2015-05-19, 08:20
Hi,
I've got a duplicate problem in my library. A large majority of my library is coming in with two and three duplicates per entry. I've researched (info) the individual file locations and it seems they are all pointing to the same location (not an IP versus netbios name change issue in source). So they are true location duplicates.
I had a couple of questions.
On "CLEAN LIBRARY" some of the post on duplicates suggest that this has the ability to clean duplicate items in the library? Other post suggest that it's purpose is to clean dead links (files no longer available in library). After using a couple of times I'm thinking it's more about cleaning up dead file links. Is that correct?
The problem may be that I was scanning from multiple machines (not at the same time). I wondered it it was best to setup so that only one system, in a home with multiple Kodi systems, scans for new items.
Because the duplicate issue is large I thought the best solution might be to completely to start the scan process over.
Rescan Issue:
In researching how to rebuild your library it seemed the main suggestion was to manually delete your local db files. However, since I'm setup on MySQL it's a bit different. Is there any way to restart the library from Kodi itself.
On MySQL there are four database: MyMusic32, MyMusic48, MyVideo75, MyVideo90. To rebuild the library should I just drop (delete) those four databases and start over again?
Are there any add ons for duplicate management?
Thanks for any suggestions.
I've got a duplicate problem in my library. A large majority of my library is coming in with two and three duplicates per entry. I've researched (info) the individual file locations and it seems they are all pointing to the same location (not an IP versus netbios name change issue in source). So they are true location duplicates.
I had a couple of questions.
On "CLEAN LIBRARY" some of the post on duplicates suggest that this has the ability to clean duplicate items in the library? Other post suggest that it's purpose is to clean dead links (files no longer available in library). After using a couple of times I'm thinking it's more about cleaning up dead file links. Is that correct?
The problem may be that I was scanning from multiple machines (not at the same time). I wondered it it was best to setup so that only one system, in a home with multiple Kodi systems, scans for new items.
Because the duplicate issue is large I thought the best solution might be to completely to start the scan process over.
Rescan Issue:
In researching how to rebuild your library it seemed the main suggestion was to manually delete your local db files. However, since I'm setup on MySQL it's a bit different. Is there any way to restart the library from Kodi itself.
On MySQL there are four database: MyMusic32, MyMusic48, MyVideo75, MyVideo90. To rebuild the library should I just drop (delete) those four databases and start over again?
Are there any add ons for duplicate management?
Thanks for any suggestions.
