Networked libraries supported yet?

ApK · 09-30-2013, 01:08 AM

I know for a long time Calibre has not supported libraries on networked file systems, like samba shares.
Has this perhaps changed in recent versions?

Is there an official way to share one library among several machines?

Particularly, is there a safe way to do it if the machines are a mix of Windows and Linux?

For the record, I've been happily storing my library on my local NAS for a while, and accessing it from my two windows machines. Since I only use it from one at a time, I figured my risk of locking issues was acceptable.
But now I'm interested in trying the Linux version of Calibre as well, and the risk of file system incompatibilities has me more concerned.

So any recommendations for sharing one library across my several machines?

thx,
ApK

theducks · 09-30-2013, 10:07 AM

Content server (for Read only). Totaly OS independent

Share the Auto-Add (needs to be configured) folder for 'Dropping New Titles'. No remote edit, just add

Remote desktop Connection or VNC to allow the remote control of the Calibre GUI 'server'. OS independent (clients available for many OS).

most OS do not allow concurrent, other use of the machine during a 'connection'

09-30-2013, 01:08 AM	#1
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,389 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	Networked libraries supported yet? I know for a long time Calibre has not supported libraries on networked file systems, like samba shares. Has this perhaps changed in recent versions? Is there an official way to share one library among several machines? Particularly, is there a safe way to do it if the machines are a mix of Windows and Linux? For the record, I've been happily storing my library on my local NAS for a while, and accessing it from my two windows machines. Since I only use it from one at a time, I figured my risk of locking issues was acceptable. But now I'm interested in trying the Linux version of Calibre as well, and the risk of file system incompatibilities has me more concerned. So any recommendations for sharing one library across my several machines? thx, ApK

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,062 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Content server (for Read only). Totaly OS independent Share the Auto-Add (needs to be configured) folder for 'Dropping New Titles'. No remote edit, just add Remote desktop Connection or VNC to allow the remote control of the Calibre GUI 'server'. OS independent (clients available for many OS). most OS do not allow concurrent, other use of the machine during a 'connection'

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