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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 703400" data-attributes="member: 109222">AW: Moving Pictures for Servers?Hi.There is no &quot;nice&quot; way to have a centralized database for MovingPictures (or other Plugins). But there are still some ways to go. One way is a &quot;dirty hack&quot; described somewhere in the Wiki so you can have one database for all clients. The easiest way is to relax, lay back and wait until MePo2 is available. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Centralized databases are a main part of MePo2. The third way is to copy the database file and the thumbs from one client to all the others every time you change something in your collection. The way I handle this is different, a bit complicated at first but really time saving afterwards. My way to organize the MovPic database works with .nfo files generated by <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/app-copy-artwork-details-movie-folder-71649/" target="_blank">&quot;MP Artwork and Info Copier&quot;</a>. On my &quot;main&quot; client I have two copies of the MovingPictures database. An empty one to add new movies and the &quot;filled&quot; one for normal use. When I add new Movies first I move the &quot;filled&quot; database aside and replace it with the empty one. Here all normal scrappers (imdb etc) are active. The Movie- Folders are pointed to my &quot;new movies&quot; folder. I import all details, artwork and make my personal modifications. When all movies are listed as I want them, I copy the Informations from the (not so) &quot;emty&quot; database to the movie folders using the Info Copier. If you organize your movies in seperate subfolders (one folder, one movie) this works like a charm. After that I move all new movies to my server. Then I replace the &quot;empty&quot; database with the &quot;filled&quot; one again. This database (and all the databases on the other clients) is configured to use xbmc local scrapper only. The import of new movies is 100% error free and lightning fast. All modifications are reliable and instantly avaliable to all clients. The working database file is a lot smaller than a normal one with online scrappers active and the db access is significantly faster. The advantages of this way are:Database- Crash??? who cares! New clean installation of Windows, MePo or so, no problem at all... MovingPictures is instantly reconfigured as I like it. The complete reimport of my 700++ Movie collection is finished in less than 10 minutes. All manual changes I've done are still there. And all clients can be configured different. e.g. The kids can't see the &quot;adult&quot; movies, they have there own view count,... But you only have to add a new movie one time at one place for all clients and all times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 703400, member: 109222"] [b]AW: Moving Pictures for Servers?[/b] Hi. There is no "nice" way to have a centralized database for MovingPictures (or other Plugins). But there are still some ways to go. One way is a "dirty hack" described somewhere in the Wiki so you can have one database for all clients. The easiest way is to relax, lay back and wait until MePo2 is available. ;) Centralized databases are a main part of MePo2. The third way is to copy the database file and the thumbs from one client to all the others every time you change something in your collection. The way I handle this is different, a bit complicated at first but really time saving afterwards. My way to organize the MovPic database works with .nfo files generated by [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/app-copy-artwork-details-movie-folder-71649/"]"MP Artwork and Info Copier"[/URL]. On my "main" client I have two copies of the MovingPictures database. An empty one to add new movies and the "filled" one for normal use. When I add new Movies first I move the "filled" database aside and replace it with the empty one. Here all normal scrappers (imdb etc) are active. The Movie- Folders are pointed to my "new movies" folder. I import all details, artwork and make my personal modifications. When all movies are listed as I want them, I copy the Informations from the (not so) "emty" database to the movie folders using the Info Copier. If you organize your movies in seperate subfolders (one folder, one movie) this works like a charm. After that I move all new movies to my server. Then I replace the "empty" database with the "filled" one again. This database (and all the databases on the other clients) is configured to use xbmc local scrapper only. The import of new movies is 100% error free and lightning fast. All modifications are reliable and instantly avaliable to all clients. The working database file is a lot smaller than a normal one with online scrappers active and the db access is significantly faster. The advantages of this way are: Database- Crash??? who cares! New clean installation of Windows, MePo or so, no problem at all... MovingPictures is instantly reconfigured as I like it. The complete reimport of my 700++ Movie collection is finished in less than 10 minutes. All manual changes I've done are still there. And all clients can be configured different. e.g. The kids can't see the "adult" movies, they have there own view count,... But you only have to add a new movie one time at one place for all clients and all times. [/QUOTE]

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