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Curious about Kodi and Dolby Atmos

January 19, 2025, 12:18 pm
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I am still learning the details of dolby atmos vs Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Atmos, so my question might be terribly confused. I had some questions that I was hoping i could find help with here. I have a new Atmos setup, receiver and speakers. But I am curious what Kodi supports and what I should see as a streaming format on the receiver. I think equipment is indifferent, but it is a Sony receiver that supports Atmos. What makes me curious is from the Apple TV with Atmos movies, the receiver will show Dolby Atmos as signal as expected. From Kodi all I ever get is a 7.1 PCM signal. I am streaming Blu Ray Rips from DVDFab, i can tell that all that are on these blu rays are TrueHD 7.1. Are blu rays capable of having Dolby Atmos and not Dolby TrueHD?

other threads that lead me here ultimately
https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/commen...are_there/

https://hometheaterreview.com/dolby-true...fferences/
There's a whole thing here about atmos being object based vs truehd being 7.1pcm based, idk, not sure i get it.  

But the two are clearly not the same, it seems the object based Dolby Atmos would be superior based on particular speaker position?
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Improving AV1 playback on low-end machines

January 20, 2025, 2:18 am
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I have re-purposed an old machine as htpc with Kodi, no integrated cpu or gpu video decoding at all.
Everything works fine except AV1 videos (heavy lag / frame drops).

I have found this old workaround for mpv:
https://old.reddit.com/r/AV1/comments/gj..._playback/

Tried this (with mpv, of course) and AV1 videos work surprisingly well with these settings (no frame drops at all).
Since Kodi is ffmpeg-based (like mpv), can you implement this? As an optional setting, of course.

Thanks in advance.
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No internet connection only in Kodi?

January 20, 2025, 5:31 am
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Hi,

So, I've recently redownloaded Kodi on my macbook (Sequoia 15.1.1) after years of not having it installed. The problem is that every time I've tried installing an add-on, there's always a pop up notification saying I don't have any internet connection. I've already checked to see if I put in the correct URLs, but I keep getting the "no internet" message. Everything else works perfectly fine in the house, it's just Kodi acting up. I've never ran into this problem in the past, can someone please help me figure out how to fix this issue? Thank you!

This is my log ~ https://paste.kodi.tv/relasegafe
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Possible operation of in a dynamic list

January 20, 2025, 3:21 pm
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I don't know if it's possible to get an <onclick> inside a list (precisely a fixedlist) dynamic.
I tried to use <content> and it works, but unfortunately in this way it becomes static.
I have to use it for the main list of kodi id="501" in myvideonav.xml and it is predefined for all multimedia contents from different sources.

Does anyone know also through tricks like buttons or other if it is possible to make the list execute an <onclick>?


            
xml:
<control type="fixedlist" id="501">

                <left>100</left>

                <width>2550</width>

                <height>750</height>

                <onclick>ActivateWindow(4124)</onclick>

                <visible>[!Container.Content(Episodes) | !String.Contains(ListItem.DBTYPE,episode)] + [Container.Content(Movies) | Container.Content(Seasons) | Container.Content(TVShows)]</visible>

                <viewtype label="Poster">wide</viewtype>

                <focusposition>1</focusposition>

                <movement>0</movement>

                <pagecontrol>60</pagecontrol>

                <orientation>horizontal</orientation>

                <itemlayout ...>

                </itemlayout>

                <focusedlayout ...>

                </focusedlayout>

            </control>




Thank you very much everyone for any kind of help or answer.
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MySQL Setup for Google TV Install freezing on load screen

January 20, 2025, 6:54 pm
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I've followed the instruction for setting up a MYSQL DB for Kodi.
MYSQL is installed with all access seemingly provided on my desktop computer (where my media is stored).
My Sony TV (google tv) has kodi installed.  The app runs fine, but if i change my advancedsettings.xml file to include the mysql details it fails to open and gets stuck on the loading screen.

