[Win7] Cache folder very large - Doesn't clean!

Here is a workaround, whether we should be needing it is another thing:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=96097

I knew I had seen that somewhere must be going blind :confused2:

So writerlinkmovie isn't cleaned, and some of the actors remain.

Also files + path table aren't cleaned (this is by design - no issues here).

Anything else?

Post a trac ticket with the details (feel free to attach your database should you wish).

Cheers,
Jonathan

jmarshall Wrote:So writerlinkmovie isn't cleaned, and some of the actors remain.

Also files + path table aren't cleaned (this is by design - no issues here).

Anything else?

Post a trac ticket with the details

Cheers,
Jonathan

I already told you guys how to reproduce the problem, its very straight forward.... my screenshot only posted a sample of 2-3 as an exmaple, there are many, manyother fields containing junk data still.

Also: "Files and path tables aren't cleaned by design" ??
Why not? What's the value in having these stay permanently??

Also, remember that i never had music files in library, who knows how much more bloated the database would have got if I had music also in here. I guess I'll hold off on adding music to my library for now if its struggling just to maintain the videos properly.

sho Wrote:Here is a workaround, whether we should be needing it is another thing:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=96097

Thanks but doesn't work at all for me.

I get a ton of errors in the command prompt, and the guy that wrote the program/script assumes that people are familiar with the program to edit, as his instructions consist of: "edit to fit your needs"... wtf?

So this isn't user friendly at all.

nfusion2011 Wrote:I get a ton of errors in the command prompt, and the guy that wrote the program/script assumes that people are familiar with the program to edit, as his instructions consist of: "edit to fit your needs"... wtf?

So this isn't user friendly at all.

Survival of the fittest Feel free to write a GUI for it.

I still don't get why you don't export your library and then use a media manager then you could cut down loads of these problems, you could refresh movies without loosing custom titles and change thumbs fanart with ease or maybe use XWMM, I don't know anyone who customizes their library using xbmc if something goes wrong your lose it all

You might want to think about changing your tone with people who are trying to help you as its pretty off if you ask me

X using an external program should not be needed to download updated fanart or posters, come on...

I didn't say it was needed which it obviously isn't as hes doing it without but it would be easier and would solve a lot of his cache problems cause by choosing and changing artwork using the GUI, and to customize your library and not have a backup is stupid

If he exported his library then imported it his db and cache would be perfect

As its not going to change over night it makes sense to offer other solutions

I'll try the export/import later tomorrow.

Somewhere up above it was mentioned that it should go pretty smooth, unless I had "download actor thumbnails" enabled. I unfortunately do have it enabled.

X, you mention using a media manager. Sorry to say, that XBMC *IS* my media manager. I don't actually use XBMC's built in video player as I find it very awful to use with a mouse/keyboard setup (no seek bar, fast forwarding is clunky, videos are kind of choppy, sometimes subtitles don't properly load). In fact, the first time I tried XBMC, i uninstalled it within minutes cause of the playback problems. The only reason I am trying it again is because it came to my attention that I could set it to play videos using MPC-HC, which is what I do.

So really, other than "playing media" (which I choose not to use it for), and managing my library, it really has no other use to me, and you are suggesting I do not use it to manage my library either?

sho Wrote:Here is a workaround, whether we should be needing it is another thing:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=96097

Thanks for the suggestion, I got it working with help from a few people in that thread.

Unfortunately, the program doesn't clean as much as I was expecting it to.

Ie: If I have a movie, and I've browsed for fanart, it'll still cache all the fanart for that movie, so if the movie has 20 different fan arts, it'll still keep them all instead of just the one that is being used.

So not fully what I was looking for for a solution.