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Originally Posted by theducks
Just to make clear.
There are folk who run the CONTENT SERVER on a NAS. (not officially
supported) This is not the same as running Calibre on the desktop and the Library on shared media.
THAT is an entire Calibre install, not just the Library files. Everything (calibre) is on the same system. The Library is local to the Server using them.
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So it's just like installing Calibre on a Linux PC with loads of disks, sticking it in the attic with SAMBA setup and telling people you have a NAS (Network Attached Storage).
I added bold. So it's not accessing Calibre files or database on a NAS at all. It's using the content
server on a Calibre that's got private local files.
So if your "NAS" is running a standard sort of Linux such that this works on it (either via remote or local screen)
https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux
Run this in a console on it:
Code:
sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sudo sh /dev/stdin
You then have to start calibre and then start the content server on that "NAS" box.
Then it's "supported".
I've had a slideshow and mp3 playlist on my server for a while with the 2nd HDMI port plugged into a DVB-T HD modulator feeding the home TV distribution. I used a big USB memory stick for the files so as to not wear out the head actuators on the HDDs.