I’ve got a few issues with an add-on (specifically the Plex Kodi Connect) which has caused issues on new installs on any version OSMC from around May/June of '23 onwards.
This time I’m trying to investigate it more rather than just working around by installing an older version, specifically I was getting a dependency error that ‘script.module.requests’ was unavailable.
Thought I’d try manually installing the ‘Requests’ add-on… couldn’t find it in search so tried to browse to it through the official add-ons but get errors saying unavailable. I also get an error in my browser if I go to https://download.osmc.tv/kodi/addons/nexus/addons.xml.gz. I noticed today that the installer app complained that it couldn’t access the internet and the download page was down so my be related but this has been affecting me since before xmas (pretty much when I got delivery of my Vero V and was doing new installs)
Anyway, anyhelp would be great but no rush!
Cheers,
Dave
PKC isn’t in Kodi’s repo and likely never will be due to the devs dislike of how it manipulates the library. To install it you would have to install the repo where it is located as outlined in its github…
yes I know PKC is not in the offical add-on’s I can add the github respository and set it up fine but something broke it in OSMC versions from around May / June '23. I included the info really just as background info which may prompt someone else who has solved that issue to reply.
I don’t install any other add-ons normally but the fact that the normal add-on channel doesn’t work is what I was trying to resolve first so I could install the Requests add-on (https://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Requests)… and ultimately maybe help solve my PKC issue.
However to re-iterate this issue is with the regular kodi add-ons that I can’t even browse without it giving a 503 error
possibly two unrelated issues then, I’m not expecting any assistance with PKC since clearly it’s nothing to do with this project. I’ve certainly had an issue with installing it from late last year so just trying to troubleshoot what’s changed
Ah, thanks for clarifying. I’ll get the OSMC mirror up again shortly and investigate the issue. Can’t advise about PKC but usually @darwindesign (our resident expert on Plex) can advise on that.
Understood. I had notified Sam at the same time I replied to you so he could look into the download server issue. I haven’t tested PKC in quite a while to know if it is currently working or not but it might be worth looking into if you have enabled to allow add-ons from 3rd party repo’s to update automatically and that your running the most current version of the add-on. Kodi isn’t quite as open by default with add-ons as it used to be.
If it’s useful I will go throught the exact steps to replicate my PKC issue if anyone feels motivated enough to try it out but in the mean time I’ll wait for the normal add-on repository to be fixed and see if setting up the python dependencies is what’s causing PKC install to baulk.
For PKC you do indeed need to enable 3rd party addons, add the HTTPS network folder (croneter.github.io), install from zip file, select Nexus Stable then it’ll install the repository… after that install from repository, select PKC then install and configure. (I’ve done this so many times that address is living rent free in my head!)
Yes, thank you , Now it works !
Finally, i have finish my fresh installation, but i haven’t choose the good day to made this.
iBut first, I searched in archive.org for the osmc matrix 19.5 version for rpb2, then not being able to install any addon, I replaced all occurrences of 'download.osmc.tv ’ in /usr/share/ with ‘osmc .tv/download’, without success. and after several hours of trouble I found this post in the forum.
Well now I will be able to sleep peacefully.
All working for me this morning, including my PKC issue.
Maybe previous times I’ve been setting this up I’ve just been unlucky and something was down. Academic now since everything is working with 2024.02-1 OSMC and 3.8.3 PKC
