Pirlo1966 22 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) Kodi Jarvis Emby add-on 2.2.20 Am running Kodi on my Nvidia shield tv console device Latest Emby server Kodi seems to crash and exit after a short while when playing some movies. This is new behaviour. I never expercienced it before. I also notice when firing up kodi it always mentions ''preparing for first run"? Normal? Emby server log attached. I have no clue how to get the kodi logs out of my shield console. I tried to install Add-ons > Get Add-ons > Program Add-ons > XBMC Log Uploader but couldn't find XBMC Log Uploader. server-63608318317.txt Edited September 1, 2016 by ehgeahrev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Your server log won't be of any use in this case. We don't have any such dialog that says: "preparation for first run". We would really need your Kodi log to see if the issue is with Emby for Kodi or something else. Xbmclogs uploader is dead (we will have to update the report problem post). For the log, check this out: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=288153 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution mastrmind11 717 Posted September 7, 2016 Solution Share Posted September 7, 2016 Kodi Jarvis Emby add-on 2.2.20 Am running Kodi on my Nvidia shield tv console device Latest Emby server Kodi seems to crash and exit after a short while when playing some movies. This is new behaviour. I never expercienced it before. I also notice when firing up kodi it always mentions ''preparing for first run"? Normal? Emby server log attached. I have no clue how to get the kodi logs out of my shield console. I tried to install Add-ons > Get Add-ons > Program Add-ons > XBMC Log Uploader but couldn't find XBMC Log Uploader. I recall running into this issue a while back on an Android device that was low on storage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 Yes, it seems storage is running out on my NVIDIA shield console. Kodi is using > 9GB of the avaiklable 10GB for apps ... When reinstalling from scratch I notice every user profile added uses another 2 to 3 GB of storage. Why is that? The only difference between profiles would be access or not to some folders and playstates, right? Maybe I'm doing something wrong when setting up profiles? In profiles: Mediainfo > separate / shares with default / shares with default (read only)??? Media sources > separate / shares with default / shares with default (read only)??? And when asked during set up, 1. should I start with fresh settings or copy form default? 2 should I start with fresh media sources or copy form default? Thanks for helping. Setting up diiferent user profiles (I need 4 , one for each member of my family) has been a pain in the a... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 The storage may be the caching of images to the image database within Kodi. I'm probably wrong, but I see >1Gb of storage in use by Kodi on my Shield TVs as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) The only thing that takes real storage space is artwork caching. This is enforced by the add-on, but even if it wasn't, Kodi does this automatically over time. The workaround is you can move the thumbnails folder to a different/central location by using path substitution in advancedsettings.xml You can google for examples. Edited September 15, 2016 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 But is this art work caching repeated for every user profile created in kodi? And if yes, why? I have the impression it is ... When I only create one user profile kodi storage usage is about 3 GB. As soon as I add another profile storage used by Kodi rises with another 2 Gb etc ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) Yes artwork caching happens for every Kodi profiles because profiles are independent from each other. This is how Kodi works. However, it should not keep growing in size unless you add more content. We do delete artwork when content is delete and we replace artwork when they are replaced in Emby. Edited September 15, 2016 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 ? So, every movie/music art is cached for every profile? So, if I need 4 profiles every art will be cached 4 times and use 4 times storage amount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) Yes that is correct. That's how Kodi works. This is why you can move the thumbnails folder to a different location if you are short on storage space. However note that this will effect how fast your artwork loads in Kodi while browsing so you have to be mindful of where you decide to move the folder to. Just google it, it's pretty self explanatory. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited September 15, 2016 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 thanks. you are being helpful. I guess these settings/questions asked by Kodi/Emby when setting up different profiles are not relevant? In Kodi profiles settings: Mediainfo > separate / shares with default / shares with default (read only)??? Media sources > separate / shares with default / shares with default (read only)??? And for these questions: fresh settings or copy from deafult 1. should I start with fresh settings or copy form default? 2 should I start with fresh media sources or copy form default? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) Separate/Separate/default/default Your emby content is handled solely by the emby add-on. Everything is created in accordance to each emby user. So nothing should be copied over, otherwise it may have some adverse outcome. Hope this helps Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited September 15, 2016 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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