This is likely a newb question and apologize if this is covered somewhere already.
If I have a movie database and then export it to an external drive. Does all the data get consumed from that external drive? Or does it still sit local to where kodi is installed?
The reason I ask is I am using firesticks with the latest Kodi installed on them. I have a local NAS that has my movies on it. The metadata can actually consume a lot of space when it hundreds of movies. RAM space is at a minimum on firesticks. And yes I know there are better devices out there to stick kodi on. However I use their recast to record local TV as well as I have my security cameras integrated with Alex so its convenient.
So I am looking for a way to store that metadata externally and just have kodi point to it and consume it so that the footprint on the firestick is kept at a minimum.
If I have a movie database and then export it to an external drive. Does all the data get consumed from that external drive? Or does it still sit local to where kodi is installed?
The reason I ask is I am using firesticks with the latest Kodi installed on them. I have a local NAS that has my movies on it. The metadata can actually consume a lot of space when it hundreds of movies. RAM space is at a minimum on firesticks. And yes I know there are better devices out there to stick kodi on. However I use their recast to record local TV as well as I have my security cameras integrated with Alex so its convenient.
So I am looking for a way to store that metadata externally and just have kodi point to it and consume it so that the footprint on the firestick is kept at a minimum.