From 02678253b90988e8ebcd3de3056404ffec76371e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadowghost <Shadowghost@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 17:02:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Backport pull request #11954 from jellyfin/release-10.9.z

Do not delete file locations for virtual episodes and seasons

Original-merge: 23b12513933dbb43c7e653a1166df48462ed034c

Merged-by: crobibero <cody@robibe.ro>

Backported-by: Joshua M. Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>
---
 MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/SeriesMetadataService.cs | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/SeriesMetadataService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/SeriesMetadataService.cs
index 41c6bd8f20..2389bce577 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/SeriesMetadataService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/SeriesMetadataService.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                         virtualSeason,
                         new DeleteOptions
                         {
-                            DeleteFileLocation = true
+                            // Internal metadata paths are removed regardless of this.
+                            DeleteFileLocation = false
                         },
                         false);
                 }
@@ -176,7 +177,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
                 episode,
                 new DeleteOptions
                 {
-                    DeleteFileLocation = true
+                    // Internal metadata paths are removed regardless of this.
+                    DeleteFileLocation = false
                 },
                 false);
         }