I've compared the kodi.log files for booting when the mysql is set in advancedsettings vs when its not and the differences appear to be:

With MYSQL in settings:
warning <general>: VIDEO database configuration is experimental.  (which I have read is normal?)

And then the log with MYSQL in settings just stops at 

2025-01-21 13:11:43.682 T:18987    info <general>: Running database version ViewModes6
2025-01-21 13:11:43.684 T:18987    info <general>: Running database version Textures13
2025-01-21 13:11:43.687 T:18987    info <general>: Running database version MyMusic83


Whilst if MYSQL is NOT in advanced settings, it continues at this point to

2025-01-21 13:17:39.174 T:20315    info <general>: Running database version ViewModes6
2025-01-21 13:17:39.175 T:20315    info <general>: Running database version Textures13
2025-01-21 13:17:39.178 T:20315    info <general>: Running database version MyMusic83
2025-01-21 13:17:39.191 T:20315    info <general>: Running database version MyVideos131
2025-01-21 13:17:39.194 T:20315    info <general>: Running database version TV46
2025-01-21 13:17:39.198 T:20315    info <general>: Running database version Epg16

I've tried manually creating the database for myvideos131 in mysql.

The only thing I can think of is its an access issue to the mysql db its getting stuck on.

I have a NAT setup with my Home PC plugged directly in to a modem on the 192.168.20 subnet
my TV is on the wifi network which is on the 192.168.86 subnet.

The ports have been forwarded on both networks for TCP 3306 for MySQL.

The SMB Drives on the PC with 192.168.20.150 are all accessible without issue from the Google TV Kodi.

I'm a bit lost for what to check or whats wrong.

advancedsettings.xml is written as

<advancedsettings>
  <cache>
    <buffermode>1</buffermode>
    <memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
    <readfactor>20</readfactor>
  </cache>
  <videodatabase>
    <type>mysql</type>
    <host>192.168.20.150</host>
    <port>3306</port>
    <user>kodi</user>
    <pass>kodi</pass>
  </videodatabase> 
  <videolibrary>
    <importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>
    <importresumepoint>true</importresumepoint>
  </videolibrary>
</advancedsettings>

or a few variations trying with <name> field.

https://paste.kodi.tv/ewutumuxof.kodi
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No more colors in guide

January 20, 2025, 9:13 pm
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About 2 weeks ago I noticed that all the colors had vanished from all programs in the guide. All shows on all channels now show grey. This is on a pi 5 running libreElec 12.0.1 with Kodi 21.1. I have tried clearing PVR data.

The interesting thing is Kodi on my Windows 11 PC from MS Store running 21.1 still has some colors even after clearing pvr data.

NextPVR Backend was just upgraded to 7.0.1.241229 from version 6 but this issue existed prior to the upgrade. I was hoping the upgrade would help.

Guide data is for Comcast Cable via schedules direct in US.

In some cases the Genre for the shows is not matching between clients. How can this be?

For example:
PGA Tour Golf - Windows 11 says "Sports" and is colored. This makes sense as the genre-mapping.xml file has an entry for sports. However, on the pi, the Genre is "Golf" and is grey. In npvr.db3 the genres for the episode is "Golf"
NCIS - Windows 11 and pi both say "Crime drama / Action / Adventure / Mystery" and are grey.
Will Trent - Windows 11 says "Movie / Drama" and is colored. The pi says "Crime Drama" and is grey. Again, this makes sense since "Movie / Drama" is in the genre-mapping.xml file and "Crime Drama" is not. npvr3.db has genres "Crime drama".

Perhaps this was caused by schedules direct changing to more specific genres? Is there any way to get it back or should I just update the genre-mapping.xml. I exported the list of genres from the DB and there are about 800 unique genres, half of which have less than 5 occurrences. Is there somewhere to get an updated file?

