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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 968839" data-attributes="member: 18896">I move shows around a lot external to MediaPortal, a lot of times with MediaPortal running.&nbsp;MP-TVSeries is very adapt to this and new improvements are being worked on as we speak regarding the problem of multiple files that are the same episode.&nbsp;For example, currently when you spot 2 files that are the same episode and you delete one of them via GUI from disk+database, you are actually removing the database entry for the other episode as well. The correct way in current system would to always delete from disk only and rely on the MediaInfo to find out which &quot;file&quot; is the one you want to keep.&nbsp;What will change is that in new release, when multiple files are detected that refer to the same episode, you will not be able to delete from database anymore until you are down to 1 file.&nbsp;Going back to your original question, the mp-tvseries.log file is your friend, and you can analyze it quick (even from another system). I use concurrent RDP myself, so I can look at log files while MediaPortal is running from a different location even. So I use little batch files that let me know what is going on, for example:&nbsp;[code]@Echo Offchcp 1252 &gt; nulfind &quot;progress received: MediaInfo &quot; &quot;C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MP-TVSeries.log&quot;[/code]&nbsp;This can also be adjusted to run directly off a <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/file://htpc/ShareName" target="_blank">\\HTPC\ShareName</a> type of setup, but I don't have to worry about that myself due to concurrent RDP. The above script gives me a quick overview of all the new files that got imported.&nbsp;I also use:&nbsp;[code]@Echo Offchcp 1252 &gt; nulfind &quot;g_Player.OnStarted() &quot; &quot;C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MediaPortal.log&quot;find &quot;Playback started for: &quot; &quot;C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MP-TVSeries.log&quot;find &quot;Playback ended for: &quot; &quot;C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MP-TVSeries.log&quot;[/code]&nbsp;To find out what was played (wife usually wants me to remember show she watched the night before for example), but Trakt now takes over a lot of this function for me. I've got lot of other scripts, but you get the idea.&nbsp;Possabilities are endless, just make sure to set MediaPortal log mode verbosity to 'debug', so you have more useful data to examine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 968839, member: 18896"] I move shows around a lot external to MediaPortal, a lot of times with MediaPortal running. MP-TVSeries is very adapt to this and new improvements are being worked on as we speak regarding the problem of multiple files that are the same episode. For example, currently when you spot 2 files that are the same episode and you delete one of them via GUI from disk+database, you are actually removing the database entry for the other episode as well. The correct way in current system would to always delete from disk only and rely on the MediaInfo to find out which "file" is the one you want to keep. What will change is that in new release, when multiple files are detected that refer to the same episode, you will not be able to delete from database anymore until you are down to 1 file. Going back to your original question, the mp-tvseries.log file is your friend, and you can analyze it quick (even from another system). I use concurrent RDP myself, so I can look at log files while MediaPortal is running from a different location even. So I use little batch files that let me know what is going on, for example: [code]@Echo Off chcp 1252 > nul find "progress received: MediaInfo " "C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MP-TVSeries.log" [/code] This can also be adjusted to run directly off a [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/file://htpc/ShareName']\\HTPC\ShareName[/URL] type of setup, but I don't have to worry about that myself due to concurrent RDP. The above script gives me a quick overview of all the new files that got imported. I also use: [code]@Echo Off chcp 1252 > nul find "g_Player.OnStarted() " "C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MediaPortal.log" find "Playback started for: " "C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MP-TVSeries.log" find "Playback ended for: " "C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\log\MP-TVSeries.log" [/code] To find out what was played (wife usually wants me to remember show she watched the night before for example), but Trakt now takes over a lot of this function for me. I've got lot of other scripts, but you get the idea. Possabilities are endless, just make sure to set MediaPortal log mode verbosity to 'debug', so you have more useful data to examine. [/QUOTE]

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