Cant delete movies from play list...
 

ok i use the standard n900 player to play my movies and so on.

The past week when i delete a movie it deletes. but when i close the player and reopen it. it shows up agen but you cannot play the file as it says "unable to find media file" cos i have deleted it.

but why will it not delete in the list (video - Categories)

i have tryed renaming(then i open the player it shows the old file name and new file name) the files, i have tryed delete files from PC and from the phone. but nothing seems to make a diffrence.

can anyone help.

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

try to delete them from the terminal:

cd Directory_in_which_are_the_files

rm film1.avi for example

use ls to list the files in the respective directory

Note that the terminal is case-sensitive.

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

Looks like the OP can remove the files but not their entry in the playlist.

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

Yes, I think, the entries are still in Playlist.

OP, if you are using Mediabox.
-- log in to xterminal
-- cd /home/user/.mediabox/playlists
Here you will see all your playlists. Remove the playlist which you want to remove. Or if you have deleted only few songs from the, you can delete the song entry from that playlist.
Remove these two lines for each of your file.
#EXTINF:-1,YOUR SONG
file:///home/user/MyDocs/.sounds/YOUR SONG.mp3

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

i dont know the directory of the .videos in the fone. as it is a hidden file. anyone know the path for it.(defalt)

it is more my movies that it is doing with it. and i use the n900 player

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

Its under /home/user/MyDocs/.videos

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

I done this and it does not show the files i have alrdy deleted.(but the filenames still shows in the my movies/playlist bit)


this is correct. the files have been deleted but the entry in the playlist is still there.



Is there a playlist for the movies side of things that i can refresh?

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

also tryed

reboot x-terminal
type in "sudo gainroot "
type in "reboot"

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

Not clear from your posts what you did ?

So is your playlist issue resolved ? Did you go to that folder and removed the playlist ?

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

i have deleted the movie files. but they still show up in the list. and cant seem to get ride of them even tho the file is no longer there. and it is movies i am haveing the problem with.

still having this problem

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

are you talking about mediabox here ?

Its the same thing. They are also in /home/user/.mediabox/playlists directory.

eg. my movie name is "20100501_001"

-- cd /home/user/.mediabox/playlists
-- grep 20100501_001 *
it shows
Playlist.m3u:#EXTINF:-1,20100501_001
Playlist.m3u:file:///home/user/MyDocs/DCIM/20100501_001.mp4

So you have to delete these two entries from Playlist.m3u

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

just had a laugh on the first answeres...

you might have a problem with your trackerd (the tool watching after your files to generate this list) you may get it fixed by plugging it into your computer and go for masstorage use wait for it to settle and disconnect again.
if this does not help you need to reset the tracker by typing

in a terminal window

after this trackerd is not running but will start after you launch the mediaplayer, it will take quiet some time to track your files again. (mine took about 30 minutes)

I do not know how to reset just the media files instead, maybe s/o else does

Re: Cant delete movies from play list...
 

OMG thank you,

Vodafone was like do a factory reset. lol that seems to be there answer to alot of things now a days