Phantom album in my albums list, with no way to remove it

[carotteatomique]

Describe the bug
There is an inexistant, empty album in my Albums list. This album was from a few pieces of music whose album I changed manually to something else. The new album shows up fine, with these pieces of music in it, but the old one is still there and there is no way to get rid of it. The old album does not list the tracks it used to hold, it's empty.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Import an album into Rune
2. Using external software, change the album of all tracks of that album
3. Rescan the library, to have the new album appear
4. The old album is still there, now empty

Expected behavior
The old album should disappear, since there is no track within it anymore.

System information

• OS: Linux (Flathub)
• Version: 1.1.0-rc.2

Additional context
I was not able to remove the phantom album. Deleting my library from Rune did not work, neither did resetting my library to factory settings, neither did deleting Rune from my computer and reinstalling it. After doing all of this, the album is still there.

[dosubot]

Hey @carotteatomique, I'm here to help you with any bugs, questions, or contributions you have for Rune. Let's work together to solve this issue you're experiencing.

It seems like the issue you're experiencing is related to how Rune handles orphaned album entries in the database. Unfortunately, I couldn't find specific information on how Rune identifies and removes albums with no associated tracks during a library rescan. However, the problem might be due to the database not being cleaned up properly after the tracks were moved to a new album.

One potential workaround could be to manually check the database for any orphaned entries and remove them. This would require direct access to the database and some knowledge of how to manipulate it safely. If you're comfortable with this approach, you might want to look into the MediaFileAlbums table, which manages the relationships between media files and albums ^[1].

If manual database manipulation is not an option, you might need to wait for a future update that addresses this issue or explore if there are any community-contributed scripts or tools that can help clean up orphaned album entries.

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[Losses]

Let me investigate it later, thank you for the report!