[Moved] Comskip with XNEWA on Kodi 18 Leia

[jksmurf]

Comskip is not implemented in curl http on Kodi however in v18 the addon is configured to use http over their new inputstream streaming which does support comskip in my testing.

Martin

Just watched an hour long program tonight using Kodi 18 rc 5 with the XNEWA add on, unfortunately comskip didn't really skip, not like the PCH at least. Hmmm. Tried the native nextpvr Android app but no comskip. Will try to supply logs.

[mvallevand]

Since you are streaming by http in x-newa and not via a share comskip is not going to work. You need advancedsettings.xml to map your G drive in previous examples you had files on a named share https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...post513029 without the drive letter.

Martin

[jksmurf]

In any case this is not the x-newa support area so please stop posting questions here. Martin

Apologies Martin the post was indeed inappropriate in that thread; I have moved it.

I will look at the named share changes, I had forgotten all that since my RPi setup days. Will get back to you. BrettB's post summarizes it well
https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...post512952

k.

[mvallevand]

Basically you need to adapt.the sticky post example https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...post499809 so that it work with your g dive

Martin

[jksmurf]

Basically you need to adapt.the sticky post example https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...post499809 so that it work with your g dive

Martin

Hi Martin,

OK I've added an advancedsettings.xml file that I modified from my RPi2 librelec setup to Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/ on the TV.

I've checked using Powershell that Windows (the server) has SMB2 working (it says True). I'm hoping I have the Samba shares sorted out now.

I tried the same file (Child of our Time) but it still didn't skip. It looks like the skip points are recognised, and it went to the start of the show once, but does not jump the next skip?

https://paste.kodi.tv/epikajipuh

Any ideas? Thank you

k.

Code:

<advancedsettings>
      <pathsubstitution>
        <substitute>
          <from>D:/GBPVRVids/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/GBPVRVids/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>G:/ArchivedMovies/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/ArchivedMovies/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>D:/PlayOnVids/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/PlayOnVids/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>X:/PlayOnVids2/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/PlayOnVids2/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>G:/PlayOnVids3/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/PlayOnVids3/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>E:/Storage/HDCamVideos/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/Storage/HDCamVideos/</to>
        </substitute>
      </pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>

In March 2017 you noted

If comskip is working it is probably because you record to a named share which means you don't need advanced settings.

I believe I still have the named shares (see pic). Is this a problem for the Samba shares?

[mvallevand]

That doesn't look like a debug log.


I G Drive a local drive drive and are you sharing the whole thing or creating individual share? Maybe capture the mapping from running the command line on your PC

net share

From my end the easiest way to diagnose this is for you to add the share to the Kodi library and then play the file using Kodi.

Martin

[jksmurf]

That doesn't look like a debug log.

Damn; you're right I didn't put Kodi into debug mode, sorry, too tired.

Is G Drive a local drive and are you sharing the whole thing or creating individual share? Maybe capture the mapping from running the command line on your PC.

Local. Just that Dir. I think the C$ C:\ etc thingies are from the Hanewin NFS Server I installed in my Wiondows 10 Home (doesn't have NFS).

From my end the easiest way to diagnose this is for you to add the share to the Kodi library and then play the file using Kodi. Martin

OK. I had added NFS shares to the Kodi library but not Samba shares - is that OK?

Probably be tomorrow now, getting late.

ta.

[mvallevand]

You can use NFS shares in advancedsettings.xml too. There used to be a limit of 12 character share names perhaps that is causing problems on Android?

Martin

[jksmurf]

You can use NFS shares in advancedsettings.xml too. There used to be a limit of 12 character share names perhaps that is causing problems on Android? Martin

I'll have a look.

Meanwhile

Run 1, XNEWA in Kodi
https://paste.kodi.tv/eciwedubod Debug Log; NPVR Log

Run 2, Kodi Alone
https://paste.kodi.tv/odisadihin
Here it jumps TO the skip locations - which seems odd. Does it autoskip when playing like NPVR (hard to tell without a timeline that NPVR has).

k.

[jksmurf]

You can use NFS shares in advancedsettings.xml too. There used to be a limit of 12 character share names perhaps that is causing problems on Android? Martin

This is the NFS Server I use:

https://www.hanewin.net/doc/nfs/nfsd.htm
https://www.hanewin.net/doc/nfs/nfs-faq.htm

I asked the author. Certainly

"G:\ArchivedMovies" is >12 chars; Child of our time is in there.