Database duplicates

[bradders]

I have a Rockboxed H140 running the August 3 2007 daily build.

For some reason, many of the tracks in my database are duplicated - so if I want to play certain albums via the database function, I will have to listen to two Track 1s, two Tracks 2s and so on. I definitely only have single copies of these on the hard drive so cannot work out why they've been duplicated.

I have tried rebuilding the database but this has not solved the problem.

Is this a known problem? Is there anything I can do to solve it?

[AlexP]

Check you do not ave duplicate copies in the hidden recycle bin folder (or equivalent) that Windows etc. puts there when you delete something.  Run the disktidy plugin.

[bradders]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have run it and it cleaned up 1 file.

The duplicates are there on most, if not all, the files so it must be something in Rockbox which is the problem.

Maybe I should try a different daily build?

[AlexP]

You should be using the most current (i.e. you updated just before posting) current build before reporting a problem, as required by the posting guidelines.  I've just noticed you are not.  Please upgrade to the latest current build, try to build again having deleted the .tcd files in .rockbox, and report back.

[Llorean]

One thing to check is that you can add the two songs that are duplicates of each other into a playlist, then go to the playlist viewer and see if they're actually the same file on disk or not.

[bradders]

I've now updated to the latest build and also deleted all the .tcd files in .rockbox. There were 9 of them, so most likely that was the problem?

I had wanted to to delete the database files in .rockbox but wasn't sure which ones they were. We'll see what happens now...

[bascule]

I had wanted to to delete the database files in .rockbox but wasn't sure which ones they were. We'll see what happens now...

the *.tcd files are the database files

[AlexP]

I think the implication was he wanted to delete them but didn't know which they were, but after I said to delete the .tcd files he realised that those were the database files.

[bradders]

I think the implication was he wanted to delete them but didn't know which they were, but after I said to delete the .tcd files he realised that those were the database files.

Quite.