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2020-09-02, 12:42
(This post was last modified: 2020-09-02, 22:29 by Karellen.)
W7. Had not used Kodi for some time (new movies, watching from PC). Had used it a little to watch through tv box (stream movies from main PC to android tv box with android version of Kodi). Started again, got some more movies, but Kodi "cannot connect to remote server". Tried several times/days, installed latest version (originally had 14.2... - I found it more practical), re-installed 14.2, nothing.
Netword is all wired (UTP), internet is fine, Kodi is excempt in Win7 Firewall (2 entries, one excempt from private network, one from public).
Could someone help, please?
Cannot figure out how to post the log, I saw the red message below, I pasted the log where it links and clicked on save. If I need to do it differently please let me know. Thnx
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When you paste and save the log, it should give you a url (and the url in the address bar of the browser will change too). We need that URL pasted here so the log can be viewed.
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To access the log yes, although you don't have debug logging enabled so its content is a bit limited.
For that, go to settings > system > logging > enable debug logging (top entry on the right hand side menu).
But is there any reason why you're running such an ancient version of Kodi? You're on 14.2, and the current stable release version is 18.8 . We don't generally support such old versions, are you able to update to the current one?
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You've still not got debug logging enabled. See my previous post - enable that, restart Kodi and then do whatever you need to do to show the problem then upload that log (and you can then turn off logging afterwards).
Why are you using the ancient version of Kodi though?
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Make sure the scrapers are fully up to date too after the upgrade.
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Aouuuuu...!
Got me a new bone but it must be chicken. Every bite I take leaves thorny edges.
Bit the bullet h installed Leia. As usual a lot of user data did not carry over but that is the least of my concerns. I chose amber-white-small letters (don't like the color but it's less in my face).
I can now connect to the movie database (missing quite a few, although in 14.2 worked great) and the universal scraper.
Out of curiosity: using my old sources & playlists leia did not read subdirectories (4k were in 4k subdirectory of movie directories). I have moved everything into main directories now.
Very important to me: how can I make movie sorting to follow file name rather than title? I need it so sequels appear together. I don't want them as a set because I will only see the set rather than the 5 movies.
In movies where the posters run along the bottom, scrolling left-right & trying to right-click on one is very frustrating: scrolling with yhe mouse wheel or left-right arrows is ok. But if I move the mouse to bring the cursor over a poster to right-click>information is very inconsistent. Moving the mouse scrolls the posters. It's like hunting a poster that can perform evasive manoeuvres. Is this normal?
That's it for now...
Keep the Leia installation, still might be your firewall, each instillation needs it's own permissions. As others have already said, Kodi 14 is water under the bridge, all the scrapers have been re-manufactured as target web sites change their behaviour, same goes for add-ons and looking back I can't think of one add-on that still holds up.