Reset inside Kodi or new installation?

2469 · December 27, 2024 at 11:23 AM

Hi, I wonder if resetting Kodi/Libreelec inside Kodi is as good as reinstalling? I wonder because I want to avoid having to take out the computer that is there and then works as a server. It currently has the latest version (LibreELEC-Generic-legacy.x86_64-12.0.1). I want to try this because it gets stuck all the time for about 5-10 minutes every time you stop a channel on Simple IPTV or a movie/series, and then start something new. Unfortunately, I can't find anything about this problem, so I think it's something wrong with the system. Best regards 2469

Systeminformation:

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950/PCIe/SSE2
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
RAM: 8gb

**chewitt** · December 27, 2024 at 1:19 PM

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systemctl stop kodi
mv /storage/.kodi /storage/.kodi-old
systemctl start kodi

^ Those commands will give you a fresh/clean Kodi install to experiment with. To revert, stop Kodi again and rename the old folder back to /storage/.kodi again and things will run as before. There is generally no need to do a full reinstall.

2469 · December 27, 2024 at 1:28 PM

Ahaa.... Thanks a lot. But you mean that if i ssh that, it will make a fresh kodi after a reboot or? Or what happens when i send that lines? And what do you think of my equipment, are they good enough?

**chewitt** · December 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM

Kodi boots whatever config exists in /storage/.kodi and if there is none (because you stopped Kodi and then renamed the folder to something else) it will autogenerate a new one (until you stop Kodi and rename or delete it again).

No opinion on the hardware, but if you configure anything with a pirate IPTV feed that contains a few thousand channels and a full IMDB's worth of 'on-demand' content; it will run like crap, but that's a self inflicted problem, and the sole fix is .. remove the pirate feed. I'm making a few assumptions there, but if that's what you're doing please re-read forum rules before asking for further help.

2469 · December 27, 2024 at 3:10 PM

Thanks, i think i solved it. When i make a local m3u file it not get stuck. So it could be something with my mobile network that it have that cause problems to update or something else. Thanks and have a Happy New new year from Sweden

2469 · December 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM

Quote from chewitt
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systemctl stop kodi
mv /storage/.kodi /storage/.kodi-old
systemctl start kodi
^ Those commands will give you a fresh/clean Kodi install to experiment with. To revert, stop Kodi again and rename the old folder back to /storage/.kodi again and things will run as before. There is generally no need to do a full reinstall.

Hi again, wanted to test this because I think there is something else going on in the system when I have tried to get the game part to work and I have had to change some parameters via SSH which I think may have caused it. My only question is, what does the code look like when you change back to "mv /storage/.kodi /storage/.kodi-old"? And the new one I am working on now, can I rename it to "mv /storage/.kodi /storage/.kodi-new" if I want to work with it in my free time when the wife will go crazy when she comes home and wants to watch a movie and I haven't had time to finish the new one? Kind regards 469

InvisibleRasta · March 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM

does moving the .kodi folder also delete and stop my docker containers?

**chewitt** · March 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM

Renaming the Kodi folder won't delete them, but a clean install has no Docker add-on or known Docker config so they aren't going to start on boot until you reinstall the add-on and restore add-on config.