Settings/Media/Library

Settings

Media

Library

Manage Sources

Videos

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	This provides access to the Video Sources. It is an alternate access to Videos>Files from the main menu. See: HOW-TO:Create Video Library

Music

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	This provides access to the Music Sources. It is an alternate access to Music>Files from the Music menu. See: HOW-TO:Create Music Library

Pictures

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	This provides access to the Picture Sources. It is an alternate access to Pictures from the Pictures menu. See: Pictures

Video Library

Update library on startup

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Check for new video content every time Kodi is started. If your content does not change often, leave this disabled as it will be running and scanning for no benefit and possibly making internet API calls for unscrapable media. For alternate methods to scan new items into the library... See: Updating or removing videos

Hide progress of library updates

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Hide the pop-up library scanning progress bar during scans.

Clean library

Settings level:

Advanced

Description:

Remove items from the library. Many users misunderstand this function. Kodi has been designed to allow plugging and unplugging of portable hard drives. Due to this, when you run this option your media may not be deleted as expected. This is to ensure a library is not deleted because a USB HDD was unplugged. Use the correct method of removing titles from the library as detailed in the link below. After correctly deleting from the library first then run a clean library to purge the database of unnecessary records. See Removing content

Export library

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	Export the contents of the video library. Used as a backup of your library, or to create a new Kodi installation. Note: For the Video library, we recommend using the Separate Files method. See Export Video Library

Import library

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	If you exported your library using the Single File method, use this to import the single file into the video library. See Import Single File

Music Library

Update library on startup

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Check for new music content every time Kodi is started. If your content does not change often, leave this disabled as it will be running and scanning for no benefit and possibly making internet API calls for unscrapable media. For alternate methods to scan new items into the library... See: Update Music Library

Hide progress of library updates

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Hide the pop-up library scanning progress bar during scans.

Clean library

Settings level:

Advanced

Description:

Performs cleanup tasks on the Music database. Used to de-clutter the database of unused records. Used if you have moved, deleted or renamed files. If a source is located on removable storage that is not connected at the time of the Clean Library, you will be asked to choose to remove or keep the library entries from that drive. Removes any songs with invalid paths Removes any albums which have no references Removes any artists which have no references Removes any genres which have no references Removes any paths which have no references

Export library

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	Export the contents of the video library. Used as a backup of your library or to create a new Kodi installation. For the Music library, we recommend using the Single Files method as this will also export play counts, user ratings and last played data. See Export Music Library

Import library

Settings level:	Advanced
Description:	If you exported your library using the Single File method, use this to import the single file into the music library. See Import Single File

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