[borgybz]

Ok, went through a fairly thorough shutdown/restart.......

Start kodi/uninstall 1.0.25/shut down kodi/restart PC/delete app data (more on this later)/restart PC/open kodi/install 1.1.15/cleared userinfo to default/shut down kodi/reboot PC/open kodi/verify login info still nil/enter login info/shut down kodi/reboot PC/Start Kodi (got the "default browser" message along with an open browser for authentification/ open plugin/playback freezes/close kodi/reboot PC/open kodi/open plugin/playback still freezes kodi/reverted back to 1.0.25/playback works

The only thing that's puzzling me is that the default login info populated after I'd deleted the app data folder I could find which suggests I'm not getting all of it. Where would I look for the app data or is there a folder name I can search for?

edit: Now I'm not even seeing the return of the app data folder I deleted previously. Sorry... think I"m going to tap out for now and see if the lightbulb comes on for somebody else that explains what I'm doing incorrectly. I'll stick with the older version until it breaks completely and then maybe try a full kodi re-install.

1) The new version doesn't have any data stored in the addon_data folder anymore.

2) I forgot to mention. If you're on Windows, you must install the MS VC 2015 runtime, just google it and install.

Please let me know if the vc2015 runtime did the trick.

EDIT: nvm, I might have found a way to prevent that dependency. Please test the next version 1.1.16 and let me know.

Now it's actually crashing to desktop....

https://paste.ubuntu.com/24793499/

As per previous tests... my personal spotify library tree still loads and is navigable, but attempts to play a track freezes kodi. This time however it's crashing rather than just returning a "one or more files couldn't be played" error. The crash is repeatable on every restart of kodi and attempt to play a spotify file. Local playback is fine. (WRT the previous post and internet speeds I'm a strong 190/50+ so that wouldn't be an issue).

I was still wondering if this is something strange going on with a file format mismatch so I changed my output to the speakers and disabled passthrough, but still no joy.

The only other option I can think of is a full re-install of kodi in an attempt to clear out residual app data. As I stated earlier... it's obviously being stored somewhere since my login information repopulated on a new install.

Same behavior here! Mine doesn't crash but simply freezes kodi. But now it's clear that it's not a connection problem cause you have exactly the same problem of me. Library is full accessible and navigable, but when trying to play a song in very rare cases it works, but most of times kodi freezes.
I can say to you that I tried to fully reinstall kodi and problem is the same