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Ignore .nomedia - rahaaatul - 2024-08-06
I added `.nomedia` to every folder that contain video files because they pollute my album app.
Kodi's saying:
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Skipping item ... with '.nomedia' file in parent directory, it won't be added to the library.Okay, cool. How do I turn it off?
RE: Ignore .nomedia - Sidewinder_2011 - 2024-08-06
Delete the .nomedia file
RE: Ignore .nomedia - rahaaatul - 2024-08-07
(2024-08-06, 23:42)Sidewinder_2011 Wrote: Delete the .nomedia file
You may have missed the part where I explained why I don't want to do that.
RE: Ignore .nomedia - Sidewinder_2011 - 2024-08-07
@rahaaatul
I know why you want it, but in the next part you say how to turn it off , do u want it on or off ?can't have both.
Why keep videos with your albums, keep them in different folder then they won't be in your album app
RE: Ignore .nomedia - rahaaatul - 2024-08-17
(2024-08-07, 02:21)Sidewinder_2011 Wrote: I know why you want it, but in the next part you say how to turn it off , do u want it on or off ?can't have both.I want to turn the option off in Kodi. To not get the error I'm getting in the log snippet pasted on the main post.
(2024-08-07, 02:21)Sidewinder_2011 Wrote: Why keep videos with your albums, keep them in different folder then they won't be in your album app
Album app is equivalent to Gallery app in Android, I just named it as it's named on my device. A gallery app displays all media files whether it's photo or video.
Anyways, I found a workaround. Instead of putting .nomedia in every folder, I've created a new folder starting with a dot > .media. Then I've placed my media folders like movies, shows, music videos, music in .media folder like this:
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📂 .media
├──📂 movies
│ ├── ...
├──📂 shows
│ ├── ...
├──📂 music
│ ├── ...
└──📂 music-videos
└── ...
And then in Kodi I've set .media as a source. This hides the folder from normal file manager/media apps. But let's me access the media files in Kodi.