@__thumb files - How do do I get rid of them?

[niwa2]

as long as the script is running the host is not answering, that is why the message pops up.
it is just taking a while to delete all tose files.
just wait until the script finishes and ignore the not responding for more than 15s message.

[OMDB]

Thanks for that lovely python script. Worked like a charm

[kuro.houou]

I am trying to prevent the creation of the @_thumb folder and files but I don't see the below line in my crontab file

0 3 * * * /usr/local/sbin/ImR_all -soft /Qmultimedia

I am running firmware 3.4.0 on a 419p+, this is getting very annoying as it uploads these files to my S3 account. Wish I could prevent this as its costing me money.

[niwa2]

on my TS-639 it is now called

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/etc/init.d/ImRd.sh bgThGen

and not

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/usr/local/sbin/ImR_all -soft /Qmultimedia

anymore.

[aquagraphite]

The reason that the script might not be running for some people - ermmmm you have to install Python - just as I found out DOH!

Definitely was this as I managed to get rind of loads of the stuff.

What I did was to install Python with Get QPKG in the NAS admin. Created the py file mentioned earlier in the thread and copied to the base of my share/multimedia. I then downloaded and ran Putty and logged in as admin. I then did a CD command to where my multimedia files were (cd share/multimedia). Then I simply ran python rmthumbnails.py *JOY*

All gone now

Hope that helps

Mark

[Kronissimo54]

Hello,

the script didn't work for me.

I have installed Phyton over the Web-Adimistration with "Get QPKG" and activated it.

Then, i tried to start the script in Putty, but just became this message:

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[/share/Medien] # python rmthumb.py
  File "rmthumb.py", line 1
    import os, shutil
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent

I named the script "rmthum.py", and created it with WinSCP in /share/Medien.

How can i get it started?

[bobertuk]

You could run a bash script like this but will need to install 'findutils' (using ipkg) first to get access to 'exec' command.
(The basic script was obtained from internet sources but the 'find' section had to be greatly modified)

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#!/bin/sh
# Script:         cleanup
# Object:         Cleans up your Linux file system
#
 
# Test number of arguments here
if (( $# < 1 )) ; then
	echo
        echo "We need an argument here."
	echo "Usage:   ./cleanup [Directory]"
	echo "Example: ./cleanup /home/christian" 
	echo >&2
        exit 1
fi
 
/opt/bin/find $1 \( -iname ':2eDS_Store' \
 -o -iname ':2eapdisk' \
 -o -iname '.@__thumb' \
 -o -iname '.hightlight' \
 -o -iname '.AppleDB' \
 -o -iname '.AppleDesktop' \
 -o -iname '.AppleDouble' \
 -o -iname 'Network Trash Folder' \
 -o -iname 'Temporary Items' \
 -o -iname '2elocalized' \
 -o -iname '.DS_Store' \
 -o -iname 'Thumbs.db' \
 -o -iname ':2e_*' \
 -o -iname '._*' \) -exec rm -rf {} \;

exit 0

And then set it off with crontab using something like this...

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10 * * * * /share/MD0_DATA/Public/Custom/cleanup /share/MD0_DATA/your_directory

This crontab task runs at 10min past every hour - you could set it off at any time of course.

On my NAS the script is called 'cleanup' and I keep it in ../Public/Custom. You can obvioulsy add/remove files/folders of your choice but MUST keep the script structure intact.

It works for me but use it at your own risk.

Bob

[kuro.houou]

on my TS-639 it is now called

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/etc/init.d/ImRd.sh bgThGen

and not

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/usr/local/sbin/ImR_all -soft /Qmultimedia

anymore.

I didn't see either of these on my 419p+ II. Using the latest firmware 3.5.2. Did they fix this perhaps finally?

[zitoon]

Hello !
I have the same problem on a TS-112.
I removed this line :
# 0 3 * * * /etc/init.d/ImRd.sh bgThGen
But i still have folders created at 3:00 AM.
Does anybody have a solution for this ?
I don't use the Multimedia Station, only Zina for my music, and don't need those folders.
Thanks !

[IT-King]

Removes all thumb directories: find -iname ".@__thumb" -exec /bin/rm -r {} \+

[sushi17]

this works too from SSH

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rm -rf /share/Qmultimedia/*/.@__thumb
rm -rf /share/Qmultimedia/*/*/.@__thumb
rm -rf /share/Qmultimedia/*/*/*/.@__thumb
rm -rf /share/Qmultimedia/*/*/*/*/.@__thumb
rm -rf /share/Qmultimedia/*/*/*/*/*/.@__thumb

and it's easier

[tshah1n]

picasa.ini files are created/used by picasa to store facetag information for all the images in the folder. if you delete then it will be reprocessed again by picasa else facetags info will be lost. one way to avoid depending on picasa.ini file to store face tags is to enable the option of storing face tags directly to jpg files (added in XMP field metadata). the option is available starting picasa 3.9 yet methods for storing face tags is not standardized and will only be understood by picasa.

also note that starting qnap qts 4, other thumbnails are generated by media library service for photo station 3 and stored along with the database file in a different location /share/HDA_DATA/.system which are independent on the multimedia station thumbnails

there should be a way to migrate multimedia station to use the new media library database instead of wasting time/storage duplicating and generating multiple thumbnail sets else i recommend to stop using multimedia station altogether and delete the thumbnails using the script offered above and depending on qfile and qmusic apps instead of qmobile. though QNAP sw team should develop a qphoto app that displays and uses database generated by the new photostation 3 which is much faster and robust compared to multimedia station.

[tshah1n]

you may also stop multimedia station thumbnail generation process directly from the station manager in qts 4 by disabling the daily scan schedule which will remove it from crontab automatically

[doktornotor]

Best solution - remove the horrible thing altogether. Finally possible with 4.0.1

[shenga]

Im on qts 4..0.1 and i cannot seem to stop generating these damn thumb folders. i have gone into station manager, media library, everything off. Theystll generate if i go into the file station at a later date so how do you turn if off completely ?
Nothing I can see in crontab suggests putting an # at the start of the line

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# m h dom m dow cmd
0 4 * * * /sbin/hwclock -s
0 3 * * * /sbin/vs_refresh
0 3 * * * /sbin/clean_reset_pwd
0-59/15 * * * * /etc/init.d/nss2_dusg.sh
30 7 * * * /sbin/clean_upload_file
45 2 * * * /etc/init.d/updatedb.sh crontab enable
0 5 * * * /etc/init.d/ddns_update.sh
0 3 * * 0 /etc/init.d/idmap.sh dump
45 8 * * 0 /etc/init.d/startup
*/30 * * * * /etc/init.d/check_ddns_external_ip.sh 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
0 2 * * 1 /etc/init.d/antivirus.sh scan 1
0 0 * * * /etc/init.d/antivirus.sh archive_log
0 0 */1 * * /etc/init.d/antivirus.sh update_db