Thank you.
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compile Kodi 21.2 in Ubuntu 22.04

January 21, 2025, 3:26 am
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Try to build Kodi 21 in Ubuntu 22.04, but got many "undefined reference" error due to `-DENABLE_INTERNAL_FFMPEG=ON`. Did I missing something in configure source step?
Quote:build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/cbs.c:651:5: note: ‘start_position’ was declared here 651 | CBS_TRACE_WRITE_START(); | ^ build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/cbs_h265_syntax_template.c: In function ‘cbs_h265_write_sei_time_code_internal’: build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/cbs.c:670:5: warning: ‘start_position’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] 670 | CBS_TRACE_WRITE_END(); | ^ build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/cbs.c:651:5: note: ‘start_position’ was declared here 651 | CBS_TRACE_WRITE_START(); | ^ build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/x86/lpc_init.c:78: error: undefined reference to 'pd_1' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/x86/lpc_init.c:78: error: undefined reference to 'pd_1' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/x86/lpc_init.c:47: error: undefined reference to 'pd_1' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libavcodec/x86/lpc_init.c:47: error: undefined reference to 'pd_1' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:383: error: undefined reference to 'bF8' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:383: error: undefined reference to 'bFC' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:383: error: undefined reference to 'bF8' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:407: error: undefined reference to 'bF8' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:407: error: undefined reference to 'bFC' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:407: error: undefined reference to 'bF8' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:916: error: undefined reference to 'bFC' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/swscale_template.c:1289: error: undefined reference to 'bFC' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24l' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24l' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24l' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24l' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24h' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24h' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24h' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:136: error: undefined reference to 'mask24h' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:708: error: undefined reference to 'mul15_hi' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:708: error: undefined reference to 'mul15_hi' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:814: error: undefined reference to 'mul16_mid' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:814: error: undefined reference to 'mul15_hi' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:814: error: undefined reference to 'mul16_mid' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:814: error: undefined reference to 'mul15_hi' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:985: error: undefined reference to 'mul16_mid' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:1021: error: undefined reference to 'mask24r' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:1021: error: undefined reference to 'mask24g' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:1021: error: undefined reference to 'mask24b' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libswscale/x86/rgb2rgb_template.c:1356: error: undefined reference to 'mmx_ff' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'deringThreshold' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b00' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b00' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b00' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b00' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b08' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b08' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b08' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:835: error: undefined reference to 'b08' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:1794: error: undefined reference to 'b80' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2289: error: undefined reference to 'w04' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2289: error: undefined reference to 'w04' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2469: error: undefined reference to 'w05' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2469: error: undefined reference to 'w20' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2289: error: undefined reference to 'w04' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2289: error: undefined reference to 'w04' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2469: error: undefined reference to 'w05' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:2469: error: undefined reference to 'w20' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:382: error: undefined reference to 'b01' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:382: error: undefined reference to 'b01' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:522: error: undefined reference to 'b80' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:522: error: undefined reference to 'b80' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:522: error: undefined reference to 'b80' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:522: error: undefined reference to 'b01' build/ffmpeg/src/ffmpeg-build/ffmpeg-prefix/src/ffmpeg-build/src/libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:522: error: undefined reference to 'b01' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. dh_auto_build: error: cd obj-x86_64-linux-gnu && LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ninja -j4 -v returned exit code 1 make: *** [debian/rules:32: binary] Error 25 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
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TV Shows - show years (instead of or in addition to) episode status in titles list?

January 21, 2025, 6:06 am
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When I go to the titles listing of tv shows there are a number of options.  I prefer the one that lists the shows alphabetically. That listing also includes a second column listing the status of watched episodes.  While there are other listing options available, the one that I want would be to have the tv shows listed alphabetically and also a column showing the year of the tv show instead of or in addition to the column which shows the status of watched episodes.  Is there any availability for that at present?
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2 PVR-Backends with identical channels, grouping possible?

