Any reason not to update all my AFTV1s to Kodi 16 ??

[Phat Phreddy]

Assuming others have been testing betas and things.. Any showstopping issues ??

Any reason not to update my network of AFTVs to Kodi 16 ??

 

[eastbayarb]

I updated my AFTV1 to Kodi 16, and it works great - especially since I was able to keep my settings and add ons. On some ways, it now works better than my Shield TV running Kodi 16

 

[Phat Phreddy]

Thanks.. Think I am going to scrub everything and start a fresh build..

To backup and push around the net.. Every so often the buildup of old add ons worth clearing.

 

[deanr1977]

It seems great so far, was told it is faster than 15.2 & all seems good only thing I've noticed is every now & then my splash screen plays on a add on background? Which is weird haha, & every now & then It might lag when switching though the menu's

 

[eastbayarb]

I upgraded from v14 to v16, and it is a noticeable speed increase. I actually enjoy the AFTV a lot more now than my Shield TV (partially due to the faster remote with more buttons), and v16 seems faster on the AFTV1.

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[Phat Phreddy]

I upgraded from v14 to v16, and it is a noticeable speed increase. I actually enjoy the AFTV a lot more now than my Shield TV (partially due to the faster remote with more buttons), and v16 seems faster on the AFTV1.

i am going to need to set up another house with multiple boxes and having looked about.. I think I will just use AFTVs there too, for the same reason, I like the remote and has about the right amount of buttons.

Just need a whole batch of sideclicks.

 

[eastbayarb]

If you have multiple AFTV boxes (I am glad you don't want those sticks), set one up, make a backup, and restore them on the other boxes.

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[Phat Phreddy]

If you have multiple AFTV boxes (I am glad you don't want those sticks), set one up, make a backup, and restore them on the other boxes.

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Thats what I have been doing.. But actually the caching of local thumbs makes that a slower operation now.. If I could do backups minus the images, that would be fine..

I have my database as a mySQL on the network.. Which I assume holds the thumbs again ?? Its a couple of GB..

I actually find it easier to back up my sources.xml and advancedsettings.xml and remote profile.. And simply install a new kodi and push those 3 files.. Allowing it to then pull the images in to each box without the backing them up and restoring them.

 

[eastbayarb]

@phat Phredy,

How did you set up your MySQL server? I want to be able to have all my add ons, settings, and even offline collection in sync with all my Kodi boxes (2 AFTV's, 1 Shield TV, and an Android/Windows tablet).

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[Phat Phreddy]

I did a little howto.. I use KSWEB server, running on one AFTV, as my mysql host..

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=221540

Its actually not that ideal, my DB is now 3 something GB, almost filling the AFTV, and for some reason the AFTVs update the box ID much more than android boxes do causing me to need to get new reg keys. Its not been enough of a pain to solve another way yet, but it isnt the perfect do it once and forget.

 

[eastbayarb]

Hmmm...I will have to check that out. I wanna set up a really small PC (like a USFF optiplex due to its small footprint, it is quiet, and has much more storage) as a MySQL/PVR backend. Do I have to have Kodi running on the server to be a MySQL server?

 

[Phat Phreddy]

Kodi runs the client side..

You will just need to install a MYSQL server and create the database with username and password.. then push the advancedsettings.xml with those details over to each kodi box.

 

[eastbayarb]

Could I possibly set this up on my Shield TV? Also, could I possibly set it up to use storage from a USB stick or SD card?


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