[scott967]

This should work on Krypton Matrix obviously/Nexus/Omega as is.  No problem if you need to fork.  But instead of using the API key that gets passed in the TMDB query, I switched to the "token" option that is in the http header so it isn't just a cut/paste change.  I have to travel tomorrow and will be out for a couple days, should be online Tues but limited ability to do much beyond reply to messages.

scott s.
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[axbmcuser]

@scott967

Thanks for your reply. I saw you already edited out Krypton from your post by now, so i don't need to mention much anymore about the two co-existing add-on generations (5.x/6.x).

Yep, i saw the switch to token-style auth - i already "de-obfuscated" the token to get the plain "old school style" api key from your token which i _could_ use for a fixed 5.x Krypton version of the add-on without further changes besides replacing the old key.
But i would not want to use your new key for a backport and make it accessible in plain before asking you since i don't know if you switched to the token method by intent to keep things at least a bit more obfuscated.

- Not knowing the reason why the old api key is suddenly invalid after so many years let me to believe that there might be a correlation to you switching to token style with the new key for the latest version
- Backporting the whole new token-style auth to version 5.6.0 (8+ years old) might be a bit too complicated because of the extensive differences in the code between then and now, i guess?

Core question maybe:

- Do you care if your new key would be used in a plain & non-obfuscated way for a quick-and-simple 5.x.x fixed version for Krypton?

No hurry at all and happy to wait for input whenever the time is right.
Good travels.

[scott967]

See PM.

scott s.
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[alexlark]

Hi, apologies if this is a daft question. Following the latest posts it appears that changing the API key will restore the addon functionality for older versions, namely 5.6.0. for Leia.

I have created my own TMDB account, requested an API key and modified the relevant .py file, replacing the old key. The addon still throws an error am I missing something?

[scott967]

For python 2 version on Lexus that should work, but I will take a look at Lexus and see (haven't worked on python 2 ver at all).  If you turn on debug logging and get any errors logged or exceptions that would help to see also.

scott s.
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[alexlark]

Thanks for taking the time to reply scott.

Environment: My main Kodi installs are Coreelec 18.9, with a centralised Maria DB. Apart from the youtube plugin, my setup it pretty vanilla and has run flawless for years.
To get a clean log, and for ease of testing, I've installed 18.9 on Windows, I get the same error with extendedinfo. This is with the modified API Key.

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[Ambiled]

I have the same problem with my Leia 18.9 install of ExtendedInfoScript - however only on the Vero 4K+. On a Windows install I was able to fix it by simply replacing the TMDB key in the .py file. Both scripts are identical to the letter on both platforms.

[alexlark]

This seems very strange, I need to revisit the Windows install and re-test. Thanks for your input

[alexlark]

Figured it out, initial error was because of deprecated script.module.youtube.dl which gets installed by script.extendedinfo

Tested and working on Coreelec 18.9 (Leia) and Windows 10 (Leia 18.9)

1. Install ExtendedInfo Script version 5.6.0
2. Install script.module.youtube.dl-23.910.0
3. Setup account on TMDB and get API key
4. Replace default API key on line 17 in file: \addons\script.extendedinfo\resources\lib\TheMovieDB.py

[scott967]

Yes, youtube-dl wasn't being maintained and I stripped it out of Extendedinfo for matrix + (python 3).  Youtube-dl was a front end that could run youtube-dlp, and needed to be updated as new youtube-dlp releases come out (about monthly).  It also needs a local copy of ffmpeg because youtube-dlp uses that for "post-processing" -- taking downloaded streams and muxing them into a file.  Note that there were a couple of functions in kodi65 utils that also call youtube-dl.  (I found having kodi 65 -- renamed kutils -- as a standalone module addon too hard to maintain so I include all the files as part of the current script.extendedinfo release.

(Sorry not replying until now -- release of Kodi 21 is keeping me busy)

scott s.
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[alexlark]

No worries, thanks for the additional info and background