Mezzmo Kodi Addon Update

[jbinkley60]

Thanks for the feedback Ron. I hadn't thought about the screen saver aspect of this. A notification message would work and not impede the screen saver but a typical Ok dialog box would require the user to hit the Ok button. I'll leave it as is for now, until I hear further feedback. I have tested the notification message option.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.1.2.9) and
Kodi v19 (v2.1.2.9) has been posted on GitHub. These versions contain a fix
which has nagged me for a while, intermittent failures when upgrading the addon.
Previously when the upgrade failed you'd have to restart Kodi and then do the
upgrade again. This version fixes the problem.

You may still get one failure when upgrading to 1.1.2.9 or 2.1.2.9 but that is
because you are running an older version which has the issue. Once you upgrade
to 1.1.2.9 or 2.1.2.9 you can do an install from zipfile as many times as you want
and you should not see the failure again.


v1.1.2.9 Kodi 18

• Fixed issue with intermittient failures when upgrading the addon.
Cause was service.py file not properly detecting Kodi force shutting
down the addon to do the upgrade.

v2.1.2.9 Kodi 19

• Fixed issue with intermittient failures when upgrading the addon.
Cause was service.py file not properly detecting Kodi force shutting
down the addon to do the upgrade.


There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.1.2.9 code.

Kodi 18 link

Kodi 19 link

Click on the download source as a zip option and then to add it to Kodi by using the install from zip file option.



Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. I would like to understand how many of you use the
addon to play music from Mezzmo ? This could help guide future feature development.



Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.1.3.0) and
Kodi v19 (v2.1.3.0) has been posted on GitHub. These versions contain a couple
of user enhancements for improving management of the autostart capability and
the performance statistics.

You can see a screenshot below of the performance statistics.


v1.1.3.0 Kodi 18

• Added dialog boxes asking to confirm clearing the autostart setting and
providing the playlist name when you set the addon to autostart. These
will prevent accidentally clearing the autostart setting by simply
clicking on the context menu and ensures the autostart setting is set
to the correct playlist you have selected.
• Updated the performance statistics to be available via the GUI for 14
days vs. previously just writing a log message to the Kodi.log file.
The statistics can help you see the performance of your Mezzmo server
and Kodi device as you browse playlists. Statistics are only written to
the database if the playlist has 50 or more items. Smaller playlists
generally will not have any performance concerns.

v2.1.3.0 Kodi 19

• Added dialog boxes asking to confirm clearing the autostart setting and
providing the playlist name when you set the addon to autostart. These
will prevent accidentally clearing the autostart setting by simply
clicking on the context menu and ensures the autostart setting is set
to the correct playlist you have selected.
• Updated the performance statistics to be available via the GUI for 14
days vs. previously just writing a log message to the Kodi.log file.
The statistics can help you see the performance of your Mezzmo server
and Kodi device as you browse playlists. Statistics are only written to
the database if the playlist has 50 or more items. Smaller playlists
generally will not have any performance concerns.


There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.1.3.0 code.

Kodi 18 link

Kodi 19 link

Click on the download source as a zip option and then to add it to Kodi by using the install from zip file option.



Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. I would like to understand how many of you use the
addon to play music from Mezzmo ? This could help guide future feature development.

Performance Statistics

screenshot.jpg



Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.1.3.1) and
Kodi v19 (v2.1.3.1) has been posted on GitHub. These versions are focused on
improving user friendliness by making log data available via the GUI vs. needing
to parse through the Kodi.log file. Sync logs and duplicate video logs are
available now, in addition to improving the displaying of performance stats.


v1.1.3.1 Kodi 18

• Improved Mezzmo duplicate video detection across all platforms and moved
reporting from the Kodi.log file to the addon database and they are now
available via the addon context menu GUI. Previously a number of duplicate
videos were not being detected due to the vast differences between Kodi
18 & 19 and all of the different client environments.
• Improved performance statistics viewing by fixing missing playlist data,
adding new views by playlist and all. Changed retention period to 500
performance records instead of 14 days. Improved view formatting and
added date field. Fixed issues with GoUp and Refresh actions causing
incomplete playlist information.
• Added viewing of Mezzmo addon sync logs via the context menu GUI.

v2.1.3.1 Kodi 19

• Improved Mezzmo duplicate video detection across all platforms and moved
reporting from the Kodi.log file to the addon database and they are now
available via the addon context menu GUI. Previously a number of duplicate
videos were not being detected due to the vast differences between Kodi
18 & 19 and all of the different client environments.
• Improved performance statistics viewing by fixing missing playlist data,
adding new views by playlist and all. Changed retention period to 500
performance records instead of 14 days. Improved view formatting and
added date field. Fixed issues with GoUp and Refresh actions causing
incomplete playlist information.
• Added viewing of Mezzmo addon sync logs via the context menu GUI.


