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the111 · 2014-09-12, 23:38

Hello,

I have more than 1 XBMC instance running at home: 1 tablet, 3 Android Boxes, 2 PCs

I want all instances to see the same database and have the same Look&Feel.

the database syncing is done using MYSQL quite simply.

The Look&Feel is something else altogether.

I have thought about simply syncing the user data folder (containing: addons, cache, media, sounds, system and userdata folders) using any syncing SW: BTSync, Owncloud, etc...

The problem is that because each XBMC instance is running on different HW and connected to different devices (TVs, AV Receivers, etc...) the SYSTEM setting (specifically Audio and Video) are different for each XBMC instance.

My feature request would be that any settings dependent on HW would be placed in different file/folder (currently un guisettings.xml if I am not mistaken).
This way I could indeed sync all units except these specific HW related settings.

spcano01 · 2014-09-13, 03:30

Seconded!

nickr · 2014-09-13, 03:40

Possible solution: write a client script that downloads two files from your server and combines them into guisettings.xml. the first applies to all your machines, the second just to the individual client.

can't be that bothered myself!

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2014-09-13, 06:58

Now that settings can be set over JSON-RPC, this should be possible with a clever add-on. It could read the current settings and communicate them to other XBMC/Kodi boxes on the network.

the111 · 2014-09-13, 09:14

(2014-09-13, 06:58)Ned Scott Wrote: Now that settings can be set over JSON-RPC, this should be possible with a clever add-on. It could read the current settings and communicate them to other XBMC/Kodi boxes on the network.

Will this be part of Kodi? Or is it already present in Gotham?

nickr · 2014-09-13, 10:07

Do you mean "will this be part of helix"?

**jjd-uk** · 2014-09-13, 10:51

It's already present in Gotham.

TIREMAN · (This post was last modified: 2014-09-17, 08:26 by TIREMAN.)

could there be a way to plug in thumb drive into the media server and download all the configuration information onto each client machine or maybe in
future releases the server would automatically up date each new instance of kodi on the network.

mad-max · 2014-09-17, 13:03

If you have only one instance running at the same time, you can use pathsubstitution and put your userprofile on a shared folder

TIREMAN · 2014-09-19, 06:24

i have openelec on remote machine please point me to the guide to do this.

nickr · 2014-09-19, 10:05

http://wiki.xbmc.org

TIREMAN · (This post was last modified: 2014-09-20, 07:12 by TIREMAN.)

wish there was an (xbmc/kodi) frodo/gotham /helix. etc for dummys guide in .pdf format for us dummys instead of trolling thru all the posts to find what information we need

nickr · 2014-09-20, 07:18

(2014-09-20, 06:56)TIREMAN Wrote: wish there was an (xbmc/kodi) frodo/gotham /helix. etc for dummys guide in .pdf format for us dummys instead of trolling thru all the posts to find what information we need

Have you read the manual before bleating?

**lrusak** · 2014-09-20, 08:35

(2014-09-20, 07:18)nickr Wrote:
(2014-09-20, 06:56)TIREMAN Wrote: wish there was an (xbmc/kodi) frodo/gotham /helix. etc for dummys guide in .pdf format for us dummys instead of trolling thru all the posts to find what information we need

Have you read the manual before bleating?

This x1000

The amount of people I refer to wiki.xbmc.org a day is astonishing.

TIREMAN · 2014-09-20, 18:13

sorry first problem i had was i was running helix on both machines when went down to gotham on the second machine everything started showing up
iam still working on the second machine to get it to look like the first machine with every thing listed on the banners(confuence)