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Delete movie outside of Kodi, then update - Glorious1 - 2019-05-01
If you delete a movie file set outside of Kodi, shouldn't it be automatically removed from the library when you Update Library? Doesn't seem to.
RE: Delete movie outside of Kodi, then update - pkscout - 2019-05-01
That's not an unreasonable conclusion to draw, but update for Kodi means to add new stuff only. If you go to SETTINGS > MEDIA you'll see a section there that includes an option for CLEAN LIBRARY. That will remove any items from the library that Kodi can't find media for any longer.
RE: Delete movie outside of Kodi, then update - Glorious1 - 2019-05-01
(2019-05-01, 23:33)pkscout Wrote: That's not an unreasonable conclusion to draw, but update for Kodi means to add new stuff only. If you go to SETTINGS > MEDIA you'll see a section there that includes an option for CLEAN LIBRARY. That will remove any items from the library that Kodi can't find media for any longer.OK, got it, thanks!
RE: Delete movie outside of Kodi, then update - HeresJohnny - 2019-05-02
There's an advancedsetting "cleanonupdate" that lets you run the "Clean Library" process every time you update your library, as laid out HERE. However, you should be REALLY careful with that if you use a network folder or an attached storage.
RE: Delete movie outside of Kodi, then update - Glorious1 - 2019-05-02
(2019-05-02, 00:01)HeresJohnny Wrote: There's an advancedsetting "cleanonupdate" that lets you run the "Clean Library" process every time you update your library, as laid out HERE. However, you should be REALLY careful with that if you use a network folder or an attached storage.
I guess the danger is it could delete everything from the library if the storage is not accessible? Worst case you would have to re-add the sources to the library - it couldn't actually delete files I think.
RE: Delete movie outside of Kodi, then update - pkscout - 2019-05-02
(2019-05-02, 01:01)Glorious1 Wrote:That's correct. If the storage isn't accessible when you update and clean, everything from that storage device would be removed from the library but not deleted from the storage. If you have a small library and don't customize any of the images, then it might not be that big a deal I guess.(2019-05-02, 00:01)HeresJohnny Wrote: There's an advancedsetting "cleanonupdate" that lets you run the "Clean Library" process every time you update your library, as laid out HERE. However, you should be REALLY careful with that if you use a network folder or an attached storage.
I guess the danger is it could delete everything from the library if the storage is not accessible? Worst case you would have to re-add the sources to the library - it couldn't actually delete files I think.