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With MariaDB, Kodi needs scraper ? - robertus - 2020-10-20
Hi,
i have Firestick 4k and kodi 18.8, and i use Google Drive addon, to see my movies in my Google Drive.
Anyway i have also another Firestick not 4k with the same kodi 18.8 in my house and i wish to see the same content. I setup my Raspberry Pi 3 with MariaDB, in according of Kodi wiki
I export Library video and i didn't understand how to write in MariaDB, to have the same library in others kodi. Advancedsettings.xml is edited with the right ip of my rpi with mariadb. When i launch kodi, On firestick 4k and not 4k, i can't see any content.
So i need to add in library, folder where i have all my movies? And i need to make a scraper from zero? If is this way, where is the advantages? I wish to have this setup, to have a better speed in devices like firestick that have low power, and share the same library between my devices. And also to reduce space used, because i have a lot of content and in my firestick 4k , i use an usb, and .xbmc_env.properties with usb redirect. But in my firestick not 4k I don't have any usb storage, so space used, can be filled up in a moment.
RE: With MariaDB, Kodi needs scraper ? - Klojum - 2020-10-20
You exported your library in what way? In any case, you should have either separate nfo files with all your movies/tvshows files (the preferred way), or everything in an all-in-one big file.
If you want to use a MariaDB, then you need to point Kodi to your database server in the advancedsettings.xml file. Kodi does not automatically transfer all its metadata from a local database to a MariaDB server. So you will need to scrape your media collection again in Kodi. But, this can go much quicker if you have done the Video Library Export. (don't forget about watch statuses and resume points).
With the MariaDB, all your Kodi devices can share the same video and music libraries. Things will not go much quicker, but it is the comfort of sharing the library. You will not save much space, the database content size is relatively small. It only contains data/text.
RE: With MariaDB, Kodi needs scraper ? - robertus - 2020-10-20
(2020-10-20, 23:05)Klojum Wrote: [font][font]Hai esportato la tua libreria in che modo? [/font][font]In ogni caso, dovresti avere file nfo separati con tutti i tuoi file di film / spettacoli televisivi (il modo preferito), o tutto in un grande file all-in-one. [/font][/font][font][font]Oh i see, so i can't reduce space in firestick
[font][font]Se vuoi usare MariaDB, devi indirizzare Kodi al tuo server di database nel file advancedsettings.xml. [/font][font]Kodi non trasferisce automaticamente tutti i suoi metadati da un database locale a un server MariaDB. [/font][font]Quindi dovrai raschiare di nuovo la tua raccolta multimediale in Kodi. [/font][font]Ma questo può essere molto più veloce se hai eseguito l'esportazione della libreria video. [/font][font](non dimenticare gli stati dell'orologio e i punti di ripresa).[/font][/font]
[font][font]Con MariaDB, tutti i tuoi dispositivi Kodi possono condividere le stesse librerie video e musicali. [/font][font]Le cose non andranno molto più velocemente, ma è la comodità di condividere la libreria. [/font][font]Non risparmierai molto spazio, la dimensione del contenuto del database è relativamente piccola. [/font][font]Contiene solo dati / testo.[/font][/font]
I hope to fix this issue.
There isn't a way where every posters, performers, thumbnails, are showed from internet, and not storage in local?
So i go to Titanic, and kodi get from internet in real time, posters of titanic, if i go into titanic, get in real time, performers images etc.. ?
to avoid any waste space in local?[/font][/font]
RE: With MariaDB, Kodi needs scraper ? - Klojum - 2020-10-20
Kodi will not retrieve metadata and fanart (thumbs, posters,etc) "in realtime". It was never designed to do so.
All fanart is being cached locally in order to speed up the overall user experience, which is mostly done for the low-powered devices.
You can try to store the thumbnail cache into a remote centralized location, and use pathsubstitution (see wiki or google) to access it, but for some reason it will not work for everyone.
RE: With MariaDB, Kodi needs scraper ? - robertus - 2020-10-21
(2020-10-20, 23:56)Klojum Wrote: Kodi will not retrieve metadata and fanart (thumbs, posters,etc) "in realtime". It was never designed to do so.
All fanart is being cached locally in order to speed up the overall user experience, which is mostly done for the low-powered devices.
You can try to store the thumbnail cache into a remote centralized location, and use pathsubstitution (see wiki or google) to access it, but for some reason it will not work for everyone.
I use already usb in firestick, to put the entire kodi files into usb.
so thumbnails are already on it.
thanks anyway