Genre cleaner

[MightyPork 0]

I tried Genre Cleaner just now, I see it working when I run library scan, but then nothing happened and I still have the duplicate genres with the same contents as before. Refresh metadata seemingly does not do anything. What was the correct process to get it to have effect?

e.g.

2025-03-19 19:18:26.903 Info App: Genre 'R&B' mapped to 'R'n'B' for Mary J Blige.

2025-03-19 19:18:26.959 Info App: Genre 'R&B' mapped to 'R'n'B' for 1992 Top 100.

2025-03-19 19:18:27.022 Info App: Genre 'R&B' mapped to 'R'n'B' for Luther Vandross & Janet.

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi there @MightyPork can you please provide a specific example?

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Thanks!

[MightyPork 0]

Turns out there was no feedback when I started metadata refresh, so it looked like nothing happened. The plugin description still does not say you have to do this, btw. It says to do a library scan, which isn't enough.

After a while I noticed the server started making HDD noises and kept at it most of the night. Now I see the cleaner actually worked and the duplicate genres were merged.

[Luke 42077]

@MightyPork

HI, we'll update the description in the plugin to mention this. Thanks for the feedback.