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Hi all, kodi was running fine, but since last ubuntu update it crashes when selecting a file (movie or tv) to play.

Debug log is here:
https://paste.kodi.tv/lubaqevoya

Info:
leon@HTPC:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: HTPC Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64 bits: 64
           Console: tty 0 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Machine:   Device: desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450 AORUS M serial: N/A
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450 AORUS M v: x.x serial: N/A
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: F1 date: 06/26/2018
Battery    hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh
CPU:       Quad core AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics (-MT-MCP-)
           cache: 2048 KB
           clock speeds: max: 3600 MHz 1: 1423 MHz 2: 1419 MHz 3: 1596 MHz
           4: 1576 MHz 5: 1420 MHz 6: 1419 MHz 7: 1419 MHz 8: 1412 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Vega [Radeon Vega 8 Mobile]
           Display Server: N/A driver: amdgpu
           tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 15e3
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Device 15de
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-45-generic
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: e0:d5:5e:db:01:87
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2500.5GB (45.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD20EZRX size: 2000.4GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: CT500MX500SSD4 size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 457G used: 37G (9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 33.1C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 276 Uptime: 58 min Memory: 1785.4/6978.6MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56

Quote:19:10:22.419 T:140562975596480 NOTICE: Kodi from Debian compiled from 2:17.6+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 by GCC 6.4.0 for Linux x86 64-bit version 4.15.15 (265999) 19:10:22.419 T:140562975596480 NOTICE: Running on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version 4.15.0-45-generic 19:10:22.419 T:140562975596480 NOTICE: FFmpeg version/source: 3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Not supported on this forum. Broken patched by Ubuntu / Debian folks while forcing kodi 17.6 to an ffmpeg version it does not support.

...would the solution be to uninstall and then reinstall following this HOW-TO?
https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Linux

...I ended up following the HOW-TO linked above.

I removed and purged kodi, kodi-bin and kodi-data first and then installed using:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

All settings, add-ons, etc remained and Kodi works once again.

@fritsch thanks for your help