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Accessing XBMC Home.xml remotely

Is it possible for XBMC to call its Home.xml externally? i.e. not from its 720p directory?

Or which file is in charge for keeping all the paths?

I am asking this because I have multiple fedora-based systems that uses XBMC. This systems are placed very far from where I am so I cannot physically be next to the system.

I was wondering if I can keep every Home.xml on my server so that I can just configure it from my server so I dont have to go to my system to change it.

I guess the better question is, How can I change Home.xml remotely? I dont have ssh access to the system because the system is inside the internal network.

Solution

  • Your options are as follows

    1. Use dropbox. Edit your copy, then let dropbox on all your fedora boxes automatically get the changes.
    2. Put a cron job on the fedora boxes, which downloads Home.xml from a pre-specified location: a website you control, an ftp server, your main computer, etc.
    3. Use port forwarding to allow SSH connections to your fedora boxes.