I recommend starting with 1 single XBMC setup. This is a must, otherwise the different paths will be seen as different files! So make sure that all “sources” for all your XBMC HTPC’s are setup equally! The advantage being that it’s easy to install and they all come with phpMyAdmin preinstalled – which makes maintaining MySQL and running queries so much easier straight from any web-browser. The disadvantage (?) might be that Apache (webserver) will be installed as well (disk-space / minimal CPU load).Īll XBMC’s – Use the exact same paths to Movies, Music, and TV-Series!īefore we proceed with the MySQL connection for our XBMC boxes we should make sure that the path to our Movies, Music, and TV-Series are consistent for all XBMC’s you’re using.
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Here is my article on How to install MySQL, Web-Server, and phpMyAdmin on your QNAP.
MySQL is a freely available, yet powerful database engine intended for server use – you wouldn’t know, but the majority of webservers actually utilize MySQL to run their dynamic content. Recent changes in XBMC make it possible to use MySQL for storing information that can be shared amongst several other XBMC setups in your house. Setting up MySQL is straight forward and you might already have it … for example my QNAP NAS already comes with MySQL pre-installed (it just needs enabling).