make AMC db available over internet

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Freeco
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make AMC db available over internet

Post by Freeco »

Hi guys, first and for all, I'm not really sure where to start this topic. Mods, move it if necessary... And sorry about the long story :lol:

I've been using AMC to catalog my movies from quite some time now. Got over 1000 items in the DB. That said, just wondering if I can make this data available over the internet somehow. It would be very handy when I'm in a shop looking through DVD's. Due to the large collection sometimes I'm not certain which one I already own and which ones I've simply seen somewhere else. :ha: Buying the same disc twice is a bit stupid :/
Currently I export the DB to HTML and put that file on my mobile every couple of weeks.

I do have a NAS at home that's always accessible, and it can be configured as webserver with MySQL/phpMyAdmin integrated.
So I thought I could regularly export the AMC db to a mySQL db, and code a very simple webinterface that shows some very basic info on all the items I have. This way I can have a semi-live view on my DB through my mobile (has internet).
As an intermediate step I'm now putting that HTML file I mentioned earlier on the NAS. But I think having the data in MySQL has also other advantages to explore.

However... MySQL/phpMyAdmin is totally new for me, and my knowledge about PHP is very very basic (I'm more of an ASP guy, but the NAS doesn't support it...). So I was wondering if I can fallback on an existing solution before spending the time of trying to figure this out on my own.
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Post by antp »

Hi,
There are several solutions in the "templates" section of this forum, I do not know which ones are still active/maintained, but by checking topics with lots of replies you should find something.
There are also few things zipped in AMC's template folder.
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