View Full Version : xbmc puts every episode of every season in my library - but I have no episodes at all
For some of my TV-series I don't have any episodes. Usually because I delete all episodes after I've looked at them.
In those cases I have a single folder that is completely empty.
Like this:
TV Series -> (source using thetvdb.com)
24 -> (empty folder)
Chuck -> (empty folder)
...But althoug these folders are completely empty, xbmc thinks that I've got every episode of every season.
I've tried manually removed "24" from the library, cleared my library completely, and then rescanned TV Series (using thetvdb.com). But "24" is still there, including all episodes.
Is this a known bug, or am I doing something wrong?
Edit: I'm using 03-04 SVN rev18221
Ok, I don't quite understand your situation.
I'm going to try and explain the way I see from what you've said. Let me know if I get it right.
You watch TV shows, and then delete them, the files, but the entries stay in your Library after you delete them, the files.
So for these shows you have a directory that is for a show and season that is typically empty, or contains fewer episodes than all, but at one time contained all of the episodes.
You don't mention anything about nfo files. That is the only reason I would think that the entries would appear without the files. That really depends on XBMC and if it searches for nfo files, or searches file media files and then looks for nfos.
A debug log would be helpful in this situation and would tell us what XBMC is doing in the background with your file structure and why it's adding these phantom entires in the library.
Check this out for more info: Sticky: Read this before posting problems/bugs!! (http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42474)
You seem to have unlocked XBMC's yet uncoded episode guide.
There is an advancedsetting to hide empty series, but what you are experiencing should not be normal:
http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Advancedsettings.xml#.3Cvideolibrary.3E
You seem to have unlocked XBMC's yet uncoded episode guide.
How is that possible?
There is an advancedsetting to hide empty series, but what you are experiencing should not be normal:
http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Advancedsettings.xml#.3Cvideolibrary.3E
I'll try using that setting.
My current settings are:
<videolibrary>
<backgroundupdate>false</backgroundupdate>
<cleanonupdate>true</cleanonupdate>
<hiderecentlyaddeditems>true</hiderecentlyaddeditems>
</videolibrary>
Edit: I removed my <videolibrary> settings completely from the AdvancedSettings.xml. Then I removed the scraper settings and removed the library completely. Then I set thetvdb.com as a scraper again and made a rescan of the library. But all episodes are still visible.
This is my log:
http://pastebin.com/m5af72b61
When I add <hideemptyseries>true</hideemptyseries> all seems to be back as expected again.