Wetek Play long boot time

1st Official Post

    Hi there,

    I have recently done an inplace upgrade from OpenELEC 6.0.3 to LibreELEC 7.0.2 on my Wetek Play.

    I have now noticed a huge increase in boot times. Everything seems to freeze upon display of the Kodi Jarvis Splash Screen, but if left alone for long enough (5 or 6 minutes) it finally boots in to Kodi and everything is then usable.


    Something is definitely wrong, could someone help shed some light on the problem?


    Here's a link to the log file taken after boot up: aGfS

    • Official Post

    Something is going wrong with updating one of the databases. The Epg11.db file may be corrupted.

    15:37:30 T:3036176960 NOTICE: Attempting to update the database Epg11 from version 10 to 11
    15:37:34 T:3036176960 ERROR: SQL: [Epg11.db] The database disk image is malformed Query: CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_epg_idEpg_iStartTime on epgtags(idEpg, iStartTime desc);
    15:37:34 T:3036176960 ERROR: Exception updating database Epg11 from version 10 to 11
    15:37:34 T:3036176960 ERROR: Error updating database Epg11 from version 10 to 11
    15:37:34 T:3036176960 NOTICE: Old database found - updating from version 10 to 11
    15:43:25 T:3036176960 ERROR: SQL: Can't copy database. (13)
    15:43:26 T:3036176960 ERROR: Unable to copy old database Epg10 to new version Epg11

    Yep I spotted that too :)


    So, what do I need to do? Should I delete that Epg11.db file? Where is it stored?
    I used a shared MYSQL database, will this Epg11 data be being stored on there?

    • Official Post

    No, only the video and music databases will be on your MySQL server, as you can see yourself using a MySQL client.

    "epg11.db" is part of the database files that are always stored on the Kodi client itself, something the Kodi devs have decided in their infinite wisdom. You can the local databases in /storage/.kodi/userdata/Database . Normally after deleting a local database file, it will be recreated after a reboot/restart of Kodi. What it means for the workings in your setup(s) I don't know, as I never use any Live TV or EPGs in my Kodi clients.

    I got round to deleting the Epg11.db file, rebooted and the same problem of slow boot up occured.

    I then decided to delete the Epg10.db AND Epg11.db files. Rebooted this time and now it is MUCH quicker, so much so that it doesn't even have time to display the Kodi Jarvis Splash Screen.


    Excellent stuff. Thank you very much for your advice Klojum

    Edited once, last by jim1985 (July 15, 2016 at 3:05 PM).