Mezzmo Kodi Addon Update

**jbinkley60** · 05-22-2020, 09:53 PM

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon has been posted on GitHub. This version, 1.0.7.7, contains the following fix:

• Fixed issue where actor names ending with "Jr." are stored multiple ways in
Mezzmo causing some actors to display incorrectly in the addon. A clear
Kodi DB will need to performed to remove Jr. only actors displaying during
actor searches.

**jbinkley60** · 05-29-2020, 03:26 AM

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon has been posted on GitHub to support Kodi 19 v2.0.0.

There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.0.7.7 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..

The only known issue I have seen so far with Kodi 19 is the movie icons not showing up in the
actor search panel with the Confluence skin. The problem does not occur with the Estuary skin.
This is either a Kodi or Confluence skin issue.

I welcome feedback and questions. Please post to this thread.

**RonB** · 05-30-2020, 04:35 AM

I've tested the Matrix version, and have found the following.

Loads slowly, Takes about 15-20 seconds.
I had the same results with the older version of this plugin, while using Leia. (before I switched to Matrix).
The other thing is that the thumbnails are not loading, however the background fan art is.

I don't believe the problem is with the plugin, but rather with the skin I'm using. (Rapier 12.2.5), it also did this with Embuary.

I had used the old plugin months ago while I was running Estuary, and the plugin worked well.

One thing that I didn't realize was that is you select clear Kodi DB on startup, it wipes out the movie Database.
Had to restore it from a backup, Good thing I had one.
I thought it was just going to delete the Mezzmo DB on Kodi.

What's strange is that setting up and using Mezzmo as a UPnP device functions very fast, however it does not
refresh properly after adding new Movies or TV Shows.

Cheers,
Ron

**jbinkley60** · 05-30-2020, 04:50 AM

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon beta has been posted on GitHub to support Kodi 19 v2.0.0.0a
to address a couple of items:

• Updated Kodi logging to a new format which will be required after June 30, 2020 for Kodi 19.
• Changed file extension change checking method to use pathnumber vs. parsing file
extensions. Eliminated issue with false positives on change detection with Kodi
19 and improves addon performance.

There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.0.7.7 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..

**jbinkley60** · 05-30-2020, 05:01 AM

Originally Posted by RonB

I've tested the Matrix version, and have found the following.

Loads slowly, Takes about 15-20 seconds.
I had the same results with the older version of this plugin, while using Leia. (before I switched to Matrix).
The other thing is that the thumbnails are not loading, however the background fan art is.

I don't believe the problem is with the plugin, but rather with the skin I'm using. (Rapier 12.2.5), it also did this with Embuary.

I had used the old plugin months ago while I was running Estuary, and the plugin worked well.

One thing that I didn't realize was that is you select clear Kodi DB on startup, it wipes out the movie Database.
Had to restore it from a backup, Good thing I had one.
I thought it was just going to delete the Mezzmo DB on Kodi.

What's strange is that setting up and using Mezzmo as a UPnP device functions very fast, however it does not
refresh properly after adding new Movies or TV Shows.

Cheers,
Ron

Ron,

Thanks for the feedback. I just uploaded a newer version which fixes an issue with change detection that could cause slowness. Note that it should be slower the first time through a playlist with the Mezzmo addon because it is updating the Kodi database. Afterwards it should be much faster, depending upon your hardware and disk. If you still experience slowness after the first pass through a playlist try disabling change detection and see how much faster that is. If you disable both change detection and Kodi DB Actor copy then it is a straight uPNP browser with some added advantages of better Mezzmo integration and such. You can leave them disabled if your Mezzmo database doesn't change much or just enable them periodically to sync updats down from Mezzmo to Kodi. The addon should not have the issue with detecting new shows and such. Part of what it does is sync Mezzmo to the Kodi database to get the best of both worlds. There are some bugs in Kodi 19 with certain skins and thumbnails.