There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.1.3.1 code.

Kodi 18 link

Kodi 19 link

Click on the download source as a zip option and then to add it to Kodi by using the install from zip file option.



Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. I would like to understand how many of you use the
addon to play music from Mezzmo ? This could help guide future feature development.

Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.1.3.2) and
Kodi v19 (v2.1.3.2) has been posted on GitHub. These versions are focused on
improving user friendliness by making log data available via the GUI vs. needing
to parse through the Kodi.log file. All remaining Mezzmo addon logs have been
made available via the GUI as well as cleaning up the interface.


v1.1.3.2 Kodi 18

• Updated and simplified Mezzmo duplicate checking algorithm. It is now
accurate and consistent across all platforms and versions of Kodi.
• Improved and streamlined Mezzmo statistics & Logs interface
• Added remaining Mezzmo addon general logs to Mezzmo stats & logs
interface.


v2.1.3.2 Kodi 19

• Updated and simplified Mezzmo duplicate checking algorithm. It is now
accurate and consistent across all platforms and versions of Kodi.
• Improved and streamlined Mezzmo statistics & Logs interface
• Added remaining Mezzmo addon general logs to Mezzmo stats & logs
interface.
• Fixed Kodi.log message "utilities.py has left several classes in memory
that we couldn't clean up." when running on LibreElec.


There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.1.3.2 code.

Kodi 18 link

Kodi 19 link

Click on the download source as a zip option and then to add it to Kodi by using the install from zip file option.



Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. I would like to understand how many of you use the
addon to play music from Mezzmo ? This could help guide future feature development.

Jeff

[jbinkley60]

I found a minor bug in the 1.1.3.2 code which I originally posted. It was a debug issue caused by
the general log port to the GUI and differences between Kodi 18 and 19. The bug would cause only
the first 400 Mezzmo records to sync with the addon. I've uploaded a fix to the 1.1.3.2 code. The
2.1.3.2 code was unaffected.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.1.3.3) and
Kodi v19 (v2.1.3.3) has been posted on GitHub. These versions fixed a bug with
addon settings changing, added a few more logging enhancements and added a
feature where you can tune the background sync process for large databases,
lower powered devices or relatively static databases.

Note *** Please make sure you check the sync setting when you load the
new version, especially if you currently have sync disabled. ***


v1.1.3.3 Kodi 18

• Additional improvements with logs into the Mezzmo statistics & Logs
interface and reporting including now showing all uPNP servers known
by the Mezzmo addon.
• Added the ability to tune the background sync process. There are now
4 options: Off, Daily, Newest and Normal. Off and Normal are the same
On / Off options from previous versions. Daily only runs the daily full
sync process and no hourly sync. Newest only checks for new Mezzmo
videos each hour and then a full daily sync. Newest is sufficient for
most instances where a lot of changes are not taking place to existing
videos and Mezzmo information. Normal is the default setting.
• Standardized how addon settings are written and retrieved from Kodi. This
eliminated an issue where settings values were sometimes changing if you
didn't restart Kodi after making a change.


v2.1.3.3 Kodi 19

• Additional improvements with logs into the Mezzmo statistics & Logs
interface and reporting including now showing all uPNP servers known
by the Mezzmo addon.
• Added the ability to tune the background sync process. There are now
4 options: Off, Daily, Newest and Normal. Off and Normal are the same
On / Off options from previous versions. Daily only runs the daily full
sync process and no hourly sync. Newest only checks for new Mezzmo
videos each hour and then a full daily sync. Newest is sufficient for
most instances where a lot of changes are not taking place to existing
videos and Mezzmo information. Normal is the default setting.
• Standardized how addon settings are written and retrieved from Kodi. This
eliminated an issue where settings values were sometimes changing if you
didn't restart Kodi after making a change.


There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.1.3.3 code.

Kodi 18 link

Kodi 19 link

Click on the download source as a zip option and then to add it to Kodi by using the install from zip file option.



Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. I would like to understand how many of you use the
addon to play music from Mezzmo ? This could help guide future feature development.

Jeff