Metadata refresh doesn’t work

Hi. I've updated recently some of my movies to higher quality rips (e.g. 480p to 1080p) but Meta Data pane doesn't represent that. 'Refresh' button doesn't do anything at all. Rescan database doesn't help either. Am I missing something? Please help.

Kodi did not open? Why

Hi I am new to this Kodi thing. I recently had to download Kodi again but when I tried to open it again it says that the last time I opened Kodi, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try and reopen windows again? When I click...

Filename is subtitle search window

Hi everybody, Just started using new kodi krypton and it's looking really good. One thing that I miss though is that the filename is not displayed when I'm looking for subtitles. Does anyone have a solution for this? Thanks Best regards

Crazy Krypton Configuration of tvheadend client

I couldn't leave well enough alone and decided to wipe my odroid c2 (android os), do a clean install, and to install Kodi 17 instead of my previous 16.1. I added the TVheadend client and configured it; however, each time I go to the main screen and sc...

Skin Settings Do Not Persist

Raspberry Pi install - Changes made to skin settings are only good for the current session. They are not written to the corresponding /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/skin.<name>/settings.xml file on cold or hard boot. All directory/file per...

How to restart KODI without rebooting from Terminal

Hi,
i am trying to use the terminal SSH commands to restart kodi.
But the instructions given in this post (http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...i+terminal) do not work:

I have tried:

Code:
systemctl restart kodi

but got this answer:
Code:
-bash: systemctl: command not found

What is the correct command?

Server version:
Code:
xbmc@xbmc-server:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

Possible Bug with Master Lock Code on Startup

After enabling the option to "Ask for master lock code on startup" with a numeric PIN set for the master user, I am seeing some odd behavior. It appears that DialogNumeric is being called repeatedly, triggering the WindowOpen animation each time. Ste...

.nomedia file

OK.... I've tried several ways to create this file on my Mac. If I make a text file and name it .nomedia I get an error saying .xxx files are reserved for system files. And even then it has a .rtf extension. It seems a period at the beginning is not a...

What happens if I export the library AGAIN ?

So if I perform a library export and all these extra files are created in my storage structure, this sounds like it will work great for importing after a Windows rebuild, but I have some questions. 1. Will the "watched" status be exported/imported al...