Media Server Download

Description:

There is a solution to for the IMDB synchronization!!!

Please see MediaPortalDirs.xml under MP root directory. You can share the database directory. Just set the database section of all MP clients to point to the same network location.


Note: It is recommended not to update the IMDB from more then one client. Use just one client for the update and if you would like to do it on a different client then start it just after restarting the first one..... hope it is clear

Thx,
Yohay


Fixes:

1. Handle a missing server (MP will not crash any more)!!!
2. Adding the ip of the server to the label of the share.


For those of you that still does not understand what the service and the plugin do, I will try to explain again:

The only way to share media (movies, music and pictures) between MP installed computers is to 1) Create a window shre of the folder you would like to share 2) configure each MP installation with the reference to the shared folder. 3) manualy manage this process. When a share is not available any more, MP works very slow (trying to find a missing directory) and .... whenever you change your settings you need to update all the clients.

This service and plugin does everything automaticaly for you. All you need to do is to configure your media shares using the configuration application (yes.... as a windows shares, and the configuretion help you with that) and boom, every client can see the shared folder. If the shared folder is not available, it will not make MP slow.

Please continue to ask questions about this pluginservice, for me it works great and solved a very big problem, I will be happy to assist you.



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I guess every TV Server user asks "why there is no easy support for sharing movies, music and pictures"... Well, now there is.

I have finished the development of the first release of the "Media Server" and now everyone can share their media between all the Media Portal clients in the setup.

The installation is easy:

Install the server service (for each machine that contains media that you would like to share)

1. Run setup.exe (attached)
2. Start the new windows service "Media Server Service"
3. Run the server configuration from the installation directory (MediaServerConfiguration.exe) and edit your shares. For each folder that you would like to share, you need to share the windows directory and attach a name that will be used by Media Portal. You can do all of these from the server configuration. Clients will see shares that use non empty string name.

Install the client (plugin)

1. Copy MediaServerPlugin.dll to pluginsprocess
2. Run Media Portal configuration and enable the new plugin.
3. Edit the plugin configuration - add servers (ips) and the refresh rate (interval of the client refresh to check servers changes). You can add 127.0.0.1 for the local machine.

You are ready. Run Media Portal and the remote directories will be available for the clients.

Notes and known issues:

1. Only static IPs supported. It will not work for machine names.
2. It is recommended to backup MediaPortal.xml before installing the client plugin.
3. If login required by windows when shared directory opened, then you need to login from regular windows explorer before running Media Portal. Just run: Start->Run and type "[server-ip]" and login to the server. You need to do it just once.

Thx,
Yohay

Submitted On:

24 Jan 2008

Submitted By:

ykamchi (ykamchi)

File Date:

20 Jan 2008

File Author:

ykamchi

File Version:

0.2.x.x

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2,049.10 Kb

File Type:

zip

Downloads:

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Comments:

from Lesther - I belive that this info is on a database named VideoDatabaseV5.db3 in C:ProgramsTeam MediaPortalMediaPortaldatabase, I hop that can help a litte bit.. :)

from Ropsu80 - Nice idea. But does it share the imdb info as well? That would be very usefull, so that you would´t have to scan all the folders again in a different client.

from ykamchi - Ropsu80 - I am not sure exactly how the imdb data saved. If you know how it works, please write to me and I will add this.