Updated and am getting a 
face cycling around and around.
Also getting sad face boot loop after upgrade to latest version. Downgrading does not solve the issue.
In kodi.log :
ERROR: Failed to load skin âskin.osmc.v18alphaâ
FATAL: Default skin âskin.osmc.v18alphaâ could not be loaded! TerminatingâŚ
This was due to the skin being renamed which is now causing the sad face.
You will need to SSH in and run:
mv /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/skin.osmc.v18alpha /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/skin.osmc
Then start up mediacenter:
sudo systemctl start mediacenter
It keeps resetting back to skin.osmc.v18alpha after starting mediacenter again.
Iâve updated my post. Seems this is a better option.
Same error in the log. I even tried to copy the skin and named one skin.osmc and one skin.osmc.v18alpha, no change.
Can you try this. Edit
sudo vi /usr/share/kodi/system/settings/settings.xml
Search for alpha and change the skin name there. I will update my patch for the next build as we hard code it.
Well, that changed the error to
FATAL: Default skin 'skin.osmc' could not be loaded!
I suppose Iâll wait for the next patch.
Anyone having problems with âUp Nextâ ?
Correctly identifies next episode and plays but only once, the second time it identifies it, counts down then goes back to the menu. The video it plays freezes the first frame for 10 seconds⌠the audio continues. then the video stops and the video catches up and all is fine.
Does not work with Smart Playlists⌠identifies next episode but never plays.
I have the same problem that osmc does not start on my vero 4k+ after todays update. I tried copying the skin and editing the settings.xml + downgrading - but still no luck. How can this be solved?
This worked for me.
- Rename skin folder
- Edit settings.xml
- Edit guisettings.xml
Thanx @gmc - but unfortunatelly it still does not work.
renamed skin-folder to skin.osmc (is it correct that there is only a settings.xml in that folder?)
Afterwards I edited
/usr/share/kodi/system/settings/settings.xml
/home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/guisettings.xml
But still get
14:38:28.753 T:4071608928 ERROR: Failed to load skin âskin.osmcâ
14:38:28.753 T:4071608928 FATAL: Default skin âskin.osmcâ could not be loaded! TerminatingâŚ
Anything missing? Did you downgrade to an older version os osmc?
Very odd.
You could try downgrade the skin.
sudo apt-get install mediacenter-skin-osmc=17.9.3-37
Or maybe try 17.9.3-36
Also have a look under:
/usr/share/kodi/addons
You should have a skin.osmc folder (Maybe yours is skin.osmc.v18alpha?)
Iâm in the same boot loop it seems, but this file editing is beyond me, if I wipe it back to stock, can I install v18 test build but an older one? If so how?
Great: downgrading the skin to 17.9.3-37 works. But be carefull that you DONâT edit settings.xml and guisettings.xml in that case (they have to stay on skin.osmc.v18alpha)
This worked for me also.
Yes, downgrading the skin works!
THANKS
This issue will occur again once the v18 stable release is out. The skin will be named skin.osmc then like it was under v17 as well to ensure a smooth migration for most of our users whoâre not using the nightlies⌠We should find a way to make a transition from the nightlies to the stable release possible with our skin eventually - would be a bummer, if a re-install would be necessary.
OK, so there is a defintely an audio sync problem when using the Up Next plugin that isnât present on LibreElec⌠When it tells another episode to play, the first frame freezes and plays audio for 10 seconds, then you get 10 seconds of video with no audio and then it all syncs upâŚ
Please paste full logs
Sam