[marhutchy]

Thought I should share this, in case anyone else comes to experience this issue.

So, I had this issue after I had to force close Isengard: ERROR: Unable to create application. Exiting.

Every time I tried opening the application, I get a prompt with that error.

At first I renamed Kodi in the roaming folder (%appdata%/kodi) to kodi.old.
I opened Isengard and it worked fine, but all my settings were gone - obviously.
I started re-adding my previous sub-folders from Kodi.old to the currently working Kodi folder.
I re-added the addons folder, still working fine.
Re-added userdata folder, ERROR: Unable to create application. Exiting.
Tried re-adding the entire contents of the userdata folder excluding the .xml files - worked great.

Turned out the problem was the profiles.xml file. That was the only item that required deletion - it was corrupted.
Isengard worked great after that, but I had to modify some settings all over again. Beats having to re-add addons, etc

[mbuhler]

Thank you so much for this! Fixed my issue!

[marhutchy]

Thank you so much for this! Fixed my issue!

No problem

[Razze]

Any chance of you still having that profiles.xml and posting it?

[ronie]

when kodi exits, i will save the current settings to profiles.xml.
i assume when kodi crashes while writing to this file, it will become truncated.

to reproduce, simply delete the last line from profiles.xml and try to start kodi.
it will fail.

there's only one line in the logfile:

11:36:19 T:139909370882112 DEBUG: CSettingsManager: requested setting (locale.charset) was not found.

[Razze]

when kodi exits, i will save the current settings to profiles.xml.
i assume when kodi crashes while writing to this file, it will become truncated.

to reproduce, simply delete the last line from profiles.xml and try to start kodi.
it will fail.

there's only one line in the logfile:

11:36:19 T:139909370882112 DEBUG: CSettingsManager: requested setting (locale.charset) was not found.

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/8086
This PR will avoid the error, but will lead to your profiles.xml beeing reset. Not sure if this is considered a vaild fix.
But the logic to reset it, was already there. I'm just fixing the null exception with that PR.

[ronie]

This PR will avoid the error, but will lead to your profiles.xml beeing reset. Not sure if this is considered a vaild fix.

i think it is. afaik we do exactly the same when guisettings.xml gets corrupted.

[Razze]

This PR will avoid the error, but will lead to your profiles.xml beeing reset. Not sure if this is considered a vaild fix.

i think it is. afaik we do exactly the same when guisettings.xml gets corrupted.

Yes, we do.

[daro-1]

I'm getting this too with the Windows version of KODI vers 15.1 Isengard running under Windows 7.

Mine seems to be an Audio Engine (ERROR: ActiveAE) thats been happening all too often now and is there a fix or workaround to this?

