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Auto Rescan Library at Regular Interval? - altern8 - 2009-12-24 hi everyone, im looking to see how i can setup xbmc to rescan my library to cleanup/add new titles as my collection shrinks and expands on a daily/weekly basis ... i found these commands but have no idea where to begin to use them in a XBMC Live environment ... has anyone work on this before? i did a google but only found references to it on the plex forum ... http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=List_of_Built_In_Functions - outleradam - 2009-12-24 I'd like to see the same feature. Where XBMC will monitor it's library folders and compensate for changes in the files every so often, both adds and deletes. - altern8 - 2009-12-24 for now, I created a keymap.XML and assign the rescan function to one of my mce remote buttons ... it's not exactly what i'm hoping to achieve but this is a work around I think I can live with - sho - 2009-12-24 rwparris2 created a python script to do just that. Hunt around in this forum to find it. - olrik - 2009-12-24 1/ enable EventServer 2/ Install the xbmc-eventclients-xbmc-send package 3/ Schedule the Library Update with 'crontab -e' Code: xbmc@XBMCLive:~$ crontab -l - paddycarey - 2009-12-24 or you could turn on the event server, install xbmc-eventclients-xbmc-send from the ppa and add the following line to your crontab with "crontab -e": 0 * * * * xbmc-send --action="XBMC.updatelibrary(video)" your library will then update on the hour every hour i use this along with cleanonupdate in advancedsettings.xml and it works a treat - outleradam - 2009-12-28 I added a feature to mythicalLibrarian to update the library, clean out the old junk that was deleted and send a UI notification - bossanova808 - 2009-12-28 altern8 Wrote:for now, I created a keymap.XML and assign the rescan function to one of my mce remote buttons ... it's not exactly what i'm hoping to achieve but this is a work around I think I can live with Can you post this? I'd prefer an on-demand, one click option than a timed option. - altern8 - 2009-12-28 this is what my keymap.xml looks like... so whenever i press the #1 button, it executes a update library command ... im going to see how i can use the suggested timed option since i would like to have but options at my disposal ... thanks everyone ... Code: <keymap> - dc2447 - 2009-12-28 bossanova808 Wrote:Can you post this? I'd prefer an on-demand, one click option than a timed option. What is wrong with pressing update library on your remote? - joshua.lyon - 2010-01-05 For other people looking for details on how to have your library automatically update on a regular interval, I've posted a step-by-step how-to on my blog. Check it out and post back here (or in the comments) if you have questions. - MDPauley - 2010-01-05 autoexec.py Code: import xbmc, xbmcgui VideoLibraryUpdater.py Code: import xbmc, xbmcgui Put both scripts in your special://home/scripts directory. These 2 scripts will create a timed event that will update the library every 45 minutes... - altern8 - 2010-01-05 MDPauley Wrote:autoexec.py thanks for the code, sorry for the noobie question but where exactly is "special://home/scripts" located? i couldnt find it logging in as root or xbmc - MDPauley - 2010-01-05 Windows: %appdata%\xbmc\scripts\ Linux: ~/.xbmc/scripts/ OSX: not sure... - tstack77 - 2010-01-12 MDPauley, your scripts worked great! I even modified one to clean the library twice a day as well (simple I know, but I am a complete noob with scripting). I made it by creating a CleanVideoLibrary.py and adding the job to autoexec.py CleanVideoLibrary.py Code: import xbmc, xbmcgui autoexec.py Code: import xbmc, xbmcgui I do have one quick question though that 20 minutes on google couldn't help me with. How do I set an exact time of day to run the script instead of every 12 hours? I tried changing the minutes to xx:yy format (18:15), but that wasn't the answer. Thanks for all the help |