Mezzmo Kodi Addon Update

[jbinkley60]

I've been looking at the next set of features for the addon and have identified the following potential list.

• Add user ratings to movies found by actor search. Right now just the MPAA rating is displayed.
• Fix the fanart artwork for movies found by actor search. Currently the same artwork image is written to all 4 artwork types in the Kodi database for each movie.
• Correct the actor display order for movies in the actor search to match how the are in the Mezzmo database. Currently they are different which can cause the more popular actors to be further down on the display list.

Please provide feedback on your preferences and priorities for any of these or any other enhancements. Note the last two above would require a one time Kodi DB clear function to repopulate the Mezzmo data into the Kodi database.

Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.0.8.2) and Kodi 19 beta
v2.0.0.0f) have been posted on GitHub. These versions fix the following items and adds features:


v1.0.8.2 Kodi 18

• Fixed bug which would cause some movies not to be displayed during an addon
Search action due to a UTF-8 encoding issue.
• Added cast order function to actor search so the actor order in Kodi matches
the order in Mezzmo. Previously stars would appear in random order in the
actor search panel.
• Added fanart to the Kodi database for movies. Previously all 4 artwork types
had the same image.
*** The cast and fanart changes require a one time Kodi DB clear to add new data
elements to the Kodi database. Otherwise they will only be added to new movies
which are discovered. ***


v2.0.0.0f Kodi 19

• Added cast order function to actor search so the actor order in Kodi matches
the order in Mezzmo. Previously stars would appear in random order in the
actor search panel.
• Added fanart to the Kodi database for movies. Previously all 4 artwork types
had the same image.
*** The cast and fanart changes require a one time Kodi DB clear to add new data
elements to the Kodi database. Otherwise they will only be added to new movies
which are discovered. ***


There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.0.8.2 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.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.0.8.3) and Kodi 19 beta
v2.0.0.0g) have been posted on GitHub. These versions fix the following fix:


v1.0.8.3 Kodi 18

• Changed movie title name matching to case insensitive to avoid duplicate movies
in the Kodi database.


v2.0.0.0g Kodi 19

•Changed movie title name matching to case insensitive to avoid duplicate movies
in the Kodi database.


There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.0.8.3 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.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.0.8.4) and Kodi 19 beta
v2.0.0.0h) have been posted on GitHub. These versions contain the following enhancements
and fixes::


v1.0.8.4 Kodi 18

• Significant database speed improvement (>75%) by reducing the number of times
the addon opens and closes the Kodi database.
• Added user ratings from Mezzmo to movie search panel.
• Fixed logging error which could cause a playlist not to load completely if Kodi
was in debug mode and a playlist item was missing the icon variable from Mezzmo.


v2.0.0.0h Kodi 19

• Significant database speed improvement (>75%) by reducing the number of times
the addon opens and closes the Kodi database.
• Added user ratings from Mezzmo to movie search panel.
• Fixed logging error which could cause a playlist not to load completely if Kodi
was in debug mode and a playlist item was missing the icon variable from Mezzmo.

There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.0.8.4 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.

At this point there are no feature enhancements or bug fixes in the development queue. The Kodi 19 beta code
is likely the release code unless there is another bug found or something changes in the Kodi API as it goes to
a general release.

Feedback and feature requests are always welcome.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

An updated version of the Mezzmo Kodi addon for both Kodi v18 (v1.0.8.5) and Kodi 19 beta
v2.0.0.0i) have been posted on GitHub. These versions contain the following enhancement:


v1.0.8.5 Kodi 18

• Additional significant database improvements when adding playlists to the Kodi
database. Moved from a database commit per item to a commit per playlist fetch
from Mezzmo.


v2.0.0.0i Kodi 19

• Additional significant database improvements when adding playlists to the Kodi
database. Moved from a database commit per item to a commit per playlist fetch
from Mezzmo.

There are separate links for the Kodi 18 and Kodi 19 versions. The Kodi 19 version is based upon the
latest Kodi 18 v1.0.8.5 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.

I would highly recommend moving to these releases of code due to the performance improvements. For
example moving from 1.0.8.3 to 1.0.8.5 I saw a speed improvement inserting a 150 item playlist into Kodi
from 15 seconds to .3 seconds. Browsing the same playlist after it was inserted into Kodi the went from
3.8 seconds to .3 seconds. These are significant speed improvements.

Feedback and feature requests are always welcome.


Jeff