Duplicate movie titles

1st Official Post

    Running LibreElect 8.2.0 The Linux OS is Generic x86_64

    Most but not all movie file names are duplicated, a number are triplicated and a few are listed four times as well as their poster art. I have checked the actual file locations, there are no duplicates and these are not movie sets. I saw where someone else had this issue a few years back and it was suggested to "clean the library". I tried doing that without any change.

    Otherwise everything works great.

    Any suggestions are appreciated

    • Official Post

    Duplicates either mean video files with each a different file extension, or video files with each a difference in their file path. The latter can be anything from changes in uppercase/lowercase, spaces in paths, or a different file protocol (SMB, NFS, etc). Also creating more than video source linking to the same files location can end up in duplicate video entries.

    As a last resort: do a Video Library Export via separate files, creating a backup. Also clean up your sources.xml file for any unnecessary stuff. Then make a backup of your current video library (copy file or mysqldump), delete the video library (file), restart Kodi, set up your video source(s), and import your video collection.

    Thank you for your detailed reply, being a noob It will take me a while to research to fully understand the content of your reply.

    After reading your post I should add more information that may help better understand my environment.

    LibreElec is on its own separate drive. Before installing libreelec, I had content on multiple small storage drives. After Kodi was operational I transferred the content from various drives onto two new large drives, this was done using a different computer, and then installed the new drives on the libreelec box.

    One Question:

    Will physically disconnecting both content drives and deleting my current libraries be exactly the same as a fresh install of libreelec without any content?

    If Yes, then if I only reconnect a single content drive, create a movie library, only one of two things should happen, either duplicates or no duplicates. If duplicates then I would concentrate on identifying what is causing duplicates on the single drive. Does this make sense in trying to track down what's causing the problem?