Any idea what a folder.xml file is?

[Mopar_Mudder 14]

Strange thing I have a bunch of folder.xml files that showed up in my movie folders. They all came on Nov 26'th in the middle of the night.

[AgileHumor 123]

delete me, pii cleanup

Edited April 17, 2015 by AgileHumor

[One2Go 120]

I use the folder.xml for collections.

[AgileHumor 123]

delete me, pii cleanup

Edited April 17, 2015 by AgileHumor

[Mopar_Mudder 14]

 

I use the folder.xml for collections.

 

I have never set up any collection though, don't know how for that matter.

[Happy2Play 9780]

My understanding it is just suppose to represent folder level.  Folders without physical media.  It shouldn't appear in movie folders.

 

ie  Main Movie folder has a folder.xml but individual movie folders don't. 

 

There have been some glitches recently and folder.xml's are in places they shouldn't be.

[jordy 284]

Yeah, I found quite a few in movie and TV folders tonite. Deleted them all with no adverse affects. After a number of Library scans they haven't been re-created either. So who knows?

 

EDIT: I have no idea what function they perform but I just checked and I don't have any in the main library folders either.? My collections are working fine without them also so I don't think it has anything to do with that.

Edited December 7, 2014 by jordy

[One2Go 120]

edit one of the folder.xml files and post the content here, that may help.

[jordy 284]

From memory, mine had metadata details of the movie or show frpm that folder. I'm thinking that they are left overs from MB2.6

[Happy2Play 9780]

From memory, mine had metadata details of the movie or show from that folder. I'm thinking that they are left overs from MB2.6

MBS is creating these files since I have never had MB2 on these systems.  If I find them within a media folders I just delete them.

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
- <Item>
  <Added>1/4/2014 11:06:44 PM</Added>
  <LockData>false</LockData>
  <Type>Folder</Type>
  <LocalTitle>Movies</LocalTitle>
  </Item> 


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Item>
  <Added>8/31/2014 12:28:15 PM</Added>
  <LockData>false</LockData>
  <Type>Folder</Type>
  <LocalTitle>State of Affairs (2014)</LocalTitle>
</Item>
 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
-<Item>
<Added>10/14/2014 3:45:08 AM</Added>
<LockData>false</LockData>
<Type>Folder</Type>
<LocalTitle>X-Men (2000)</LocalTitle>
</Item>

[Mopar_Mudder 14]

Mine look just like what is posted above.