This post will demonstrate Kodi MySQL setup that will allow you to share Kodi library with other media player within the network.
Kodi MySQL setup for sharing media library
Install and configure NFS server on Ubuntu for serving files
This post shows you how to install and configure NFS server on Ubuntu 14.04 as a file server. For media streaming to XBMC, NFS is better than Samba.
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