[BUG] Unable to play TV episodes

[saxoloman]

Bug

Greetings for the past year or so i have this annoying issue where im unable to play tv episodes. I select link i want to play and then nothing happens. no error message no popup , nothing... So after few retries, sometimes 10 or more it eventually plays :D Anyways if you feel like taking a look it is very much appreciated. i have included logs

oh and it works fine when watching movies.

Expected Result

1. select link after resolve
2. play tv episode
3. watch and eat some food
4. sleep :)

Steps To Reproduce

1. find interesting tv show
2. resolve links
3. select links
4. oh no nothing happens
5. retry

Kodi Version, Type of Device, Logs, Screenshots, and Additional Info

maybe its a linux thing ? works fine with windows,but i newer use windows for playback :( i hope these logs shed some light as to whats wrong. i am using slightly older version,but this happens on latest aswell.

kodi.log umbrella.log

if i can help in any other way,do tell.

Checklist

• [X] I have included logs and the version of Kodi I am using..
• [X] I have made a separate issue for each bug that I am reporting.
• [X] I have verified this is not a setting.

[umbrellaplug]

This has to do with the way I'm selecting the correct MyVideos.db. From looking at the logs it appears I'm getting some type of failure in linux on detecting files in the directory to detect the correct database file to use. I will change the code to fix this.

[umbrellaplug]

Are you able to download the latest test version? I believe this issue is resolved, but I do not have a CoreElec setup to match yours to test.

[saxoloman]

Yea of course, thank you. I made new install of coreelec on usb for testing. I tried test version but again its not working kodi.log umbrella.log

[umbrellaplug]

Looking over this log the database issue previously noted is corrected. It appears the failure is coming from resolving from real-debrid.

2024-04-12 22:53:37.676 T:6113    error <general>: CCurlFile::Open - <https://95.download.real-debrid.com/d/I2UI232FWPBRM/Baby Reindeer S01E01 Episode 1 1080p NF WEB-DL DDP5 1 Atmos H 264-FLUX[EZTVx.to].mkv> Failed with code 0:

2024-04-12 22:53:37.677 T:6113    error <general>: CCurlFile::CReadState::FillBuffer - (0xc5c4aee8) Failed: URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL(3)
2024-04-12 22:53:37.677 T:6113    error <general>: CCurlFile::Open - <https://95.download.real-debrid.com/d/I2UI232FWPBRM/Baby Reindeer S01E01 Episode 1 1080p NF WEB-DL DDP5 1 Atmos H 264-FLUX[EZTVx.to].mkv> Failed with code 0:

2024-04-12 22:53:37.677 T:6113    error <general>: CFileCache::Open - <https://95.download.real-debrid.com/d/I2UI232FWPBRM/Baby Reindeer S01E01 Episode 1 1080p NF WEB-DL DDP5 1 Atmos H 264-FLUX[EZTVx.to].mkv> failed to open

I'm not sure if that's a general failure from real debrid or if it's caused by the file name. You may want to try a different source and see if it changes the results.

[umbrellaplug]

Also, can you make sure you have ipv6 disabled?

[saxoloman]

Ipv6 is disabled by default on coreelec. but i did double checked and its disabled. also i tried changing my dns to 1.1.1.1 but its the same. i also tried that link from ssh just to be sure and it works CoreELEC:~ # wget https://95.download.real-debrid.com/d/I2UI232FWPBRM/Baby Reindeer S01E01 Ep isode 1 1080p NF WEB-DL DDP5 1 Atmos H 264-FLUX[EZTVx.to].mkv Connecting to 95.download.real-debrid.com (141.94.3.38:443) saving to 'Baby' Baby 3% |* | 63.0M 0:01:50 ETA^C CoreELEC:~ #

[umbrellaplug]

Yeah, I was able to access it from a windows browser also. I'm not sure when it gets into wget versus the python library. It may be using different methods or libraries to resolve the url. I believe the curl library is included in the version of kodi, but once again I'm not 100% sure on this one. It's a little deeper into kodi than I usually get. I will see if I can load coreelec on anything I have around here and attempt to duplicate the issue. If I'm reading your logs right it looks like you're running kodi 20.5

[saxoloman]

i dont know much about python but normal curl from ssh also works CoreELEC:~ # curl https://95.download.real-debrid.com/d/I2UI232FWPBRM/Baby Reindeer S01E01 Ep isode 1 1080p NF WEB-DL DDP5 1 Atmos H 264-FLUX[EZTVx.to].mkv -o be.mkv % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 6 1798M 6 119M 0 0 19.9M 0 0:01:30 0:00:06 0:01:24 22.5M ^C CoreELEC:~ #

if you do find amlogic device for coreelec you will see some weird stuff. like 4k icons in umbrella are not being displayed :) but really,only issue is this one with resolving debrid url :(

if you want i can install fen or some other addon and give you logs from them if they work

yes i am on kodi 20.5 but it was same problem with kodi 21. only reason im on kodi 20.5 is arctic horizon 2 skin

[saxoloman]

i reinstalled everything again. when updating from older addon to new test version,i get playback problems. when i install directly from test repo it works now. i dont have playback problems on any tv shows that i tried. sorry for confusions. seems it is resolved.

[umbrellaplug]

That's great news. Glad it's all working for you now. Did you use the same version of kodi on your fresh install?

[saxoloman]

yes, i used same version. now i will have to reinstall everything on my main setup for this changes to take effect. but finally no more playback problems :D thank you btw just a quick question. is there a way to use subscene as default search for subtitles instead of opensubtitles ? i see subscene.py is still included just dont see a way to activate it from settings within addon.

[umbrellaplug]

Unfortunately not, I removed subscene as an option when the developer posted he was not sure he was going to be able to continue subscene. That file will be removed in the next release version.

I hated to see it go also. Best bet these days is the new opensubs.com free level account allows 20 downloads a day for free. I've changed umbrella to use their new api since the .org was retired.

[TwilightMercy]

when the developer posted he was not sure he was going to be able to continue subscene.

Do you have a link for his post?

[umbrellaplug]

@TwilightMercy https://forum.subscene.com/topic/news-about-the-closure-of-the-subs

[umbrellaplug]

if you do find amlogic device for coreelec you will see some weird stuff. like 4k icons in umbrella are not being displayed :)

Are the 4k icons missing still on your new install?

[saxoloman]

if you do find amlogic device for coreelec you will see some weird stuff. like 4k icons in umbrella are not being displayed :)

Are the 4k icons missing still on your new install?

hey,sorry for late reply yea they are still missing. I tried newest from test repo. i made a picture :) https://postimg.cc/6yMtt1M6

Also, i would like to ask you. If you may consider implementing secondary language option for subtitles (like it was once not so long ago in older umbrella version) . It is very much missed

thank you

[umbrellaplug]

I do not have a device to run CoreElec on unfortunately. I will see if I can find why those might be missing for you. I dealt with a similar issue in the past and it was due to the image names and case sensitivity on linux systems. I will check how those are named and verify.

On the second language for subs, I'll look into it. I believe I removed that due to the api changes with the new limits I was trying to minimize the amount of subtitles that were downloaded. If I remember correctly opensubs now allows 20 sub downloads a day.

[Ade-AV]

4k icons also missing on Apple TV

https://github.com/umbrellaplug/umbrellaplug.github.io/issues/266#issuecomment-2041180716

[umbrellaplug]

I'll open a new issue for the 4k icons as this and the referenced issue are both closed.