[malcontent70]

Problem also mentioned on Reddit and TVDB forum.

https://forums.thetvdb.com/viewtopic.php...ee672b8b0c

https://www.reddit.com/r/kodi/comments/c...etvdb_api/

[itom412]

Unfortunately I can't look at the log until I get home, as work blocks pastebin.

No worries, weather here is good enough to spend some time outside
Thanks anyway for your support!

[itom412]

Ok found a workaround for me (it crashed because lib update on startup was enabled).

You can disable it in guisettings.xml
<setting id="videolibrary.updateonstartup" default="true">false</setting>
<setting id="musiclibrary.updateonstartup" default="true">false</setting>

Now it's at least starting up...

[DarrenHill]

Thanks for sharing that. It's probably a safer route than removing the scraper totally via the folder move.

Only the first one should actually be needed (thetvdb isn't used for music), but disabling both won't hurt.

[curioct]

temporarily if you start kodi 
stop any library updates 
use set content to change scraper in tvshows to the moviedb it still works though isn't as good 

and you can choose not to redo the DB will stop the crashing until it's fixed at least

[thewarm]

The scraper folder move has been reported to work by at least one user (on Windows) so it could be.

Unfortunately I can't look at the log until I get home, as work blocks pastebin.

This brute force method (delete the addon) works in Android too!

[JonSc]

temporarily if you start kodi 
stop any library updates 
use set content to change scraper in tvshows to the moviedb it still works though isn't as good 

and you can choose not to redo the DB will stop the crashing until it's fixed at least

When Kodi starts and begins scraping, how do you get it to stop before it crashes?

[rainman74]

Code:

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https://www.facebook.com/TheTVDB/posts/1...0403636041

[dmaker]

The scraper folder move has been reported to work by at least one user (on Windows) so it could be.

Unfortunately I can't look at the log until I get home, as work blocks pastebin.

I removed the folder on my Shield and now I am not crashing when a TV scan kicks in.

[Karellen]

I removed the folder on my Shield and now I am not crashing when a TV scan kicks in.

Read here... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=345935

[method115]

Yea removing TVDB worked for me. Thanks guys was worried this was a more serious issue.

[siliciferous]

temporarily if you start kodi 
stop any library updates 
use set content to change scraper in tvshows to the moviedb it still works though isn't as good 

and you can choose not to redo the DB will stop the crashing until it's fixed at least

When Kodi starts and begins scraping, how do you get it to stop before it crashes? 

Browse into your [Kodi profile]\Database folder and move the most recently modified MyVideosXXX.db file somewhere else. When you next launch Kodi your videos folders will not have a content type or scraper associated with them so Kodi won't scan for videos even if configured to do so on startup. Then you can disable video scraping on startup, close Kodi, and move the MyVideosXXX.db file back.

[Ruslan]

Kodi crashed on my desktop (both Windows 10 and Manjaro linux) during scan. In order to avoid crash I unplugged wifi dongle.

[curioct]

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When Kodi starts and begins scraping, how do you get it to stop before it crashes? 

Go to your library source 

then the three lines at the top left (some times the left arrow if its a device with a remote) then at the bottom of this list is the library updates / scans just hit stop 

obviously you either have to be pretty quick or sometimes wait for the scan to start depending on the system

[curioct]

temporarily if you start kodi 
stop any library updates 
use set content to change scraper in tvshows to the moviedb it still works though isn't as good 

and you can choose not to redo the DB will stop the crashing until it's fixed at least

When Kodi starts and begins scraping, how do you get it to stop before it crashes?  

Browse into your [Kodi profile]\Database folder and move the most recently modified MyVideosXXX.db file somewhere else. When you next launch Kodi your videos folders will not have a content type or scraper associated with them so Kodi won't scan for videos even if configured to do so on startup. Then you can disable video scraping on startup, close Kodi, and move the MyVideosXXX.db file back. 

you don't need to go as far as all that. If you stop the scans and change the scraper source