Request: Clean Up Transcoding Temp Task

[yaksplat 58]

I've posted about this before when I was having issues with the Apple TV app not deleting its temp files after it crashes.  But it appears that other apps are not cleaning up their temp files as well. I was having general performance issues around the house with emby and I found that once again my transcoding-temp was swelling.  It held 30 GB of files dating a month back.

 

We're using various devices around the house; android, ios, roku, firetv...  So there's no way of knowing what's not cleaning up properly.  Can a task be added to the server to clean up any transcoding files that are more than a couple days old?  I'm running a powershell script to handle it for now, but it would be good if the server handled expanding files properly as a second line of defense, even if the separate app devs are not.

[Happy2Play 8356]

Wouldn't Restarting Emby accomplish what you want?

[Luke 37248]

Well you shouldn't  have to do either. We should find out why the files aren't getting cleaned up. Have you customized your server's transcoding temp folder?

[yaksplat 58]

I haven't customized anything other than using emby as a service.

2018-11-25 00:00:01.132 Info App: Application version: 3.5.3.0
2018-11-25 00:00:01.132 Info App: Emby
	Command line: C:\Users\jim\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.dll -service
	Operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
	64-Bit OS: True
	64-Bit Process: True
	User Interactive: True
	Processor count: 8
	Program data path: C:\Users\jim\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata
	Application directory: C:\Users\jim\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system
2018-11-25 00:00:01.132 Info App: Plugins:
	Auto Box Sets 1.1.3.0
	Cinema Mode 1.0.2.0
	IMVDb 1.0.1.0
	Server Configuration Backup 1.2.3.0
	Trailers 1.1.6.0
	Movie Theme Songs 1.6.0.0
	Movie Theme Videos 1.5.1.1
	Open Subtitles 1.0.2.0
	Statistics 2.0.5.1
	Theme Songs 1.6.0.1

I opened a few of the files that were in the temp directory.  They were parts of what my son was watching on his iphone, so it may be an issue with the ios app.

[Luke 37248]

How did he stop playback?