Installed a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 and then installed Kodi from the Ubuntu repository – version 15.2, with “apt-get install kodi”
Everything worked flawlessly from the start, I can play all kind of media files EXCEPT ISO images or VIDEO_TS directories. That was working perfectly well in my previous installation of Ubuntu 14.x + Kodi 14.x.
For an ISO, the LOG file just says:
22:29:36 T:139839437584832 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /media/WD2000_1/ISO_IMAGE.ISO
22:29:36 T:139839437584832 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:29:36 T:139837877438208 NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
22:29:36 T:139837877438208 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
And for VIDEO_TS folders, the same:
22:46:42 T:140611576228288 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /home/kodi/DVDFOLDER/VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO
22:46:42 T:140611576228288 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:46:42 T:140610003388160 NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
22:46:42 T:140610003388160 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
In both cases Kodi shows the spinning “Executando” message, but keeps stuck at Kodi file browser screen. System becomes completely unresponsive, nothing happens and I need to kill the kodi.bin process by hand in a terminal, as the interface stays completely unresponsive to keyboard and mouse.
Can somebody bring some light to this? Do I need to install something else in Ubuntu 16.04 to support ISO/VIDEO_TS playing in Kodi?