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Kuram · 03-03-2014, 06:47 PM

Here's the situation: At home I have an htpc/server box that I use for all my media, that I share with my family (who do not all live in the same place). I want to have a Calibre library on this box, and through the Content Server be able to link "client" Calibres (ie mine and my families PCs) to it.

Essentially what I'm trying to accomplish is to circumvent the web UI, and have client Calibres actually hook into the "host" calibre library, and have the whole thing populate inside the client libraries inside their copy of Calibre.

Is this even possible? I've been searching all day and I haven't been able to find anything relating to this.

Thanks!

03-03-2014, 06:47 PM	#1
Kuram Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: none	Is it possible for Calibre on one PC to read from the library on another? Here's the situation: At home I have an htpc/server box that I use for all my media, that I share with my family (who do not all live in the same place). I want to have a Calibre library on this box, and through the Content Server be able to link "client" Calibres (ie mine and my families PCs) to it. Essentially what I'm trying to accomplish is to circumvent the web UI, and have client Calibres actually hook into the "host" calibre library, and have the whole thing populate inside the client libraries inside their copy of Calibre. Is this even possible? I've been searching all day and I haven't been able to find anything relating to this. Thanks!