Synchronizing multiple clients - feature request (1 Viewer)

[Lehmden]

AW: Synchronizing multiple clients - feature request

Hi.

Is it really a big development to make a client check for updates of the movie.nfo, folder.jpg and background.jpg files every time MP starts and update the local database accordingly?

Yes it is. If you have a few movies this would be no problem. But if you have large collection with some thousand movies, every start of Moving Pictures will last until eternity as all files has to be scanned for changes. This takes some time, especially if the filenames and types are the same. You change "backdrop.jpg" for one movie and MovPic has to scan 10.000 backdrop.jpg for changes on every start. This is simply impossible as no one will wait some 10 Minutes until MovPic is started just because a few persons permanently fiddles around on artwork. I don't know why someone has to change the artwork of movies that often. I (and most others) do this once and right on first import. If you do this correct you never need to change things here. I can't tell you if I ever changed this later. But if, this happens once a year maximum, So nothing to worry about.

New files (movies) are added automatically but this is not possible for existing but changed files.

 

[VdR]

Thanks for that detailed answer. Boomer, it could have been a great solution until a shared database becomes a reality (MP2).

I agree that normally there is little need to make changes after a movie once has been added. I'm making changes now because the grabbing of good cover art has improved so much. I'll just have to finish this on the master client and then do a full re-import on the clients. After that it is time to start fiddeling with something else, because that is what MP is for

VdR

 

[raffe]

Maybe everyone already knows this (tried some googling but did'nd find the answer).

If the TV Server in MediaPortals can use MySQL wihout waiting for MP2, why must MovingPictures (and My TV series) wait for MP2 before using MySQL?

EDIT: Well, NOW I found some info. It seems like MovingPictures may not use MySQL, even if MP2 will:
http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=812
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...lic-beta-0-5-5c-45365/index49.html#post331145
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...lic-beta-0-5-5c-45365/index23.html#post314422
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-original-thread-44181/index6.html#post297482

I have all movies on a NAS and already have MySQL on that NAS that I would like to use, but ofcourse I understand that if I'm in a minority this should not be a high priority.

 

[m3rcury]

Anyone still interested in Synchronizing multiple clients should have a look at this new plugin!!