I have a folder that I occasionally drop a TV show into (if Sonarr can’t find it on usenet I’ll manually grab it elsewhere and dump it in this folder). The folder is set as the “Drone Factory” folder and correctly imports the shows into my main collection.
The problem is when Sonarr imports a show from the Drone Factory folder, it isn’t sending an update to Kodi, so the Kodi library never gets updated.
When Sonarr downloads shows using other methods (sabnzbd in my case) it is correctly updating Kodi. It only fails to update Kodi when it imports a show from the Drone Factory folder.
Any suggestions?
The notification process is the same, trace logs will log the responses from Kodi and show the same process for importing via both mechanisms.
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Ok I think I figured it out but I need to ask this:
Does the Kodi interface need to be open in order for it to receive the Sonarr notifications?
I just tested it and realized when I have Kodi open, Sonarr updates the library fine. But with Kodi interface closed, the trace logs are reporting that it can’t connect to the server.
I thought Kodi had a background service than ran all the time but maybe I’m wrong and it needs to be open all the time in order to get notifications?
I’m running a basic Windows 8 desktop that runs sonarr and kodi and sabnzbd together.
I suppose you need Kodi up and running all the time yes.
I think they were working on making a headless version which you could keep running all the time in the background, and then have multiple frontends connect to it, but it’s still in the early stages as far as I know.
That makes sense. Thanks much!