{"id":6339,"date":"2025-01-11T19:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T06:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=6339"},"modified":"2025-01-12T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:00:52","slug":"add-remove-reset-music-video-libraries-in-kodi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=6339","title":{"rendered":"Add\/Remove\/Reset music\/video libraries in Kodi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you make some, shall we say, “structural”, changes to the files in your Kodi music library, this will not necessarily be reflected in Kodi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were to create a music library in Kodi and change the files, say adding a cover.jpg, you could then do an “update library”. However while this seems to mostly work correctly I have seen occasions it not update some songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So generally just doing an “Update Library” is fine for adding new CDs, if you want to be absolutely sure all your changes are picked up then a remove and recreate of the library is your best bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, in my post Zoyinc Kodi skin on Sony TV<\/a> I describe a particular way I setup my music files to work with my custom skin, where the CD art is in a subfolder “stuff” and a high resolution cover image is in the same folder as the *.flac files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to “Settings | Media Settings | Library | Music…”. Then select “Add music..”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browse to the network folder, in my case these are nfs shares, select the folder you want to use and click “OK” to add it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then click on “Yes” when prompted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At this point you will see it updates at the top of the page as it scans the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove a library<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to “Settings | Media Settings | Library | Music…” and select the library you want to remove:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Depending on where Kodi is running you will either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Right click it (Windows\/Android)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Long “OK” press (Google TV using a remote)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    From the popup menu select “Remove source” followed by “Yes”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Update a library<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    This is done from the “Music” menu where you simply click on “Update library”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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