Archiving Orphan Files

jksmurf · 2015-09-14, 01:30 PM

When I archive a show it leaves behind 3 files, movie.nfo tvshow.nfo and folder.jpg, which I think are created by ImageGrabLite

Would it be possible to choose by extension what gets moved? This is related to this thread too:
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...tvshow-nfo

ta

k.

***sub*** · 2015-09-15, 07:28 AM

jksmurf Wrote:When I archive a show it leaves behind 3 files, movie.nfo tvshow.nfo and folder.jpg, which I think are created by ImageGrabLite

Would it be possible to choose by extension what gets moved? This is related to this thread too:
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...tvshow-nfo

ta

k.

You can already specify what extensions get movied. It uses the list from <DeleteAdditionalExtensions> in config.xml. It can't currently move the files not named the same way, like tvshow.nfo etc though.

jksmurf · 2015-09-15, 10:44 AM

sub Wrote:You can already specify what extensions get movied. It uses the list from <DeleteAdditionalExtensions> in config.xml. It can't currently move the files not named the same way, like tvshow.nfo etc though.

sub can you clarify the last statement please?

I already have

<DeleteAdditionalExtensions>srt,txt,log,d2a,edl,csv,bat,wme,vprj,logo.txt,dvbsub,sm,nfo</DeleteAdditionalExtensions>

ta

k.

mvallevand · 2015-09-15, 10:52 AM

jksmurf Wrote:sub can you clarify the last statement please?

I already have

<DeleteAdditionalExtensions>srt,txt,log,d2a,edl,csv,bat,wme,vprj,logo.txt,dvbsub,sm,nfo</DeleteAdditionalExtensions>

ta

k.

Those are filename based extensions. yours are generic folder files.

Martin

jksmurf · 2015-09-15, 11:13 AM

mvallevand Wrote:Those are filename based extensions. yours are generic folder files.

Martin

Sorry I must be a bit thick :-). What do I need to actually do to get rid of those files?

mvallevand · 2015-09-15, 11:16 AM

sub would have to dded those to a list of files that could moved after empty folder archiving. I believe at least tvshow.nfo is deleted on a folder delete.

Martin

Graham · 2015-09-15, 11:31 AM

jksmurf Wrote:What do I need to actually do to get rid of those files?

Brevity is sometimes the enemy of clarity. Files called, for example, Doctor.Who.ts & Doctor.Who.jpg (and Doctor.Who.whatever is in the list from config.xml) will be deleted when a recording is deleted from the Recordings screen or by archiving to elsewhere. Files not called Doctor.Who.something (for example, tvshow.something) will not be deleted. Edit: I have ignored series and episode and recording dates in the filenames for brevity ... and then added this edit for clarity.

The only solution that I know of is manual housekeeping ever little while to tidy up all of the leftovers.

jksmurf · 2015-09-15, 11:49 AM

Graham Wrote:Brevity is sometimes the enemy of clarity.

Ah! Gotcha now Big Grin

Thanks

k.

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