Orphan files in the Movie folder

BobS · Post by **BobS** » Fri Jan 19, 2024 06:13

I’ve been looking at the Movie folder via Windows Explorer and noticed that I have many ‘orphaned' files. Eg parts of old recordings that were deleted long ago.
They do not appear in the Movie List
Is there a tool/option to clean out these files or should I just delete them via Windows Explorer?

BobS

prl · Post by **prl** » Fri Jan 19, 2024 08:46

There's nothing I know of to automatically clean the files out. You need to do it manually, either with Windows Explorer, or on the PVR, using File Commander (MENU>Sources / Files).

Out of curiosity, what filename extensions to the orphaned files have? Presumably not .ts, they should show up in the recordings list.

BobS · Post by **BobS** » Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:36

Hi Peter,
They’re mostly .meta and some .ap
See attached screenshot

The first valid recording is 15/08/2022 BackRoads

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:19

When recordings are deleted using the delete function in the media selection screen (MEDIA from live TV), all the files that make up a recording should be deleted at once. Similarly if you delete a recording's .ts file in File Commander.

Deleting recordings file-at-a-time using Windows Explorer depends on the user deleting all the individual files that make up the recording. I'm not saying that that's the cause, but it could be.