(2023-02-08, 01:54)LinuxHater Wrote: So I should turn off any downloading of images
No. Leave artwork to download. All I am saying is don't
export artwork, when you do run the export function of Kodi
if you have local artwork downloaded by Artwork Dump (or any other method)
(2023-02-08, 01:54)LinuxHater Wrote: When you say, "Also split your movies into multiple sources" what do you mean? Do you mean scrape some with a different scraper?
No, you can use the same scraper for all your sources.
All I am saying is don't place 40,000 movies into a single source. That is a huge amount.
When Kodi scans your sources, it inspects each and every folder and file. It'll probably take days to go through 40,000 movies worth of folders and files. And the TMDB's Cloudflare protection will most likely block that many continuous requests coming from your IP address.
So you need to separate your content into more sources and slowly build your library source by source.
The trick here is that once you have built your library, you don't want Kodi scanning all your sources each time you run an Update Library.
So you keep a single source as active, where you add new content. All other sources are locked off from scanning (doesn't affect the library listings)
If keeping a single active Source does not suit the way you separate your content, then the other method is you don't use Update Library at all once your library is set up. Any new movie you add, find it it Videos>Files>Source then press
i on your keyboard which will run an individual scrape, not the whole library scan.
If you are using Windows, you can install a Portable version and use it for testing...
https://kodi.wiki/view/Portable_mode
