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Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 28 Apr 2019, 14:13
by kmil992000
I have lots of art folders within my album and artist folders and these folders then show up on my Home page. Be good if there was an option to exclude these folders from scans, the existing exclude options don't appear to work at folder level.

Thanks

Re: Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 08 May 2019, 10:02
by KaeTuuN
Workaround: Change the security rights on your Art Folders, so Madsonic is not able to read them.

Greetings Kae

Re: Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 08 May 2019, 14:29
by kmil992000
Thanks Kae, I'll try your workaround in the meantime.

Re: Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 09 May 2019, 00:11
by Madsonic
We'll add a setting that lets you define folders to exclude when scanning your library.

Best regards,
The Madsonic Team

Re: Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 10 May 2019, 18:19
by Madsonic
It's added in the last 7.0.10390 build. :)

Best regards,
The Madsonic Team

Re: Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 07 Jul 2019, 15:36
by Aktarus
Thank you to add thi feature .. :D

Question, what is the exact syntax to exclude Extrathumbs ans Extrafanart folder from scan :?:

MERCI

Re: Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 09 Jul 2019, 14:15
by Matt Zornig
Aktarus wrote: 07 Jul 2019, 15:36Question, what is the exact syntax to exclude Extrathumbs ans Extrafanart folder from scan :?:
I'll guess, you have to try yourself :-)

But as fas as I can see in -> Settings -> Media Folders you can use regex to create crazy patterns.
settings.png
Multiline Textfield would be so much easier for nun regex-users :-) But then, others will complain about missing flexibilities...

Try the | to add an OR expression, like (Extrathumbs) | (Extrafanart)

Maybe this helps for starting?

Online regex tester and debugger

Regex match folder and all subfolders

Re: Exclude art folders from scans

Posted: 13 Jul 2019, 03:05
by kmil992000
Aktarus wrote: 07 Jul 2019, 15:36 Thank you to add thi feature .. :D

Question, what is the exact syntax to exclude Extrathumbs ans Extrafanart folder from scan :?:

MERCI
I use this expression and works well for me. You may need to amend it depending on your requirements and folder names:

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(?i)scan\w$|(?i)cover\w|(?i)artwork$|(?i)scans covers$|(?i)album[ ](?i)art$|(?i)art$|(?i)images$|(?i)scans[ ](?i)deluxe$
You can try inserting Extrathumbs and Extrafanart in a similar style but definitely worth checking out the links on Regex that Matt posted so you can make it work for your setup.