My movie files are set up with each movie in it’s own directory along with the associates subtitles files, etc. I always watch movies in files mode, not library mode. This allows easy management since deleting the folder deletes all the associated files. Previously, going to Videos/Files/MyMovies took me to my folder which contained all the movie folders. Each one would show the movie info for the contained movie when i moved the cursor there. Selecting the folder would then enter the directory and show the actual movie file. Deleting the folder would remove the folder and any files contained within. Now, selecting the folder plays the movie and deleting the folder only deletes the movie file, not the folder or subtitles, etc.
I’ve tried setting “default select action” to choose but that brings up a menu. the “play” entry does as above.
I removed and re-added the movie source. Before I did the library scan it acted properly(for me) but after the scan it went back to library mode even though I was in videos/files. I haven’t noticed any irregularities with my TV series.
Any ideas would be appreciated. I’d really like it back the way it was. Even letting me know what I need to roll back to to get the old behavior would be helpful.
edit: I just tried this same thing on my Debian desktop running Kodi 16.1 and it works as I expect it to, with select entering the folder, etc. The raspberry Pi2 running OSMC 16.1 has the non-desired functionality. The desktop and RPi2 share a database on a NAS with media information.
Pardon me for not using the same vernacular. I probably should have said “The desktop and RPi2 share a mysql database on a NAS with media libraries.” Well, actually I thing it’s using mariadb now… Mysql’s been gone for a while.
I’m not sure why you are expecting files mode to behave as library mode was designed to. I think the issue is likely that the files are contained in a library on the Debian system (which is also likely the system you use as scraper) and Kodi is smart enough to show the metadata even in files view. On the problematic system, you have no library configured so, this system (possibly only until you’ve viewed the files) has no idea to associate metadata and files.
I don’t expect files mode to behave the same as library mode. In fact, that’s what I’m trying to get rid of. I believe that’s what I stated in the initial report. It’s been working correctly since at least Frodo and possibly even Eden. Only recently has files mode been acting like library mode and only for movies. The Debian box is rarely used as a scraper, and I have removed and re-added the offending source on the Pi repeatedly and tried multiple scrapers ON THE Pi and still the same result. With the Pi scraped database entries the Debian box correctly shows the movies in file mode. BTW I have 2 problematic systems, both OSMC PI’s running the latest.
I do have a Pi2 I use when traveling. I’ll do some experimenting there and see what I can find.
I see again that you didn’t read (or understand) the initial report. I have a box running vanilla Kodi on the same version of Kodi as the OSMC RPi2’s which doesn’t have the same issue and the OSMC boxes. I can’t really tell them KODI is broken, can I?
You seem to have no valid input to this issue. Please stop cluttering up the thread.
Funny you would feel that way even though I seem to be the only one even trying to help you. Forgive me if it takes a bit to understand exactly what you are expecting from the system when you are using it in a way that i and probably 90% of all other Kodi users normally wouldn’t. So good luck with that…
Here’s a banner idea though… A man smarter than you obviously, would probably compare Kodi debug logs when attempting to go through the same steps to find out where the issue might lie… So enjoy…