[Lunatixz]

I'm having a lot of issues with this add-on, it seems like PseudoTV is modifying/storing settings within kodi itself. I'm not sure how, but it always remembers the setting "hide channel groups" in the guide even though I have fully uninstalled PTV dependants, PTV itself and reinstalled, the same problems persist on a fresh install.
I removed all disabled/orphaned add-ons, updated everything to the newest version and the problems seemed to get worse.
After watching 2 shows the ITV client crashed and was stuck in a loop trying to refresh the kodi main menu infinitely, my log is constantly spammed with the following
 

Code:

2023-01-18 20:25:30.568 T:5672    ERROR <CSettingInt>: error reading <control> tag of "DIFFUSE_LOGO"
2023-01-18 20:25:30.568 T:5672  WARNING <CSettingGroup>: unable to read setting "DIFFUSE_LOGO"

which causes the filesize to go well above 1mb and the log uploader won't upload larger logs.
I didn't seem to have this issue before installing PseudoTV, I'm not sure if this is an image used by the addon..
script.metadata.editor\service.py seemed to cause a shutdown and stuck loop, which also caused plugin.video.pseudotv.live\service.py to crash with a possible memory leak.
I'm getting threading errors and problems reading the guide, channels don't build correctly (blank slots in the guide) and some shows have never populated to the guide despite being playable in the library.
I have no idea what is wrong here, I'm close to fully uninstalling kodi, doing a backup/deleting the appdata folder and trying to do a clean install, re-adding all my addons, skins and shortcuts because I'm having so many problems using this plugin.
Here's some of the log file from about the point I saw unusual errors leading to crashes
https://paste.kodi.tv/mijufahunu

PseudoTV Live does not set/use "hide channel groups". It only sets a few IPTV Simple settings that are necessary for PseudoTV Live to work. For example, m3u/xmltv paths. These settings are only changed after a user prompt or after a users disables the prompts in settings. PTVL will not force a settings change otherwise.

As for your log; yes if you enable "Debugging" your log size will grow and may be spammed. Debugging is only meant for just that... debug an issue... otherwise please leave it disabled.

There are many reasons why Kodi can crash; I'm not aware of any issues currently that are connected to PseudoTV Live.

I doubt your issues are related to PseudoTV Live and if they were simply uninstalling the plugin would stop any crashes if it were the cause.

Your log is a snippet I would require a full log, it also has no debug references. Please enable debugging in both Kodi and PseudoTV.

The DIFFUSE_LOG entry is a benign log entry. It does not effect Kodi or its operation.