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Kodi loading addons very slow - zunnekleppe - 2023-08-17
As of the recent update of kodi, it's running very slow. The reason is python. From python's dev's there was a warning that python >= 3.10 has new functions that are not compatible with previous version. In gnome boxes I installed debian 11 that uses python 3.7, installed kodi, and everything was running smooth again.
The plugins needs an upgrade to version >= 3.10.
RE: Kodi loading addons very slow - zunnekleppe - 2023-08-17
How to easy resolve the problem:
sudo apt install distrobox
distrobox create -i quay.io/toolbx-images/debian-toolbox:11
distrobox enter debian-toolbox-11
sudo apt install kodi
distrobox-export --app kodi
exit
Then you will find in your menu the symlink to the debian-11 version of kodi.
RE: Kodi loading addons very slow - wastis - 2023-08-18
Not sure if this is the case here, however this could also be linked to python compiler optimization level used by Kodi.
See here.
So pre-compiling the python libraries with optimization level one might also help.