No icons in Kodi when more than 700 channels

[rohinmehra]

Hi all,

I have a strange problem. I am using NextPVR v5 in combination with Kodi. When I have more than approximately 700 channels the channel icons don't appear in Kodi anymore. When I reduce the amount of channels to approximately below 700 the channel icons reappear in Kodi.

I first thought the problem was on the Kodi side but after some more investigation I have figured out that the problem is actually on the NextPVR side.

I figured that out using the below link.
http://127.0.0.1:8866/service?method=channel.list

When there are less than 700 channels the link gives the XML code of one channel looking like this:
<channel> <id>66610</id> <name>|NL| NPO 1 HD</name> <number>3</number> <minor>0</minor> <formatted-number>3</formatted-number> <type>0x1</type>
<details>http://line.hi-ott.net:80/Mehra/VXBYpvSct1fPs8c/740 </details>
<icon>true</icon> </channel>


When I have more than 700 channels the link gives the XML code for the same channel looking like this:
<channel> <id>66610</id> <name>|NL| NPO 1 HD</name> <number>3</number> <minor>0</minor> <formatted-number>3</formatted-number> <type>0x1</type>
<details>http://line.hi-ott.net:80/Mehra/VXBYpvSct1fPs8c/740 </details>
</channel>

The icon tag is suddenly missing! That explains why the icon doesn't display anymore in Kodi.

Now I would love to have an explanation why the icon tag suddenly disappears when I have more than 700 channels.

Hopefully someone will be able to solve this mystery. I have included my log files.

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

Rohin Mehra
  logs-20200401-2318.zip (Size: 1.23 MB / Downloads: 1)

[sub]

There is some logic that includes this limit in the application. It was done to help performance with large numbers of channels.

After your message I've removed that logic for the next release.

Really though, you're probably not going to be watching a more than 100 channels...I'd recommend just deleting the channels you're not going to be watching. Every thing is going to perform so much nicer with a reasonable number of channels.

[rohinmehra]

Thanks for your swift reply and thanks for removing the limit. I will remove some channels if the performance is not good. When is the next release to be expected?

Kind regards, Rohin Mehra

[sub]

Maybe another week or so.