[harrypt]

I am running XBMC on ATV2.

In my video folder I have a lot of subfolders for TV shows. Many are empty a lot of the time except for a folder.jpg.

I also have a WDTV and it ignores all the folders that do not contain a video file type. Is there a way to make XBMC ignore the folders that don't contain a video file?

Thanks for any help.

[jmarshall]

You can drop them from the library. Check the advanced settings page in the wiki.

You can't drop them from the files listing, however.

[harrypt]

I guess I should propose that as a suggested feature then.

Then how do most people do this? Clearly I've got my folder structure different than most. Everyone can't be weeding through empty folders on a daily basis.

[jmarshall]

They use the library.

[Memphiz]

they don't have empty folders...

[harrypt]

They use the library.

I'm using the library, if I read between the lines am I to believe the library will not hide empty folders either? There is currently no way to only see folders with video content within?

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they don't have empty folders...

Sickbeard will not function properly or handle post processing if the destination folder is not present.

[Ned Scott]

Make a text file called advancedsettings.xml and place it in the userdata folder (wiki) with the following content:

Code:

<advancedsettings>
     <videolibrary>
          <hideemptyseries>true</hideemptyseries>  <!-- hide empty series in the video library -->
     </videolibrary>
</advancedsettings>

[harrypt]

Make a text file called advancedsettings.xml and place it in the userdata folder (wiki) with the following content:

Code:

<advancedsettings>
     <videolibrary>
          <hideemptyseries>true</hideemptyseries>  <!-- hide empty series in the video library -->
     </videolibrary>
</advancedsettings>

AWESOME!! Worked like a charm.

Thanks very much for taking the time to post. Makes XBMC soooooo much more useable for us.