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RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - Milhouse - 2014-10-17 (2014-10-17, 02:54)Ned Scott Wrote: debug log (wiki)? @misterimsogreat: well, where is it? RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - misterimsogreat - 2014-10-17 (2014-10-17, 18:40)Milhouse Wrote:(2014-10-17, 02:54)Ned Scott Wrote: debug log (wiki)? I'm at work right now. I will upload it as soon as I get home. RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - DruTheFu - 2015-03-03 Running Kodi v14.2 on my Amazon Fire TV box with a shared MySQL Db for my library, I quickly began receiving low disk space messages after getting my skin fully configured, and libraries scrapped with metadata, fanart, artwork, thumbnails, etc., and performance started to become unbearable with 96% disk space usage. To try and combat this, I began to reference the Kodi Wiki for reducing disk space (Wiki Link), and am interested in Path Substitution for Thumbnails. I read through this thread, and also some others on the Kodi forums and Google searches, and I have performed the following:
Prior to this attempt to leverage Path Substitution, all thumbnails,artwork and fanart were visible, as you can imagine. After the above changes, I am no longer able to see any artwork or fanart. I've tried multiple combinations/variations of syntax for the "<from></from>" statement for the directory structure of the AFTV Kodi install (including those mentioned in post #10 of this thread). There was no change in populating images pulled from the SMB share. I exported a copy of the kodi.log file to pastebin: LINK I am open to any ideas, suggestions, and recomendations. Thanks RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - Ned Scott - 2015-03-03 Assuming that the new thumbnails folder is empty, you just need to recache the images again. One way is to go into the userdata folder (wiki), and then into Databases, and delete the textures##.db files. Those keep track of what images have been cached, so if Kodi can't find them, it forces Kodi to recache all images. Or, you can run this script from your desktop computer that will also trigger images being recached: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=158373 Re: RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - Milhouse - 2015-03-03 (2015-03-03, 06:02)DruTheFu Wrote: [*]Copied the entire contents of the ...\userdata\Thumbnails\ directory from the AFTV to a Shared directory on my Win 8.1 machine (referenced above) You shouldn't have done both, it's one or the other. Now you've got a network share full of thumbnails that Kodi knows nothing about because you deleted Textures13.db, causing Kodi to complain when it has to overwrite artwork it's not expecting to find. If you hadn't copied the artwork but retained Textures13.db, that would also cause problems as Kodi would think it had the artwork already cached but would find nothing to display. You should have either copied the artwork and retained your existing Textures13.db, or not copied the artwork to the network folder while also deleting Textures13.db. Now that you've deleted Textures13.db, you might as well finish the job and remove all files from your network thumbnails folder so that Kodi can get on with repopulating the cache without any further surprises. RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - DruTheFu - 2015-03-03 10-4 Milhouse After further investigation and checking the log, I seem to have a bigger problem related to SMB write access, that has a direct root correlation to this issue. Thanks for your input though RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - DruTheFu - 2015-03-05 Checking back in. I haven't had much success...yet. Since my last post I've migrated away from using SMB sources, and now use NFS sources thanks to haneWIN NFS Server. I appear to be successful in writing to my sources now. Now having this ability, I've
The above actions resulted in: Code: 05:38:45 T:1513888408 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml) In haneWIN NFS Server, I believe I have used the correct syntax for creating the NFS Share Quote:"E:\Documents\AmazonFireTV" -range 192.168.79.1 192.168.79.254 -name:AmazonFireTV -alldirs I've checked the sharing security and permissions in Windows 8.1 for this specific directory, and "Everyone" has Read/Write Share access to the directory, as well as Full Control permissions for file/folder security. Looking in the NFS share \AmazonFireTV\Thumbnails\KodiMain\ within Windows, I see that Kodi has created the folder structure (0-9, a-f, Video), and even 'created'/populated .jpg and .png files within these directories, but they all show 0KB, and when trying to open, it claims to be an empty file. Any next steps you would recommend? Thanks again RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - zebraitis - 2016-04-10 You know... I ran into this every time to set up a new system. What happens is that you need to fake the system out. From within the KODI application, you need to set up one drive mapping that then asks you for the user name and password for that remote resource. Once that's done, then * BAM * everything plays. (WHY: Because KODI stores the Username and Password in a hidden file.) RE: Amazon Fire TV Path Substitution [PLEASE HELP] - AakashC2020 - 2020-10-15 Hi, Is there any solution to this issue? I'm using Kodi version 18.8 with MySQL DB v5.6.48.0 I'm getting the same errors with my Thumbnails folder shared via SMB. There is no error on Windows 10, but only on Firestick 4K running android. Existing thumbnail folder are loading but new ones not creating. My SMB path share code is: <pathsubstitution> <substitute> <from>special://profile/Thumbnails/</from> <to>smb://[email protected]/Thumbnails/</to> </substitute> </pathsubstitution> Here is my log: 2020-10-15 02:30:16.733 T:24090 NOTICE: CMediaSourceSettings: loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml 2020-10-15 02:30:16.807 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.807 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails 2020-10-15 02:30:16.807 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails 2020-10-15 02:30:16.814 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.814 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/Video 2020-10-15 02:30:16.814 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video 2020-10-15 02:30:16.823 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.824 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/Video/Bookmarks 2020-10-15 02:30:16.824 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/Bookmarks 2020-10-15 02:30:16.828 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.828 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/0 2020-10-15 02:30:16.829 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/0 2020-10-15 02:30:16.832 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.833 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/1 2020-10-15 02:30:16.833 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/1 2020-10-15 02:30:16.836 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.837 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/2 2020-10-15 02:30:16.837 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/2 2020-10-15 02:30:16.841 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.841 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/3 2020-10-15 02:30:16.841 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/3 2020-10-15 02:30:16.846 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.846 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/4 2020-10-15 02:30:16.846 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/4 2020-10-15 02:30:16.850 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.850 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/5 2020-10-15 02:30:16.850 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/5 2020-10-15 02:30:16.854 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.854 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/6 2020-10-15 02:30:16.854 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/6 2020-10-15 02:30:16.860 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.860 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/7 2020-10-15 02:30:16.860 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/7 2020-10-15 02:30:16.864 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.865 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/8 2020-10-15 02:30:16.865 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/8 2020-10-15 02:30:16.868 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.869 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/9 2020-10-15 02:30:16.869 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/9 2020-10-15 02:30:16.872 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.872 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/a 2020-10-15 02:30:16.872 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/a 2020-10-15 02:30:16.876 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.876 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/b 2020-10-15 02:30:16.876 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/b 2020-10-15 02:30:16.880 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.880 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/c 2020-10-15 02:30:16.880 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/c 2020-10-15 02:30:16.885 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.885 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/d 2020-10-15 02:30:16.886 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/d 2020-10-15 02:30:16.889 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.891 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/e 2020-10-15 02:30:16.893 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/e 2020-10-15 02:30:16.898 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error( Invalid argument ) 2020-10-15 02:30:16.898 T:24090 ERROR: Create - Error creating /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/f 2020-10-15 02:30:16.898 T:24090 ERROR: Create - 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