQL settings for syncing all of my various (Windows, Mac, Apple TV 2 and iOS) XBMC installations over the past week as detailed in the wiki guide. Specifically i have found issues with the following;
Code:
<substitute>
<from>special://masterprofile/addon_data/</from>
<to>PROTOCOL://YOUR_NETWORK_SHARE/xbmc/userdata/addon_data/</to>
</substitute>What i have found whilst taking into account the statement
Quote:Sync some of the add-on settings and preferences. With the way python/add-ons/xbmc works, add-ons don't always follow path substitution, and might not always use the remote "addon_data" folder/share. You would have to ask the person who made the add-on to support being able to save the data on a remote share if it is not working with path subs.That some of the add_on's for example weather have a problem with writing to the SMB shared configurations on my NAS. Is there a way to address this?
I have attempted to resolve this with adding "mobile" as a use to the NAS, however the problem remains. The test i did was simply to add the substitution code and then attempt to change the weather location details and save it - it doesn't save the details - if i remove the substitution the details are saved correctly. If i copy the addon configuration to the NAS and then reapply the substitution configuration, it works perfectly, however i can not modify the configuration directly from within XBMC.
Personally i believe this would be a fantastic option for syncing all of my XBMC installations if i could update the details as you would expect that all reside in one place (and a plus for a single point of backup -specially for iOS and Apple TV installations). Whilst i may have missed something in the documented details for implementation of this advanced configuration, i have reread the details and steps a number of times and tested many times on a range of addon's that are supporting this method - all have the same problem - permissions.
Is there anyone out there that has successfully implemented this solution or know how to address the permissions issue i have experienced? or perhaps it may be a bug that has not been found due to this type of configuration being new and not often used?
Cheers
Felix
