Unable to share my Kodi Library with 3 devices using Synology NAS (MariaDB 10)



Help please, I would like to share my Kodi library with all 3 of my devices:

  • 2xNvidia Shield Pro Android boxes and 1xWindows 10 PC
  • All running Kodi 20.5
  • Synology NAS running DSM 7.2-64570 Update 1
  • MariaDB 10 (v10.11.2-1303)
  • Created a User Account KODI2023 and provided full “Global privileges”

I have copied this simple Advancedsettings.xml file into the Userdata folder of all 3 devices.

<advancedsettings>
  <network>
    <cachemembuffersize>314572800</cachemembuffersize>
    <readbufferfactor>4</readbufferfactor>
  </network>
  <video>
    <timeseekforwardbig>180</timeseekforwardbig>  <!– Time to seek forward in seconds when doing a long seek.  Defaults to 600 (10 minutes). –>
    <timeseekbackwardbig>-180</timeseekbackwardbig>  <!– Time to seek forward in seconds when doing a long seek.  Defaults to -600 (10 minutes). –>
    <playcountminimumpercent>85</playcountminimumpercent>
    <ignoresecondsatstart>60</ignoresecondsatstart>
    <ignorepercentatend>15</ignorepercentatend>        
  </video>    
  <videodatabase>
    <type>mysql</type>
    <host>192.168.0.16</host>
    <port>3307</port>
    <user>KODI2023</user>
    <pass>*********/pass>
  </videodatabase>
  <musicdatabase>
    <type>mysql</type>
    <host>192.168.0.16</host>
    <port>3307</port>
    <user>KODI2023</user>
    <pass>*********/pass>
  </musicdatabase>
  <videolibrary>
    <importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>
    <importresumepoint>true</importresumepoint>
  </videolibrary>
</advancedsettings>

However, this does not seem to work or do anything!

I was expecting that after scanning one of the services (i.e Windows PC), it should create a MyVideos121 database on the NAS. However, it only has one stored locally in the local Kodi\Userdata\database folder.

Any help would be greatly appreciated