[SOLVED] Spurious Album Cover View problem

[kazmarov]

    Hello. I wonder if someone could advise on a problem with a MoOde 7.6.1 installation on an RPI3B. 

I have a spurious album view entry (a copy of an original album which shows & plays fine) which does not disappear and has entries as shown in the image below. . I have the same music folder on two other streamers (Squeezebox & Onkyo) and neither of those show this issue. The actions I have tried are to clear & regenerate thumb cache & library - neither made any difference. 

Thank you in advance.

[Tim Curtis]

Are there any hidden files in the Folder?

[kazmarov]

Are there any hidden files in the Folder?

Thank you for responding. Not as far as I can see - the screenshot is of the directory with the hidden files view set to show hidden files.

   

[Tim Curtis]

I would look at the directory using an SSH terminal into the Pi

Use the command below which will show all files including hidden (dot) files

Code:

ls -al

[kazmarov]

I would look at the directory using an SSH terminal into the Pi

Use the command below which will show all files including hidden (dot) files

Code:

ls -al

Hello. Here is the listing of the hidden files on the USB drive (FLACMUSIC) where my music resides in a folder called FLAC. As far as I can see, these are the standard MacOS hidden files created when I ripped the files from my CDs but obviously I could be wrong.

   

Below are the hidden files in the FLAC folder:

   

[Tim Curtis]

OS X is particularly annoying with its creation of hidden resource files which are completely useless in Linux. MPD in moOde will index them and create ghost albums etc. They can be filtered out with a .mpdignore file in the root music directory but its far better to delete them altogether.

I use the commands below.

Code:

cd MUSIC_DIRECTORY_ROOT

sudo find . -name "._*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".Trashes" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.Trashes" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".Spotlight*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.DS_Store" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".fseventsd*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".TemporaryItems" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.TemporaryItems" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._moodecfg.txt" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "__MACOSX" -exec rm -rf {} \;

[kazmarov]

OS X is particularly annoying with its creation of hidden resource files which are completely useless in Linux. MPD in moOde will index them and create ghost albums etc. They can be filtered out with a .mpdignore file in the root music directory but its far better to delete them altogether.

I use the commands below.

Code:

cd MUSIC_DIRECTORY_ROOT

sudo find . -name "._*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".Trashes" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.Trashes" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".Spotlight*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.DS_Store" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".fseventsd*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name ".TemporaryItems" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._.TemporaryItems" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "._moodecfg.txt" -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo find . -name "__MACOSX" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Thank you. I will delete them and yes I would certainly agree with OSX is annoying! ?