clean up folders

[jriker1 20]

When I used MB2 it stored all the images and stuff "somewhere".  I was all good with that.  With MB3 all my movie folders are cluttered with images and subfolders.  Makes it a pain when you look at these folders thru some of my alternative movie player solutions like Win 2012 itself.  Is there a setting that will eliminate all the folders and image files that MB3 created in the physical movie folder and place them elsewhere?  I know there was an option to be MB2/MB3 or MB3/other_solutions compatible.  Not sure if picking MB2/MB3 was the right answer.  Also if so how do I switch?  Switch the settings and manually delete all the content?

 

Thanks.

 

JR

[Happy2Play 9780]

option to be Standard MB2/MB3 or Compatible MB3/Plex/XBMC

 This option really only matters if you use Plex and/or XBMC. 

 

 

Save metadata to media folder (See number 19.) Unchecked will save everything locally.

 

http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/692-mb3-server-setup-and-configuration/?p=24077

 

As for already saved metadata I don't believe the is a migration or clean-up option.  You'll have to manually remove existing metadata.

Edited April 7, 2014 by Happy2Play

[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

Once you have your metadata stored locally, you can use Media Center Master to handle the removal of images and other metadata. One warning though, if you use an SSD for your main drive and your User directory is still on that drive, then you will need to watch the space used. Overfilling your SSD will hamper overall performance and you want at least 10% of drive space available at all times.

[jriker1 20]

Thanks for the help both of you. So no option to use an alternative storage location for all images and metadata other than the users folder when unchecking to save everything locally huh?

[Happy2Play 9780]

Don't know how much it covers but on the Dashboard click Advanced and look at Cache Path.