(2017-08-24, 09:14)DaveBlake Wrote: I think I understand without seeing a log
Kodi music library is designed to support removeable storage devices e.g. people have music on a USB stick or portable drive. Hence if during a library update it can not find the related physical media Kodi does not remove the item from the library. Deleting a folder and rescanning will not remove albums or songs (that looks the same as a temporary missing storage device), to do that you have to use clean library from the System Settings.
However the sequence you took that led to creating a duplicate entry (one mp3 the other FLAC), has produced a state that confuses the clean-up process. It has been pointed out before that Kodi does not make it easy to remove/correct individual items - a kind of library management facility. All I can say is I know, but my todo list is infinite!
One can only imagine .....
(2017-08-24, 09:14)DaveBlake Wrote: OK, so how can we get it down to one copy of that album without completely rebuilding the library from scratch....
Try this sequence:- Move all folders with that album away from the music source path(s) that Kodi knows about.
- Go to System>Media Settings>Library -> Music Library section -> and Clean Library. At the end the album should be gone from the lib.
- Move the FLAC files back into the music source path, and run "update library" from the side blade.
Feedback how that goes.
Didn't.
Did it three times - before and after your kind message. I moved the Folder "Facing You" off the drive. Searched for anything ON that drive, like that - nothing.
Cleaned, cleaned again, then re-scanned. It was still there, in duplicate, the difference being instead of the album art, the was a Video Icon for the art.
I'll get the log shortly. In case it makes a difference, it's set up as portable and I'm using the version with DSPlayer integrated (just thought of that, need to put in my sig).
The thing is, I HAVE had this problem before (I'm re-ripping a lot of my stuff) and just highlighted the entry and deleted it - can't do that now.
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Maybe if I'd cleaned the
MUSIC database, instead of the
VIDEO database, I'd have saved EVERYONE a bit of effort.