January 21, 2025, 6:19 am
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Good day,
I've been using kodi since it started on the good old xbox. Now I've set up two tvheadend backends with identical dvb-s2 tuners and identical channels, numbers and lists, added these to my kodi box and all channels are working as they should, but every channel shows twice on the kodi box. I've fiddled around with the options but I can't figure out, how to "group" all those identical channels to not fill up my EPG. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance!
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delete movie file keeping the entry in the library

January 21, 2025, 9:04 am
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Hi
I would like to delete a video file without deleting the entry in the video db.
This is because I would like to save the space a certain video is taking yet to keep the title and information page. This way a simple kodi search may show the movie info so I would know that I decided to get rid of that movie for a reason.
At  the moment it seems not possible within the kodi interface as if one clicks on manage and chose from the menu "Remove from library" , the message "would you really like to remove -name of the video- from the library" shows. If you click on "no" then you may not have the chance to remove the video file.
Of course one may go looking for the video file within the video storage. But especially for large database it might be time consuming and would be definitively neater to do it within kodi: it would only take an additional msgbox asking if user wants to delete the videofile even though he has chosen to keep the library entry. Potentially the video entry may display the date and reason for videofile removal.
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Sony Google TV - Kodi removal (weird behavior)

January 21, 2025, 11:26 am
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Good morning, I have been having a problem with the Kodi application on a Sony TV with Google TV for a long time. I looked for many threads and solutions, but I only found entries from 2019 that assumed that Sony may intentionally block the Kodi application. For me, the problem is that the application, for some reason, hangs on a black screen and then turns off after a few days after installation. Clearing the cache does nothing. Recently I noticed that the application is being uninstalled from the system. I have tried many different versions, but the same thing happens.
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Stutter playback with 1080i, OTA MPEG2 playback, Chromecast with Google TV

January 21, 2025, 1:06 pm
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This item has popped up here or there on the web but seemingly without any resolution and was wondering if there is a work around I was missing.

When playing back an over-the-air TV channel that is broadcast at 1080i, Kodi playback will stutter.   I do not see this behavior when watching via the native Android HDHomeRun app or playing the *.ts file via Android VLC, so it seems the hardware should be able to handle it if the codec was "proper".

Any thoughts/advice?
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EMM source code / further development

January 21, 2025, 3:50 pm
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I was looking to try EMM and noticed it had not been updated for a while, looks like developer is on hiatus.
So I thought why not build it and see what can be done (tiny and elch are in non-preferred languagues, I'd rather mess around with VB)
But the current master branch on github had quite a few problem, before I got too far trying to untangle it I noticed there was an active_development branch on github, which had a substantial bulk commit added to it called "code: current state 2023-08-16"

I'm on that now and Mr Cooper seems to have been in the middle of quite a big rewrite on how addons interface to the main program, which means I would have quite the fiddling ahead of me to get it all to work again maybe.
1. Does anyone know if there is a newer source available? There seems to have been quite a few collaborators on it previously
2. Is it worth me fiddling with it to get it working again or should I just give in and go try out elch or tiny? (If I use open source tools, I much prefer to use something I can contribute to)
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Startup Error...

January 21, 2025, 4:29 pm
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On startup, I'm seeing the following error in the log file:
Quote:error <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <class 'ImportError'>
Error Contents: cannot import name '_imaging' from 'PIL' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PIL/__init__.py)
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.embuary.helper/service.py", line 6, in <module>
from resources.lib.service_monitor import *
[...]

My Kodi log is here: https://paste.kodi.tv/acuzuhinay

How can I fix this?

TIA
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Playback freezing

January 21, 2025, 6:51 pm
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I've tried playing a few videos from local storage today and in every case the screen flashes a few times and then when the video is displayed it's frozen. The remote works to navigate but there isn't a response to the input. Debug log here.
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Kodi 22.1 Compile With GBM - ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting

January 21, 2025, 7:42 pm
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I am attempting to compile a GBM version to run on my Linux machine, I am trying to do this because I have a lot of 4k movies with HDR and it seems like GBM is required for HDR pass through to work.

