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Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - rockhard - 2023-05-21
So I've Google Chromecast with Google TV HD i bought last month and using it on a old Panasonic HD plasma TV. Not many apps installed in this. Only Netflix, Stan, Youtube(+kids) and Kodi. Kodi will periodically lose all settings I've setup and go back to default first run settings. There's no specific pattern to when it'll happen. Sometimes I'd have used kodi 3-4 times and then this will reset or sometimes it'll reset very next time after I've watched something in Kodi. But this definitely happens. I’ve Nvidia shield 2019 pro and Firestick lite(Sideloaded Kodi) and had no problem like this with them. I’ve forced stop Kodi, cleared cache and data, uninstalled and reinstalled(in that sequence) and it still keeps on happening. Anyone have any resolution to this issue
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - g00ner - 2024-10-27
Since getting the Google Streamer I get the same issue, Kodi looses all interface settings like GUI sounds and video calibration but keeps file settings. I do not see any pattern but it happens ever other week.
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - g00ner - 2024-10-27
Well similar not the same, I do not lose all setting just the interface ones.
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - mhaaland - 2024-10-28
Happens on the Firestick Max Gen 2 also. Very random. Goes to default skin and have to reset all GUI settings.
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - DarrenHill - 2024-10-28
This kind of thing usually occurs if Kodi doesn't shut down cleanly (or is force-closed) and files which are open get corrupted.
When Kodi is closed down normally, that's when things like the skin settings get updated and saved back to their relevant files.
So if this doesn't happen cleanly then the file can become corrupt, at which point on next boot it obviously can't read them back and so falls back to the safe default.
The corrupt files are then overwritten with fresh new ones, and of course then the old settings are lost.
You can tell if it happens this way by looking at the skin setting on such an occurrence - it won't say Estuary but will say none or something like that (I forget offhand), even though it's Estuary that is actually loaded.
It's more common on Android as there are circumstances (crashing or even just when background running) where the OS can force-close the app, at which point you're in the danger zone.
I'd suggest to have a check next time it happens and see if what I describe above fits the evidence.
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - g00ner - 2024-10-29
Yes, it seems had connected my Google Streamer to my slave/master power strip which is controlled by my amp so when shutting down the Google Streamer dies abruptly. Thanks for the explanation. Still thinks it bad form from Kodi tho.
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - Hitcher - 2024-10-29
(2024-10-29, 09:23)g00ner Wrote: Still thinks it bad form from Kodi tho.Would you also turn off your PC by killing the power supply?
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - g00ner - 2024-10-29
(2024-10-29, 09:55)Hitcher Wrote:No but if I did I want saved data to be persistent.(2024-10-29, 09:23)g00ner Wrote: Still thinks it bad form from Kodi tho.Would you also turn off your PC by killing the power supply?
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - sarbes - 2024-10-29
(2024-10-29, 11:43)g00ner Wrote: No but if I did I want saved data to be persistent.
You chose the wrong device then. The F2FS file system is way more prone to corruption than a journaling file system like EXT4 is. That's something apps like Kodi don't have authority over.
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - g00ner - 2024-10-29
(2024-10-29, 11:59)sarbes Wrote:Perhaps. I did not really take that into consideration when I chose device. Fact is I, mistakenly, plugged the Streamer into the master/slave socket but weird that some settings like sources.xml keeps persistency but guisettings.xml took the hit every single time. Works now tho so all is well.(2024-10-29, 11:43)g00ner Wrote: No but if I did I want saved data to be persistent.
You chose the wrong device then. The F2FS file system is way more prone to corruption than a journaling file system like EXT4 is. That's something apps like Kodi don't have authority over.
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - izprtxqkft - 2024-10-29
(2024-10-29, 13:21)g00ner Wrote: ut weird that some settings like sources.xml keeps persistency but guisettings.xml took the hit every single time.
not really weird
the files being lost were in use (in ram) during abrupt power loss
the files being kept were already saved and inactive
RE: Kodi periodically looses all settings on Chromecast with Google TV HD - mhaaland - 2024-10-29
Get everything set the way you like it and then backup the guisettings.xml file. If it happens again you can just restore that file and be up and running immediately.