I have a dedicated computer running my media center which my wife and children also use. I have a number of things that I would like to accomplish with my setup.
1. I would like only my account to have full read/write/delete to the music, photo, and video files which I have on a Synology DS1812+ SAN;
2. I would like different family members to have read only access to different "age-appropriate" subsets of the music and video files;
3. I would like each family member to be able to manage their own MC17 library, adding and deleting music from their own library, creating playlists, etc.; and
4. I would like each family member to be able to run MC17 regardless of whether someone else left MC open in another session.
The access issues for Items #1 and #2 are the easiest and are managed at the SAN. But in order to allow each person to have their own library AND be unaffected by what another user might have left open in their session I believe I need to do two things.
1. I need to install separate instances (multiple binary installations) of the MC17 files accessible solely to that user's account; and
2. I need to know "separate" the music and video files from the library files so each user has the flexibility to "manage" their own library.
Has anyone else had a need similar to this and identified the best way to manage it? Any suggestions anyone can offer are appreciated.
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Topic: Accessing Synology Media Server from Multiple Instances of MC17 (Read 1790 times)