Missing textures

[bartolomesoriano]

User reports that textures disappear:

See: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=230821&pid=2265838#pid2265838.

5. I have some texture bugs (textures go missing) after :

• I play a little bit with widgets
• Setting up new shortcuts
• Coming back from fullscreen videos on main menu

[ghost]

This occurs because - probably similar to hitting the property limit that caused missing artwork, though this is speculation on my part - the $VAR[] which specifies the colordiffuse applied to the backgrounds stops returning a value, and an empty colordiffuse = a transparent image.

[mistervee]

Issue with oninfo relating to Lockos post is here.
#119

Missing Widget OnInfo Texture's Fixed. 20e9bfa

[bartolomesoriano]

Should this be closed, or are there other areas of this problem still being researched?

[MadMikeDoc]

Unfortunately there are more areas that have the missing texture issue so it needs to stay open.

[ghost]

Whilst I know Team Kodi are aware of the property limit and problems it can cause, from my own investigation the property limit isn't actually being hit for the problems to occur (which actually links in to feedback on the only Kodi PR concerning the issue that I am aware of, though I don't know what investigations have been done as a result).

As such, I think it's past time a ticket was opened on Trac with all the relevant information. Whilst I've collected a fair amount whilst investigating the issue, if anyone has any to add - whether thats situations that cause missing textures, debug logs when their textures have gone missing, crash logs if we're lucky enough to cause a crash due to missing textures, code examples which reproduce the issue in Confluence/Estuary (this would be particularly useful!), or just any experience, let me know. I've got a busy weekend ahead, but I'll create a Trac ticket on Monday.

Genuinely, any and all information - however tenuously linked to the missing textures it is (as long as it IS linked to them) is useful, and increases the chances the ticket will provide information useful to someone capable of solving the underlying issue in Kodi.

[kiviniitty]

HI! I after KODI start-up, at least I have a missing textures library sections (movies / TV shows) menu info is displayed, but under viewtype settings, background customizer, BD / DVD cases, set menu area color bacground texture's is not visible. Under music library is completely without backgrounds, including settings / info / cdart and etc. Sometimes if i right clik any addon i got missing texture also. At this point when i reload skin all seem's to be fine BUT it's not.

Now music library is displayed correctly. movie and TV show library are totally mess. there is no movie info textures at all, no buttons, no backgrounds, no nothing. right click any addon then select addon information ... no textures! the widget information textures do not show at this point. Reload skin again and boom info is displayed again. However, there is always some place where textures can not be displayed properly including the main settings area.

[maxcore]

i have the same problem

[mistervee]

@Ignoble61

I was in the process of doing some updates to the oninfo screen and at the same time scanning in music videos and playing a youtube video (which was buffering a lot). So lots of F5 refreshes going on. All library artwork and all widgets disappeared. Thought i should enable debug logging at that point. When the scan completed everything came back, but the missing texture bug suddenly appeared. I went in and out of various windows and dialogs with missing textures. Not really sure what to make of the logs but I hope it may be some help. Once I did a F5 Refresh everything was normal.

Beside this and the previous trac ticket I submitted, I don't have any other useful information.

http://1drv.ms/1LkUXVV

I have been looking through the forums to find old posts for similar issues. This is an interesting read.
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=56571

[mistervee]

@kiviniitty and @maxcore

Could you please provide a debug log. It would help a lot.

[kiviniitty]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vpcueh3ia8g6nri/debuglog.log?dl=0
there is a debug log. I have also had great difficulty in recent times with KODI. Like usually this log ended a freezing KODI a few minutes after start-up. I have no idea myself what is due, but if someone gets from that make sense so please let me know. About a week had this problem.

[mistervee]

@kiviniitty Thanks for the logs.

In regards to the freezing. Did you also have a crash log? It would be in the same directory as the kodi.log

[kiviniitty]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/muw4qdt09efg4bs/kodi_crashlog-20160310_225204.log?dl=0
I have older crash log's. this freezing issue don't give me a crash at all...it's just freeze...KODI process CPU Drops to zero. have to force it close.

[kiviniitty]

Another debuglog
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zi8wfbbf7hmkoq/debug2.log?dl=0

[ghost]

Thanks for all the info people. I'll try to pull it all together with the info I have this evening, as well as see if there's any way I can easily recreate the $VAR being empty (I know Team Kodi know about the property limit, I don't know that they know about this specifically) in Confluence or Estuary. Depending how long that takes, or even if its possible, I'll submit the Trac ticket tonight or tomorrow night.

[ghost]

http://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/16634