2016-08-03, 12:20
I have the following folder structure with TV shows.
In the top folder /srv/media/series I have a symbolic links to other folders where the media files are located.
When I add the top folder to the library no media is added:
However when I add any of the symbolic link then the the media is added correctly.
Why the scanning is not working when I add /srv/media/series folder to the library?
I have very similar folder structure with movies but in this case it works as I expected.
Only top folder is added to the library and Kodi scans through the symlinks correctly.
I'm running:
Please help!
In the top folder /srv/media/series I have a symbolic links to other folders where the media files are located.
Code:
kodi@htpc:/srv/media/series$ ll
total 8
drwxr-x--- 2 kodi users 4096 sie 3 08:48 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 kodi users 4096 sie 3 10:48 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 21 sie 3 08:48 for.kids -> /mnt/hdd3/kids/series/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 16 sie 3 08:47 part.one -> /mnt/hdd1/series/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 16 sie 3 08:47 part.three -> /mnt/hdd3/series/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 16 sie 3 08:47 part.two -> /mnt/hdd2/series/
When I add the top folder to the library no media is added:
Code:
10:49:19 T:140442746222336 NOTICE: VideoInfoScanner: Starting scan ..
10:49:19 T:140442746222336 WARNING: No information found for item '/srv/media/series/part.two/', it won't be added to the library.
10:49:19 T:140442746222336 WARNING: No information found for item '/srv/media/series/part.three/', it won't be added to the library.
10:49:19 T:140442746222336 WARNING: No information found for item '/srv/media/series/for.kids/', it won't be added to the library.
10:49:19 T:140442746222336 WARNING: No information found for item '/srv/media/series/part.one/', it won't be added to the library.
However when I add any of the symbolic link then the the media is added correctly.
Why the scanning is not working when I add /srv/media/series folder to the library?
I have very similar folder structure with movies but in this case it works as I expected.
Only top folder is added to the library and Kodi scans through the symlinks correctly.
Code:
kodi@htpc:/srv/media/movies$ ll
total 8
drwxr-x--- 2 kodi users 4096 sie 3 08:48 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 kodi users 4096 sie 3 10:48 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 21 sie 3 08:48 for.kids -> /mnt/hdd3/kids/movies/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 16 sie 3 08:26 part.one -> /mnt/hdd1/movies/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 16 sie 3 08:27 part.three -> /mnt/hdd4/movies/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kodi users 16 sie 3 08:27 part.two -> /mnt/hdd2/movies/
I'm running:
Code:
10:27:36 T:140444498561024 NOTICE: Starting Kodi (16.1 Git:c327c53). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
10:27:36 T:140444498561024 NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x64 build
10:27:36 T:140444498561024 NOTICE: Kodi compiled Apr 24 2016 by GCC 4.8.4 for Linux x86 64-bit version 3.13.11 (199947)
Please help!