2021-11-03, 17:13
Hi,
I recently had to completely reset Kodi on my Shield, thereby losing my entire library (long story). My physical disability means using the Shield remote is tricky, so I decided to recreate my library on my Windows PC (I have thousands of films including duplicates, alternate names and slightly incorrect years, so it still took me weeks!). I exported the completed library to a single XML file and replaced the Windows file paths with the Shield ones (as a test, I checked this early on in my library rebuild and the destination replacements worked perfectly
).
My problem now is that Kodi keeps freezing exactly an hour into importing the library, even when I prevent it going into screensaver mode (only Kodi freezes - the Shield itself is fine). There are 5200 films to scan in, some with custom names and local artwork, which are spread across multiple hard drives and our 5 Mb/s internet doesn't exactly help matters.
Is freezing after an hour of "inactivity" a known bug? Is there a way to split the XML file into 2 halves? Is there a way to cancel and resume importing without importing what's already been scanned?
Many Thanks in advance
I recently had to completely reset Kodi on my Shield, thereby losing my entire library (long story). My physical disability means using the Shield remote is tricky, so I decided to recreate my library on my Windows PC (I have thousands of films including duplicates, alternate names and slightly incorrect years, so it still took me weeks!). I exported the completed library to a single XML file and replaced the Windows file paths with the Shield ones (as a test, I checked this early on in my library rebuild and the destination replacements worked perfectly
).My problem now is that Kodi keeps freezing exactly an hour into importing the library, even when I prevent it going into screensaver mode (only Kodi freezes - the Shield itself is fine). There are 5200 films to scan in, some with custom names and local artwork, which are spread across multiple hard drives and our 5 Mb/s internet doesn't exactly help matters.
Is freezing after an hour of "inactivity" a known bug? Is there a way to split the XML file into 2 halves? Is there a way to cancel and resume importing without importing what's already been scanned?
Many Thanks in advance
