2009-05-21, 04:08
I ran into a weird problem just now when trying to clean up my library.
I am trying to remove some shows from my TV Shows Library and for some reason, everytime XBMC updates the library it adds them back in.
I wanted to get rid of these shows, so I figured the easiest way to accomplish this was to delete the shows folder from the TV folder on my computer, and then when the XBMC library auto-updates on startup, they would automatically be removed. (and yes I do have the clean on update string in my advanced settings)
After I deleted the shows and started XBMC and let it update the library, I saw that the 3 shows were still present. Thinking this was strange, I just manually removed them from my library without a second thought. I closed XBMC and started it back up a little while later, and noticed that during the auto update, it downloaded the information for the 3 shows that I just removed. perplexed, I looked in my TV shows folder on my computer and the files were still deleted, and not in the recycle bin either. I removed them again, and bam, they again get added when I update the library.
I checked to make sure that there weren't any hidden folders that I didn't know about in my TV show directory, and there are none.
Please also note that after the shows are re-added to the library, there are no episodes listed, just the show itself.
I have no idea why this is happening, anyway, here is a debug log.
http://pastebin.com/m6f54de2
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Also, my directory structure is as follows:
G:\TV Shows\**TV SHOW**\Season **\**filename.avi/.mkv**
The above 3 listings are the shows that won't get deleted
::UPDATE:: I just tried the clean library option in the video settings and it got rid of the 3 TV shows, so I guess XBMC is not cleaning my library when I update it, as specified in the advanced settings. The advanced settings should be in the "Roaming" userdata folder correct, and not the "Program files" userdata folder?
I am trying to remove some shows from my TV Shows Library and for some reason, everytime XBMC updates the library it adds them back in.
I wanted to get rid of these shows, so I figured the easiest way to accomplish this was to delete the shows folder from the TV folder on my computer, and then when the XBMC library auto-updates on startup, they would automatically be removed. (and yes I do have the clean on update string in my advanced settings)
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<videolibrary>
<cleanonupdate>true</cleanonupdate>
</videolibrary>
</advancedsettings>
After I deleted the shows and started XBMC and let it update the library, I saw that the 3 shows were still present. Thinking this was strange, I just manually removed them from my library without a second thought. I closed XBMC and started it back up a little while later, and noticed that during the auto update, it downloaded the information for the 3 shows that I just removed. perplexed, I looked in my TV shows folder on my computer and the files were still deleted, and not in the recycle bin either. I removed them again, and bam, they again get added when I update the library.
I checked to make sure that there weren't any hidden folders that I didn't know about in my TV show directory, and there are none.
Please also note that after the shows are re-added to the library, there are no episodes listed, just the show itself.
I have no idea why this is happening, anyway, here is a debug log.
http://pastebin.com/m6f54de2
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Also, my directory structure is as follows:
G:\TV Shows\**TV SHOW**\Season **\**filename.avi/.mkv**
The above 3 listings are the shows that won't get deleted
::UPDATE:: I just tried the clean library option in the video settings and it got rid of the 3 TV shows, so I guess XBMC is not cleaning my library when I update it, as specified in the advanced settings. The advanced settings should be in the "Roaming" userdata folder correct, and not the "Program files" userdata folder?