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Hemidart · 2018-03-06, 03:55

Only using Kodi to stream movies to a box I put together with an Odroid C2/Android 6. Movies are on a Qnap NAS. If I add a movie to my NAS and Update Library under Movies or TV Shows, the video shows. If I delete the video file off the NAS, it still shows, even though I have Update Library on Startup set in Settings/Library. Manually updating the library still does not remove the video. The only way it works is i have to Clean Library under Settings/Library.

So.....how can I fix this?

nickr · 2018-03-06, 05:45

I confirm that you have to clean library to clean the library. Updating library only looks for new stuff.

brazen1 · 2018-03-06, 06:53

Add <cleanonupdate>true</cleanonupdate> to advancedsettings.xml. Updating library auto at start up cleans deleted former entries here using current official release first time, every time.

nickr · 2018-03-06, 07:15

Yes and if for some reason a source is not reachable, you risk deleting the whole source.

Hemidart · 2018-03-06, 07:15

(2018-03-06, 06:53)brazen1 Wrote: Add <cleanonupdate>true</cleanonupdate> to advancedsettings.xml. Updating library auto at start up cleans deleted former entries here using current official release first time, every time.

Thanks!

WTH Kodi does not have this as a option in settings....

brazen1 · (This post was last modified: 2018-03-06, 23:19 by brazen1.)

(2018-03-06, 07:15)nickr Wrote: Yes and if for some reason a source is not reachable, you risk deleting the whole source.

Take heed. These are words of wisdom ^. Indeed if a data sourced HDD is not recognized for some reason (NAS problem, Windows drive letter problem, HDD failed, etc.) KODI will assume you removed it just like if you did a single title and all info for the entire drive of titles will be lost forcing you to re-scrape once you reintroduce it. This means watched status, edited names, and any custom cached info will need to be rebuilt like artwork. So, if you are confident you are not going to lose a source, that xml addition works very well but if you are not ok with rebuilding, best not to use it. What I do is back up the entire KODI folder of fully tuned working from time to time. About 5GB. I simply copy and paste it somewhere I can retrieve it should anything go wrong with the one in use. Very handy after experimenting and you get corruption issues (mainly skins) or you actually lose source info or have made so many changes you're lost and can't get back where you started to make another fresh attempt.