Here is my KODI log file (My system details are contained in this log file):-

22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Starting Kodi (15.1 Git:20150816-f4dda26). Platform: Windows NT x86 32-bit
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x32 build
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Kodi compiled Aug 16 2015 by MSVC 180030723 for Windows NT x86 32-bit version 6.0 (0x06000000)
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Running on Windows 7, kernel: Windows NT x86 32-bit version 6.1
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Host CPU: Intel® Pentium® D CPU 3.60GHz, 2 cores available
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1280x1024 32Bit at 60Hz
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Running with restricted rights
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Aero is enabled
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files\Kodi
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files\Kodi
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Dave Carr.ASUS-PC\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Dave Carr.ASUS-PC\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Dave Carr.ASUS-PC\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\cache
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: The executable running is: C:\Program Files\Kodi\Kodi.exe
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Local hostname: ASUS-PC
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Log File is located: C:\Users\Dave Carr.ASUS-PC\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\kodi.log
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: load settings...
22:11:19 T:12556 WARNING: CSettingString: unknown options filler "timezonecountries" of "locale.timezonecountry"
22:11:19 T:12556 WARNING: CSettingString: unknown options filler "timezones" of "locale.timezone"
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Log level changed to "LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL"
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: CMediaSourceSettings: loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
22:11:19 T:12556 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
22:11:19 T:7372 NOTICE: Thread ActiveAE start, auto delete: false
22:11:19 T:3492 NOTICE: Thread AESink start, auto delete: false
22:11:29 T:12556 ERROR: ActiveAE::ActiveAE::CActiveAE::Initialize - failed to init
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Found 2 Lists of Devices
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Enumerated DIRECTSOUND devices:
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 1
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {03B50E0F-EBC1-4E21-A709-0673250D41E0}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : LineLevel - Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: DIRECTSOUND: Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 44100
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_FLOAT
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 2
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {271D98D3-2BDC-48FB-ABEC-58741223A7ED}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : Speakers - Optimus STAV-3000 Amplifer (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: DIRECTSOUND: Optimus STAV-3000 Amplifer (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 48000
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_FLOAT
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 3
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : default
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : default
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra:
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 48000
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_FLOAT
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 4
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {8FF4B2B5-63B2-477D-A772-4A71F6C483F2}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : Speakers - Altec Lansing Surround Speaker System (Creative SB X-Fi)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: DIRECTSOUND: Altec Lansing Surround Speaker System (Creative SB X-Fi)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 48000
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_FLOAT
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 5
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {FA50C86F-9600-4400-A223-31CA85C45C12}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : SPDIF - Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: DIRECTSOUND: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_IEC958
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 48000
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_FLOAT,AE_FMT_AC3,AE_FMT_DTS
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Enumerated WASAPI devices:
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 1
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {03B50E0F-EBC1-4E21-A709-0673250D41E0}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : LineLevel - Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: WASAPI: Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 48000,44100,32000,22050
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_S16BE,AE_FMT_U8
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 2
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {271D98D3-2BDC-48FB-ABEC-58741223A7ED}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : Speakers - Optimus STAV-3000 Amplifer (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: WASAPI: Optimus STAV-3000 Amplifer (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR,FC,LFE,BL,BR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 96000,48000,44100
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S24NE4MSB,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_S16BE,AE_FMT_LPCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 3
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : default
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : default
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra:
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR,FC,LFE,BL,BR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 96000,48000,44100
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S24NE4MSB,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_S16BE,AE_FMT_LPCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 4
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {8FF4B2B5-63B2-477D-A772-4A71F6C483F2}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : Speakers - Altec Lansing Surround Speaker System (Creative SB X-Fi)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: WASAPI: Altec Lansing Surround Speaker System (Creative SB X-Fi)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR,FC,LFE,SL,SR,BL,BR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 192000,176400,96000,88200,48000,44100
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S24NE4MSB,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S32LE,AE_FMT_S32BE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_S16BE,AE_FMT_LPCM
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: Device 5
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceName : {FA50C86F-9600-4400-A223-31CA85C45C12}
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayName : SPDIF - Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: WASAPI: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_IEC958
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 96000,48000,44100
22:11:30 T:7372 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_DTS,AE_FMT_AC3,AE_FMT_S24NE4MSB,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_S16BE
22:11:30 T:12556 FATAL: CApplication::Create: Failed to start the AudioEngine
22:11:36 T:12556 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/

[fritsch]

Please enable debuglogging via advancedsettings.xml and post a nother log, please.

22:11:30 T:12556 FATAL: CApplication::Create: Failed to start the AudioEngine
22:11:36 T:12556 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/

Removing your profile will most likely fix it - but don't do that before posting another log.

[Martijn]

please use pastebin.com or xbmclogs.com for the logs

[daro-1]

Okay have created my advancedsettings.xml file and have enabled debug logging.

advancedsettings.xml: http://pastebin.com/28kZX3aG

And here is my kodi.log: http://pastebin.com/tzA77gKx

UPDATE: It's definitely a audio driver issue because I decided to change my default audio device from my mother boards integrated Realtec sound to my Creative X-Fi sound card & it loads up more often then it did with integrated Realtec audio device.

I remember reading elsewhere in here about similar AudioEngine issues regarding time it takes for it to actually detect the audio device by changing the detection time of the audio device when its loading up?

[Fazone]

This solved my problem. Thanks Bro.

[Kingdelboxeo]

PLEASE HELP!!!
I am still getting my error unable to create application. hen I run the compatibility check on the program. It says that it needs to run on windows vista or higher, but I am running on windows 7. It keeps reading my computer as I guess XP.
It's really frustrating, I cant open KODI at all, cant run as admin it just keeps giving me that. What can I do? I have already downloaded 3 different versions of KODI but nothing

[yorkie98]

I have been having the same problem for a few weeks now, tried lots of things nothing worked. So I looked for more forum help and found this thread.
This inspired me to look at audio settings and I wondered if I had made any changes to my sound settings. In the playback settings for my soundcard, I noticed that the checkbox for "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" was checked. I unchecked this, Kodi now runs.
Hope this helps..