[IceQueen0607]

On 17.6 for tv show I see continue, new series, and ended. maybe some other.
On 18.5 only 6 of 205 tv show I have in kodi show media tag of any. Why is that?
I see to that navigating seem to be slower on 18.5 than is 17.6. Is that a kodi thing or skin thing?

sorry for my poor english

[Gade]

Hi IceQueen0607.

Which version of script.tv.show.next.aired do you use ("TV Show - Next Aired")?

Navigation in Kodi 18 should not be slower than Kodi 17.
It could be a lot of things. But I cleaned up a lot of code between the 2 versions.
Did you disable all views you don't use in the skin settings?

For Kodi 19 most a lot of the skin has been recoded. So this will speed it up significantly.

[IceQueen0607]

Sorry it's been over a year since I posted. I found the issue with things being slow.

With Windows server 2019 LTSC there are a vast number of bugs. M$ reinvented the TCP/IP stack and this causes significant issues with applications running over a network.

I reverted to Server 2012 R2, as 2016 will not install with a RTX 2xxx  GPU.

My infrastructure is all 10G.

Basically, any file copy TO the server from any PC on the network will stop every 5GB for 30 - 40 seconds. Copy another 5GB and stop again.

In Kodi, cleaning the database is abhorrently slow. As is scanning for new content. Exporting data to separate files is likewise slow.

Kodi has a long standing issue where if the PC's monitor goes to sleep while Kodi is idle it crashes Kodi. So because the various operations were so slow I left the PC going only to come back and find Kodi crashed.

As to the tags issue, as soon as I went back to server 2012 R2 all TV shows now show either "Returning" or "Ended" and the channel on which the sow is aired.

The current script version, installed May 2020 is 6.0.15

I looked at v19 but at the time it was crashing a lot (19.2 I think). There is nothing in v19 that I want or need so I've just stayed with 18.9.

[Klojum]

Basically, any file copy TO the server from any PC on the network will stop every 5GB for 30 - 40 seconds. Copy another 5GB and stop again.

Doesn't that imply a buffering problem (or a horribly acting network driver)? 10Gb/s network means approx 2GB/s so that shouldn't be a problem.
I don't know the details of your server, but the write speeds of a 20TB harddisk these days are 1.5-2.0GB/s, but that drops as the drive(s) fill up.
Waiting 30-40 secs for a cache to unload is a lot. If it's not the drive(s) having a problem, then the network driver has a problem IMO.
Ever tried a Linux server, just for comparison?

In Kodi, cleaning the database is abhorrently slow. As is scanning for new content. Exporting data to separate files is likewise slow.

Well, it should be even slower, because currently still not everything is scrubbed clean. Removing a whole TV show involves upto 18 tables in the video database. Right now only 4-5 are touched. There is a Video Database Cleaner add-on, but that also does not cover 100% just yet.

Kodi has a long standing issue where if the PC's monitor goes to sleep while Kodi is idle it crashes Kodi.

On what hardware and what OS? I have LibreELEC running Kodi on a Rapsberry Pi4b for weeks, idling.

sorry for my poor english

There is nothing wrong with your english.

[Gade]

Hi @IceQueen0607

Great that you and @Klojum is solving your issue.
And thanks for writing again.

So far I don't see any skin issue being the reason for the slowness?

A reason for updating Kodi 18 to 19 is definately speed.
Most of the Rapier skin has been completely recoded and optimized between Kodi 18 and 19.
Huge improvements and optimization has been done between those two versions: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=343552