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Same here. Watchdog stopped updating libraries when new videos are added on Pi4 buster, kodi 18.4
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It suddenly occurred to me after 4 years, that I could mount the smb or nfs shares on /storage/tvshows
I will check on that for nfs tonite smb tomorrow
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I mounted my data drive via nfs and found Watchdog seems to work.
I mounted it at the pre existing folder /storage/tvshows with a systemd unit. LE 9.2/Kodi 18.5.
smb mount seems to work.
I'm thinking user/password on smb3 may be a problem for some.
I did use "clean on startup" "scan on startup" and set video sources, and "update entire library".
For now I'm staying with nfs to give it a longer test.
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Library Watchdog has always worked perfectly with LE, but only up to 9.0.2 (beta 1 or 2). Anything after that and it just continues to scan in a loop when Artwork Beef is enable, at least this has been my experience.
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The mounted NFS became a problem for other reasons, problems with reconnecting. I went to SMB shares and it is working frighteningly well.
RPi 4. Le 9.2 Kodi 18.5. I wonder if the Art work Beef problem isn't similar to the artwork problem with one of the unmentionable apps a couple of years back.
You do need to add a network location in the "browse for new share" Specifying the UNC path and user and password when adding video sources. You can't use the SMB or NFS browse to that are already there.
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What is the difference between Kodi Auto update and this addon ?
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It works immediately on any change. Auto Updater relies on cron.
Nether of them seems work with Kodi 19, yet.