[Milhouse]

No, I use the default builds.
Looks like there is no splash video, wo I will try to disable (learning by doing for me)

€: Worked!! Thanks a lot! But how will I be able to use the splash video? or was it just missing?

Hmmm, a missing splash video should not block Kodi startup. A non-standard splash video could delay Kodi startup if the video is ridiculously long.

Not sure if a corrupt video file might cause problems - if this is possible, then obtaining a copy of /storage/.cache/splash.h264 might be useful so that it can be debugged further.

What is the output from the following commands:

Code:

ls -la /storage/.cache
md5sum /storage/.cache/splash.h264 2>/dev/null || echo "md5sum: Splash video not found"
time /usr/bin/hello_video.bin /storage/.cache/splash.h264

Also, try the following which should reproduce "blocked Kodi", then paste the results:

Code:

rm -f /storage/.config/splash.disable
texturecache.py debugon
systemctl restart kodi
sleep 60
cat /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | pastebinit

To "unblock" Kodi:

Code:

touch /storage/.config/splash.disable
systemctl restart kodi
sleep 20
texturecache.py debugoff