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HOW-TO:Share libraries using MySQL

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Share libraries w/MySQL, guide:

  1. Introduction
  2. Setting up MySQL
  3. Setting up XBMC
For simple library sharing see: HOW-TO:Share libraries using UPnP
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Introduction

If you have more than one XBMC device on your local network then you might want to synchronize them using a MySQL library. Using a MySQL library allows you to store information about your whole video library in a central database, so that multiple XBMC devices can access the same information at the same time.

This gives you the ability to do things like:

Next step: Setting up MySQL
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