On with the problem, I can follow the guide here https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...E.Linux.md and build a Wayland version of Kodi with no issues. Where I run into issues is with the GBM version of the build.

Initially when running I would get this in console:
ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting
'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:62 do_unlock()

Looking at the log file in ~/.kodi/temp I was able to see that there was a permission error related to input, even though my user is part of the inputs group
2025-01-21 21:36:29.625 T:140744   error <general>: open_restricted - failed to open /dev/input/event1 (Permission denied)

After rerunning with the sudo command (i.e. sudo ./kodi-gbm) I found a curious result where the console order changed:
'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:62 do_unlock()
ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting

In addition the log file is not generated, so I am at a loss for how to actually debug this.
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Why am I crashing?

January 21, 2025, 9:10 pm
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I no longer can open Kodi without it immediately crashing at the splash screen.

Fortunately I was able to back up the entire C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Kodi folder to my server. If I copy it all back it will open exactly once. It is probably just one file that is corrupt, but since I don't know which file it is, I have to copy the whole directory. I was able to do this and turn on logging.

Here is my log:
https://paste.kodi.tv/sujapufite.kodi

It hangs on this screen for hours until I kill the process. When I try to open it back, it crashes at the splash screen.

It now creates a kodi_crashlog .dmp file, but I don't know how to read it, let alone share it here.

Thanks.
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Fix Kodi Default Player

January 22, 2025, 12:56 am
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Here is a clear and concise description of what the problem is:

I am an Android user and kodi is too much loving platform
But the problem is with player
So when i open the video on kofi default player it works fine but it just got seek / peek with a little tap you do to remove a hair piece or anything else
And custom player creation is too much difficult
And kodi player in pc is also lacking

So i recommend you to add a lock function
Most players have it
Simply tap lock button to lock the whole tapping

I can explain better even if you want me to
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kodi debug errors too much

January 22, 2025, 5:43 am
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As I mentioned before, I first tested the add-ons in their repositories, then I tested the 3rd party trusted add-ons, then I tested the untrusted add-ons, and even got a warning. What I wanted to tell was that it is a better client than other players, but no one wants to support it. It really needs to be able to use it like an Android TV. Even its own interface should be completely changed. I thought Kodi OMEGA was enough. It is really insufficient. Its worst add-on and dependencies should be like Sly Guy. I want to congratulate the developer of this add-on. Artic Fuse 2 or Kodi's own script files are very faulty even by default. Unfortunately, I had to delete them. I don't understand why it is so difficult to use as a YouTube Twitch Udemy client. Also, fixer add-ons should already come by default. These add-ons are unfortunately available in untrusted add-ons, but even they do not display Kodi properly anymore. Kodi should be an open source Linux program. Everything should be done with a small site synchronization and API code. Forget banning the repository, these people cannot do anything professional. It keeps closing add-ons. When will this program be cloudstream stremio and jellyfin? I wonder what it will be like, I think it is a very important legacy
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Kodi GUI keeps flickering after upgade 20.5 > 21.2

January 22, 2025, 6:00 am
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After upgrading from 20.5 to 21.2 on pi4 (Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm 12.9) kodi GUI keeps flicking until kodi service is restarted manually.

I did the upgrade like this:
bash:
root@pi4:~# apt update

root@pi4:~# apt upgrade

root@pi4:~# apt install kodi21

After each reboot, it seems that kodi makes the display manager flicker. When kodi starts up, it just shortly flickers about once per second. The longer kodi is running, the worse it gets. About a minute after starting, it keeps flickering and also goes to cli (black screen with blinking cursor top left) for a few seconds every once in a while.

After doing this:
bash:
root@pi4:~# systemctl stop kodi

root@pi4:~# systemctl start kodi
Kodi seems to be running perfectly fine.
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