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I redid everything from scratch and was successful to the point at which I do a test and I get this message.

The remote endpoint could not be called, or the response it returned was invalid. but a random movie did play after a little while

other times I get

There was an error calling the remote endpoint, which returned HTTP 500 : Internal Server Error

I can access my kodi webserver from outside my network fine with the port and user/pass I set so I know that part is working.

When I then ask my alexa to play a random movie I get a message saying it took too long to respond. but after a little while, my random movie did play once.

Is there a setting somewhere to increase the wait time?

I use MYSQL on Mac OS Server and I have a large movie library of about 4500 titles.

Should I work on switching mysql to Another SQL server like MariaDB?

It does appear to function for some things so I know its somewhat working. but most of the time it tries to get the title from the fireTV kicking me out of kodi.

I would love to be able to voice control it but if it wont work well because of my setup. it is what it is.

4500 is a lot of movies, each "movie" type request loads them all into the skill. Alexa only allows 10 seconds before it times out, as you have spotted, even though she reports an error the skill is still working away and responds eventually.

What is your internet upload speed like? You might do better self hosting the skill if speeds are a problem.