2015-11-25, 07:03
Hi, I have a remote SFTP server directory with 250 sub directories in it (each sub directory has 4-50 files in it).
When I point Kodi at it the application freezes, but does not crash although the entire application is unresponsive. I have to close the application and reopen it.
Kodi freezes 100% of the time when accessing this directory, although if I move one directory up (which holds 1 directory, which is the one I am trying to load) it does fine. ALTHOUGH once I try to open the directory it freezes because it is trying to load its 250 sub directories.
This freeze is also reproducible in the windows client which produces a crash, or rather a "program is not responding" error.
Likewise when I try to load a smaller directory off a local LAN server which is small (about 8 directories) it loads instantly.
My network is 105/30 so it is not likely to be a bandwidth issue. I did notice that via my bandwidth monitor that the Windows Kodi client was still using about 300kb/s of bandwidth before windows gave the "program is not responding" error all the while the UI was frozen.
Unfortiently I can't mount the remote servers directory locally on android (lack of sshfs), so I am stuck using SFTP. I haven't tried the HTTP functions yet though.
I've also tried to disable fetching of meta data which also froze when trying to access my remote server over SFTP.
My device is a Nvidia shield tablet if it matters and I can access the data fine via sftp clients and can mount the directory with sshfs.
Any tips?
Edit:: forgot to mention that when adding the SFTP source it did in fact list all the directories. The same with a HTTP source. But when trying to load them both the android and windows applications freeze.
When I point Kodi at it the application freezes, but does not crash although the entire application is unresponsive. I have to close the application and reopen it.
Kodi freezes 100% of the time when accessing this directory, although if I move one directory up (which holds 1 directory, which is the one I am trying to load) it does fine. ALTHOUGH once I try to open the directory it freezes because it is trying to load its 250 sub directories.
This freeze is also reproducible in the windows client which produces a crash, or rather a "program is not responding" error.
Likewise when I try to load a smaller directory off a local LAN server which is small (about 8 directories) it loads instantly.
My network is 105/30 so it is not likely to be a bandwidth issue. I did notice that via my bandwidth monitor that the Windows Kodi client was still using about 300kb/s of bandwidth before windows gave the "program is not responding" error all the while the UI was frozen.
Unfortiently I can't mount the remote servers directory locally on android (lack of sshfs), so I am stuck using SFTP. I haven't tried the HTTP functions yet though.
I've also tried to disable fetching of meta data which also froze when trying to access my remote server over SFTP.
My device is a Nvidia shield tablet if it matters and I can access the data fine via sftp clients and can mount the directory with sshfs.
Any tips?
Edit:: forgot to mention that when adding the SFTP source it did in fact list all the directories. The same with a HTTP source. But when trying to load them both the android and windows applications freeze.
ASSWORD is what KODI added to the logs itself, and these are not the credentials I have typed in. Although I don't think it matters since when adding the network source it does list the directories and files, so it does indeed connect. It is only after while accessing the SFTP files from the VIDEO->Files menu that it freezes. The last line in the code block is the last line KODI wrote before it froze and did a Windows "This program is not responding" error. 