[mikeSiLVO]

When I open my Tools > Favorites menu I get the message "Super Favourites Error - check the log for more information".

When I check the log, I see

T:138037711952 ERROR:
CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.program.super.favourites/?lal failed { I'm not sure about the lal bit, the text wraps after that last "l" and I don't know if there is more in the log that I can't see from the app I'm using }

T:138037711952 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting
plugin://plugin.program.super.favourites/?label=Explore+Kodi+favourites&mc
-->End of Python script error report<--
TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formating
text = GETTEXT(30099) % DISPLAYNAME if mode == _XMBC else GETTEXT(30068)

- and so on, I can type it all out if necessary, I'm hoping this helps.

I'm new to Kodi and am still trying to figure these things out. I have the ES file manager addon for my Android TV and I understand how to edit files, but this particular error is over my head. Any advice would be appreciated.

It's possible I might have interrupted an update earlier this morning, I turned my system on and the Kodi app was up but the screen was blank. I waited for a while and when the screen never came up I did a hard reboot, unplugging my nvidia shield and plugging it back in again.

Super Favorites is a seperate add-on and has nothing to do with the skin.

This is probably not an issue with your skin, but if someone can point me in the right direction, i'll post it there:


Artists with special characters cause issues with logos/art.

E.g. artists with dots:
Andrew W.K., W.A.S.P., Ray Parker Jr. etc
will not display art in playback, even though my folders are named correctly - probably bc you cannot name folders with dots at the end.

But if i run cdartmanager addon, it creates different folders with art in them for these artists:
Example: Folder Andrew W.K. -> Folder A8MUUG~Q


Artists with a / in them cause similar issues:
"AC/DC" turns into the folder AC with the subfolder DC and art in it.
Other bands get separated folders - "Denner / Shermann" gets turned to a folder "Denner" and a folder "Shermann".
It's a confusing mess.

KODI even has issues with upper/lower cases:
If folder "Rage Against the Machine" has art in it and an album by "Rage Against the Machine" as well as "Rage Against The Machine",
only the first one has art displayed.
I know i know, i can retag the other album to a lower case "the".
But c'mon... this should not happen.

Same with Mötley Crüe/Motley Crue, Motörhead/Motorhead etc...

Can i do anything to simplify this?

-.-

There is no support in the music section for some artwork types in Kodi core. To get around this I use skin helper service as a fallback so if there are artist that do not work then I think a post in that thread might help, only if marcel can add them somehow .

The issue is that artwork is looked up by path/artist so if the artist is AC/DC then the slash is a directory separator so the path is not "AC/DC" but "AC" / "DC'. I suspect a similar issue with the others in that most just do not work due to OS naming constraints.

It did happen to work in Specto but it doesn't with my media library. It may just be an issue with certain addons. Thanks for taking a look at it. Here is a log.

https://logs.tvaddons.ag/pdvxz43qm

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