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Hello,

I'm a newbie here, but just recently installed Kodi 16.1 on OSX. I'm trying to install some new add-ons, but I'm just getting the error "Could not connect to repository", then "Couldn't connect to network server"

I'm at a loss as to what to do next, any advice gratefully received.

Thanks!
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debug log (wiki)
(2016-12-12, 08:34)Memphiz Wrote: [ -> ]debug log (wiki)

Thanks. I figured there'd be a debug log somewhere.

Looking at said log, there are a lot of lines similar to this:

Code:
10:16:54 T:140735222067968   ERROR: SQL: [Addons20.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: SELECT addon.version, repo.addonID AS repoID FROM addon JOIN addonlinkrepo ON addonlinkrepo.idAddon=addon.id JOIN repo ON repo.id=addonlinkrepo.idRepo WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM  disabled WHERE disabled.addonID=repoID) AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM  broken WHERE broken.addonID=addon.addonID) AND addon.addonID='metadata.common.imdb.com'
10:16:54 T:140735222067968   ERROR: GetAvailableVersions failed on addon metadata.common.imdb.com
10:16:54 T:140735222067968   ERROR: SQL: [Addons20.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: SELECT addon.version, repo.addonID AS repoID FROM addon JOIN addonlinkrepo ON addonlinkrepo.idAddon=addon.id JOIN repo ON repo.id=addonlinkrepo.idRepo WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM  disabled WHERE disabled.addonID=repoID) AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM  broken WHERE broken.addonID=addon.addonID) AND addon.addonID='visualization.waveform'
10:16:54 T:140735222067968   ERROR: GetAvailableVersions failed on addon visualization.waveform

It looks like the addons DB might have become corrupted somehow. A little concerning since I've only just installed Kodi.
Delete addons20.db