bluemonkey07 590 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 I see that the latest dev release of the sever has added a sync button in the web client view of an item.... Any idea if the xbmb3c add-on will be able to support content syncing? Maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit here?.... But I have been eagerly awaiting this feature
snazy2000 344 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Sync is sending files to the client so doesnt need MBS to view them.
bluemonkey07 590 Posted July 20, 2014 Author Posted July 20, 2014 Yea copy to client device so there is no need to stream
ebr 16169 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Yes, you are jumping the gun a bit . This feature will be evolving over the next couple of months but it is targeted mostly at the mobile clients.
xnappo 1611 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 @@Luke - can you explain how this is supposed to work? I don't get it - you need to have an internet connection to browse the library so...??
xnappo 1611 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted that at the same time as ebr - we will wait for the mobile client implementations and then see if it makes sense. xnappo
ebr 16169 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 xnappo (and other devs) - you can follow the discussion here. But, as I said, this will be primarily a mobile client feature so your strategy to wait is sound. Not saying clients such as this can't eventually implement syncing but the need should be much less and we should wait until the architecture is fully fleshed out.
bluemonkey07 590 Posted July 20, 2014 Author Posted July 20, 2014 No worries... My use case is I am running xbmb3c remotely....I work in a remote location for two weeks at a time and the bandwidth here is too low to stream from my home.
Deihmos 169 Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Why not copy the files to your location? Isn't that pretty much the same thing?
techywarrior 689 Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Why not copy the files to your location? Isn't that pretty much the same thing? Some devices that's hard to do. Also, with a centralized system you can select items right from the MB client and then the server can transcode into a format your device can play natively, as well as adjust resolution to be more in line with what the device can play. And you also don't have to worry about having your files in multiple formats and sizes if you have an android tablet but a iOS phone (or whatever).
swhitmore 781 Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 The idea is not really to download them remotely, rather download them while you're at home so that you can view videos while away e.g. copy videos to your tablet when at home so that you can watch them on the train to work without streaming. Can't wait for this feature
Deihmos 169 Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) swhitmore, on 20 Jul 2014 - 8:59 PM, said:swhitmore, on 20 Jul 2014 - 8:59 PM, said: The idea is not really to download them remotely, rather download them while you're at home so that you can view videos while away e.g. copy videos to your tablet when at home so that you can watch them on the train to work without streaming. Can't wait for this feature I understand that for a mobile phone or some mobile device on a local network. Plex has the same feature. Not sure why you would sync files to a non mobile device though. Better off just copying the files that you need. Edited July 21, 2014 by Deihmos
Luke 42077 Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 xbmc is a little unique because it runs on just about anything. so even though you can just copy the files, maybe you want to get them a little smaller so you can fit more. so that's where re-encoding will help. 1
bluemonkey07 590 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Posted July 21, 2014 Why not copy the files to your location? Isn't that pretty much the same thing?How do I do that when I am 2000km from home?
bluemonkey07 590 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Posted July 21, 2014 xnappo (and other devs) - you can follow the discussion here. But, as I said, this will be primarily a mobile client feature so your strategy to wait is sound. Not saying clients such as this can't eventually implement syncing but the need should be much less and we should wait until the architecture is fully fleshed out. I am actually running xbmc on an ouya.....I also have the android client on it but it has a few issues
Deihmos 169 Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 How do I do that when I am 2000km from home?Should have done it before you left.
bluemonkey07 590 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Edited July 21, 2014 by Vidman
markle88 15 Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Has there been any update on this feature?
Luke 42077 Posted October 22, 2014 Posted October 22, 2014 The next server release will introduce a major new feature. after that, sync will be at the top of the list again. 2
Hydro 5 Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 Do you have some informations about how this feature works ? For example with Plex Sync you can choose quality and how many unwatch movies / tv shows you want. For phone with smart storage it's a great option. Will it be automatically ? For example every time there is a new episode unwatched it will launch sync ?
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