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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 580562" data-attributes="member: 18896">The log file is recycled everytime you start up MediaPortal and the plugin is initialized.A movingpictures.bak is created to retain some of the older data, but if you do not safeguard these files, they eventually get reused and you loose the old log information.I wrote a little batch file that compresses the log files and stores them in a safe location with a datestamp in the filename before I launch MediaPortal. I'll clean up the code and share it on the forum for others to use. However that doesn't solve your problem.One thing you can do however is check your 'thumbs' folder, because when MovingPictures removed a movie from the database, it doesn't remove the backdrop and cover images (they don't consume much storage space and are easier to add back in this way when you re-add the movie). You could use SQL commands to export the backdrop filenames, and then use WinMerge to compare this output with a &quot;dir /b /ogn&quot; output to see which movies you deleted. Or if that sounds too technical, manually go through the lists to compare.Hope that works for you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 580562, member: 18896"] The log file is recycled everytime you start up MediaPortal and the plugin is initialized. A movingpictures.bak is created to retain some of the older data, but if you do not safeguard these files, they eventually get reused and you loose the old log information. I wrote a little batch file that compresses the log files and stores them in a safe location with a datestamp in the filename before I launch MediaPortal. I'll clean up the code and share it on the forum for others to use. However that doesn't solve your problem. One thing you can do however is check your 'thumbs' folder, because when MovingPictures removed a movie from the database, it doesn't remove the backdrop and cover images (they don't consume much storage space and are easier to add back in this way when you re-add the movie). You could use SQL commands to export the backdrop filenames, and then use WinMerge to compare this output with a "dir /b /ogn" output to see which movies you deleted. Or if that sounds too technical, manually go through the lists to compare. Hope that works for you. [/QUOTE]

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