Yes, the clear DB function wipes out everything. I knew this could be a problem even with the warnings in the Readme file

Let me work on that. It might be that I end up doing a partial delete of the Mezzmo data but not all. The table structure and such within the Kodi database and the built-in triggers they have makes any deletes difficult except all. I'll move it near the top of the list and see what I can do.

**RonB** · 05-30-2020, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by jbinkley60

Ron,

Thanks for the feedback. I just uploaded a newer version which fixes an issue with change detection that could cause slowness. Note that it should be slower the first time through a playlist with the Mezzmo addon because it is updating the Kodi database. Afterwards it should be much faster, depending upon your hardware and disk. If you still experience slowness after the first pass through a playlist try disabling change detection and see how much faster that is. If you disable both change detection and Kodi DB Actor copy then it is a straight uPNP browser with some added advantages of better Mezzmo integration and such. You can leave them disabled if your Mezzmo database doesn't change much or just enable them periodically to sync updats down from Mezzmo to Kodi. The addon should not have the issue with detecting new shows and such. Part of what it does is sync Mezzmo to the Kodi database to get the best of both worlds. There are some bugs in Kodi 19 with certain skins and thumbnails.

Yes, the clear DB function wipes out everything. I knew this could be a problem even with the warnings in the Readme file

Let me work on that. It might be that I end up doing a partial delete of the Mezzmo data but not all. The table structure and such within the Kodi database and the built-in triggers they have makes any deletes difficult except all. I'll move it near the top of the list and see what I can do.

OK, I'll give the new version a try, and let you know what I find.

Yes, there is no doubt that there are many differences with how the Kodi plugin works with various skins.
I had asked Sualfred (Embuary author) if he could look into the problem with the Plugin, but he says he's not
familiar with Mezzmo, and could not help. He just supports Emby.

It was my fault for not reading the readme file, so I was certainly not blaming you for my ignorance

ETA: Tested latest version; no luck.
I tried using the Estuary skin, and I get way quicker loading, but the thumbs still don't show, just the backgrounds.

Cheers,
Ron

**jbinkley60** · 05-30-2020, 04:04 PM

I appreciate the update. Glad to hear the quicker loading with the latest release. I am pretty sure I have a solution for the Kodi DB clear function to only delete Mezzmo data from the database. If all goes well I'll post new code form both versions over the weekend. I'll also take anotker look at the Estuary skin and see if I am seeing similar with the thumbnails. We may need to be a bit careful here in that Kodi 19 is still in alpha code and things are broken depending on which version you are on. Did you try the Sualfred skin and see what the loading time was ? Skins should not make much difference in load times unless the author is doing some very unusual stuff. Are you running with change checking enabled ?

**jbinkley60** · 05-30-2020, 08:12 PM

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.0.7.8) and Kodi 19 beta
v2.0.0.0b) have been posted on GitHub. These versions fix the following item:

• Fixes Kodi DB clear on startup to only delete Mezzmo data in the Kodi
database vs. deleting all data in prior versions.

There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.0.7.8 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..

**jbinkley60** · 05-31-2020, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by RonB

OK, I'll give the new version a try, and let you know what I find.

Yes, there is no doubt that there are many differences with how the Kodi plugin works with various skins.
I had asked Sualfred (Embuary author) if he could look into the problem with the Plugin, but he says he's not
familiar with Mezzmo, and could not help. He just supports Emby.

It was my fault for not reading the readme file, so I was certainly not blaming you for my ignorance

ETA: Tested latest version; no luck.
I tried using the Estuary skin, and I get way quicker loading, but the thumbs still don't show, just the backgrounds.

Cheers,
Ron

I believe the latest version of Mezzmo addon code for Kodi v2.0.0.0c should fix the artwork problem you were seeing with the Rapier skin. I did some more reverse engineering of the Kodi DB artwork table and saw where there are 4 different types of artwork. Previous versions of the Mezzmo addon were adding just 2 of them to the database. With this fix the Confluence skin is now working properly with Kodi 19. Something with that skin must have changed between Kodi 18 and 19.