2011-03-12, 17:45
Dear Gods of XBMC Development,
For starters, I apologize if this is not a proper post. I am a newbie and doing by best to learn the etiquette of forum posts.
To the point though. I know there is a way to sync multiple machines to one XBMC library, but it is not easy. I have tried following the instructions on
http://lifehacker.com/#!5634515/how-to-s...-the-house
but have had difficulty getting Mysqol to work. I also here that even if I do get it to work, every machine has to use the same operating system. I am using 2 different OS's (Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, OS X Snow Leopard) and want to add a third to the mix (Apple TV2/iOS).
I have tried using Plex (http://www.plexapp.com) and was extremely impressed with how easily it synced between computers. There was no setup necessary, but it only works well on Macs (which only represents 1/3 of my household). It seems that there are no plans to change that. There is a windows solution, and I thank all the developers that made that possible, but that solution is a work around and are not quite as effective as Plex or XBMC.
So I simply ask (easier said then done right?) for this one feature. I dream of a feature that allows me to setup and maintain a library on 1 computer or server and easily link every XBMC machine in the house to that library over the wifi network.
Thank you to all of the developers for all of the hard work you have put into XBMC to make it what it is. I am jealous of your powers and wish I knew enough to contribute like you do.
For starters, I apologize if this is not a proper post. I am a newbie and doing by best to learn the etiquette of forum posts.
To the point though. I know there is a way to sync multiple machines to one XBMC library, but it is not easy. I have tried following the instructions on
http://lifehacker.com/#!5634515/how-to-s...-the-house
but have had difficulty getting Mysqol to work. I also here that even if I do get it to work, every machine has to use the same operating system. I am using 2 different OS's (Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, OS X Snow Leopard) and want to add a third to the mix (Apple TV2/iOS).
I have tried using Plex (http://www.plexapp.com) and was extremely impressed with how easily it synced between computers. There was no setup necessary, but it only works well on Macs (which only represents 1/3 of my household). It seems that there are no plans to change that. There is a windows solution, and I thank all the developers that made that possible, but that solution is a work around and are not quite as effective as Plex or XBMC.
So I simply ask (easier said then done right?) for this one feature. I dream of a feature that allows me to setup and maintain a library on 1 computer or server and easily link every XBMC machine in the house to that library over the wifi network.
Thank you to all of the developers for all of the hard work you have put into XBMC to make it what it is. I am jealous of your powers and wish I knew enough to contribute like you do.