Computer Issues

I just started to notice this happening to me and wondered what is was and how to turn it off.

I'll post this here because I don't know where else to put it. Maybe someone can help. I've tried everything I can think of, and Googling, but honestly I don't even know what the correct search terms would be. I've tried everything I can think of, but nothing addresses this issue.

So as you can see on this screenshot, the Predator 2 folder is highlighted. You can't see it but my mouse is just hovering over it, I haven't actually clicked it. But notice how the light blue highlight is the entire width of the column? Meaning, it is as long as the longest item in that column. Prior to about a month ago, if I wanted to move something into that folder from another folder, I could drag it to anywhere off to the right of those shorter filenames and let go, and it would just move it into the 1Movies folder because the shorter folder's "selection area" only extended as far as their names. Now, if I do the same thing, it will drop it into the highlighted folder (in this case, Predator 2). I don't want that. I like to keep multiple folders open like that and move them around, but now it is pissing me off because the only spot I can drop it and have it to into the 1Movies folder is literally on the borders of the window itself. I usually use the bottom border, but there is typically a lot more empty space in the middle somewhere than trying to pinpoint the bottom border precisely without hitting the motherfucking scroll bar. Particularly since I usually have this window partially hidden under another window, and dragging/dropping doesn't bring this one to the forefront, so most of the "blank space" I could click on is covered. It was incredibly fucking easy before when I had all the blank space in the center of the window to work with, and now I get annoyed every goddamn time.

I know, probably making too big of a deal out of it, but I've been doing it this way for years!

Anyone have any idea what the fuck I'm talking about, and how to change it back?

Ao- said:

What's your "View" set at? Change it to details, should fix it I think?

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Changing it to Details gives me blank space off to the right, sure, but I detest how small a number of folders that ends up actually showing me at a time. That's why I use List in the first place.

Jysin said:

I used to deal with this too until I just started dropping my rips without folders. I don't need anything but the correct film title and Kodi sorts everything else out. I used to have the same drag and drop complaint until finally I just realized I don't need to dick around with folders in the first place. Just drag the main movie and if there's just a pile of other movies in there, it just adds to the main folder.

I know this isn't the answer you are looking for, but might be an acceptable work around.

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I mean, that's an option I suppose, but as you can see I already have 1172 folders in there. Not really excited about stripping all the files out, even if I could get most of them just by searching for .mkv. On top of that, I am in the process of curating the filenames with a program that writes an .nfo file specifically for Kodi and Plex, and the thought of having all those .nfo files intermixed in just one big jumble of files is enough to trigger full-blown ADD in me I think

Jysin said:

Oh, I hear you. I have nearly 10TB worth of media on my NAS. I didn't remove old stuff from folders, rather I just stopped using folders going forward. When I made the decision, I just started adding the media file by itself. Sort the folder by Newest from top to bottom. All your older folder movies will scroll to the bottom.

Side note, what is with this filename curating business and dicking around with NFOs? Kodi doesn't ever seem to miss a beat and gets it right every single time.

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Well, I'm gonna be honest, I'm waaaaay behind on the curating thing, but it is mainly an anal retentive thing on my part. I prefer everything to be in the same nice neat format when I look at it. As you can see from that screenshot, it is mostly just however it comes down from the torrent creator. Nothing wrong with that really when I am not actively looking at it, and you're right that Kodi and Plex seem to get them 99.9% of the time, so it is mostly an aesthetic thing. However, I also find myself wanting to occasionally replace screeners or HC rips and the like with a better version, and this program I use (tinyMediaManager) makes finding those a snap. Yes, I realize I can just search for dvdscr or HC and find them about as fast. But that program also has a nice rename feature that I love, and I've been wanting to use it to get everything just perfect.

But on top of that, for example, when you have Terminator 2 Director's Cut and also Terminator 2 Skynet Edition, Plex and Kodi don't differentiate the two at all. They just say that you have two versions of Terminator 2 (or they did when I started this process years ago, who the fuck knows, maybe they updated it since). tMM has an option where it will allow me to specify that it is a Director's Cut or something custom, like Skynet Edition, and it will show up in both programs as such, while still treating it as just Terminator 2 for purposes of retrieving artwork and trailers and whatever else I decide I want some day in the future.

So yeah, it is mainly just me wanting shit to look all neat and tidy. No one is ever going to see it but me, and the few people with access to my Plex that might decide to watch both versions of Terminator 2, which is why I've slacked way way behind actually doing it, but it is still something I want to do eventually. Dumb, I know. Don't judge me!

Run a SMART test on it?

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