Manage Path Replacement???

[KodiUser1138]

Still looking for an explination of what exactly is supposed to be entered in the path replacement field for native mode.

[mcarlton00]

It's a simple string replacement.  Remote path is where the server looks for files, local path is how the client should reach those same files.

Example:
Your library is mounted on your server at /mnt/media/Movies.
The library is available over your network at nfs:/export/Movies

You have two options here.
- Option A: one to one replacement
  - Remote Path: /mnt/media/Movies
  - Local Path: nfs:/export/Movies
- Option B: Multi match replacement
  - Remote Path: /mnt/media
  - Local Path: nfs:/export

Option A works just fine and is effectively a 1:1 mapping of folder on the server vs how a client can see it.
Option B can simplify the mappings if you have multiple paths stored in a single location.  ie: this would work for both /mnt/media/Movies and /mnt/media/Shows, assuming both of them are also available under the same relative NFS path.

[KodiUser1138]

I really have no idea how this is supposed to work exactly but I put the paths to my media locations that I use in JF into the addon data data.json file and it worked. Got everything synced. So I fumbled my way to a solution, somehow. Blind squirrel with a yummy nut.

Still having issues being able to access libraries for any reason after initial setup though. That just seems completely broken no matter which version of Kodi I try this on.

[KodiUser1138]

Rebuilt my server onto a stand-alone PC, got it up and running and for the most part set agiain properly, go to ensure Kodi is working fine and nope. Back to square one. Nothing works. No manually editing the data.json, no entering anything when the add-on requests information that isn't made clear, no options within the add-on to manage libraries, add or what ever. Constant fails. This all after deleting all add-on data, removing the add-on insstall and re-downloading to attempt to start from scratch. Just back to nothing works. Frustrated again. Even copying the info fomr the previous working data.json fails, even before making edits to it to reflect the new server set-up. As an example, not reflective of the post above, this is what the path in the old data.json looks like

"/mnt/ => smb/HTPC1/Movies": "/mnt/ => smb/HTPC1/Movies",

And that doesn't work now. Let alone adding the new path to the main server location. But this is what was in the file when it was working.Even just updating these paths with the old "working" install failed. Can't get into the add-on options to even attempt to add/delete/repair any libraries. Just total complete nothing. Like death.

[KodiUser1138]

OK Maybe I figures out the confusing acpest of adding paths?

Select "New Path" and enter the name for the library location the path ill be for (ie. Movies), press OK
Scroll down to Windows Network (SMB) and navigate to the shared network location (ie. \\\MediaServer\Movies), press Ok.
Continue for all paths to be linked.
Select Finish.


That seems to be correct? It at least populates the data.json file with those network path lines. Now the issue is Kodi is not giving the option to add libraries and when navigating within the add-on to add libraries the only option given is ALL. If I select ALL and click ok, nothing happens. Nothing scans. The library does not populate. If I quit Kodi and open it again I'm asked to again select Naitive or Add-on mode, then confirm the path replacements and then nothing. And navigating the app to add libraries still results in nothing.

Stuck without a working Kodi library still, despite possibly having figured some part of it out?

Even tried downgrading the add-on. Same results. Kodi sees the JF server, logs into the proper account, add the paths as I believe needed, then nothing. No add libraries, no manual adding libraries, just nothing. Broken.

On my laptop using Add-on mode, JF is currently updating the library without issues (ssemingly). But nothing I dowith naitive mode works to add any libraries.

[KodiUser1138]

On a hunch I tried downgrading Kodi to 21.1 and nope, same thing. No ability to add libraries. It's just borken. Hoping someone who works on this sees this issue and might share some insight.

[KodiUser1138]

Done everything I can think off. Downgraded both Kodi and the add-on version. Uninstalled and reinstalled Kodi Sync Cue, nothing works. Tried using add-on mode. Still nothing. I can't start a new Kodi set-up with Jellyfin no matter which of these options I try. And I've tested on 2 seperarate Kodi clients. I've used the local IP, exernal IP and my dns provided address. Still the same results. What worked before just does not no, without indication why. I look at the logs but don't recognize any error pointing to this issue. Just stuck, frustrated, bummed.


Also adding in the programdata folder for the add-on there is no sync file created, further showing there is no adding of libraries happening on what is a 'fresh clean' Kodi setup.

[KodiUser1138]

Keeping all my typed out thoughts here as breadcrumbs for the next time but I believe I found my issue.

Must delete Database (remove full directory) to ensure Kodi and/or the add-on don't look at the old library files for any reason. This now allowed Kodi and/or the add-on to bring up the libraries selection and procede with scraping all the data.

Frustrating to not understand but now makes sense, base on the solution posted long after the issue was brought up on the git as a likely reason which I probably stumbled into without realizing the first time this issue occured.

[KodiUser1138]

Back again. Thought I had this worked out. The libraries updated. Though issues were created with the playlists I use to navigate Kodi. Spent time figuring them out and now to watch some media and WTF Kodi just hangs after a few seoncds of playback. This is suoopsed to be with direct paths, playing media contained on the same local machine that the Kodi client is running, and it just hangs. Never experienced this before (nor understand why suddenly my playlist variables didn't work) but there's something not right with the manage path replacement stuff as that is the only thing that seems different from my prior server built. Everything else is the same save for 1 additional media network location. And that's not even the location in question above. So back to more tiral and error tomorrow.