Receiving init() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘certification_country’ when first starting Kodi

[kpmelvin]

I'm getting the above error when first starting Kodi. It's a fresh install of Kodi 19.2 and PlexKodiConnect Beta v3.5.3.
kodi.log

Providing updated log. It appears the error happens right after various media scanners initialize.

Excerpt,
2021-10-12 07:20:57.405 T:11612 DEBUG : MUSIC_INFO::CMusicInfoScanner::Process - Starting scan
2021-10-12 07:20:57.406 T:7856 ERROR : PLEX.utils: Error encountered: - init() missing 1 required positional argument: 'certification_country'

..............................

2021-10-12 07:20:57.411 T:7856 ERROR : PLEX.utils: return tmdb.TMDBMovieScraper(settings, language, certcountry)
2021-10-12 07:20:57.411 T:7856 ERROR : PLEX.utils: TypeError: init() missing 1 required positional argument: 'certification_country'
............................

kodi.log

[attinderdhillon]

I have the same issue on latest Beta.

[fana13]

Same here, same config

[ghallford]

Same issue but doesn't happen all the time

[ghost]

Also happens on the matrix stable version. PMS is on a Synology 920+, and have 2 Nvidia shield tv pro 2019

[jun6lee]

Seeing this a lot. I have a lot of foreign media, may be connected?!

[croneter]

I'm a bit at a loss here. This issue is caused by PKC calling another Kodi add-on called metadata.themoviedb.org.python. Looking at their latest source-code, nothing changed.

• Do you guys have some special installation of metadata.themoviedb.org.python?
• Can anyone with this issue (that I can't reproduce) share this file here on Github?

<Kodi directory>/addons/metadata.themoviedb.org.python/python/lib/tmdbscraper/tmdb.py

[gthoma20]

tmdb.zip
I found this error on my google tv. Uploading the file as per your request

[ghost]

I opend and closed kodi a few times, and the message is gone.

[fana13]

Me too, message is gone on my windows computer and my Shield.
I don't do anything without open and close Kodi

[kpmelvin]

I'm running on Windows 10. Attached is a copy of my tmdb.py file.
tmdb.zip
.

[ghost]

I use a shield 2019 pro and have seen this message before, after I installed this plugin in kodi android. My PMS is installed on a synology. Sorry forgot to mention.

[fana13]

Message come back this morning on my Shield
Here the tmdb.py file
tmdb.zip

[croneter]

Here's the culprit:
Original metadata.themoviedb.org.python-code

class TMDBMovieScraper(object):
    def __init__(self, url_settings, language, certification_country):
        self.url_settings = url_settings
        self.language = language
        self.certification_country = certification_country
        self._urls = None

The code you guys got:

class TMDBMovieScraper(object):
    def __init__(self, url_settings, language, search_language, certification_country):
        self.url_settings = url_settings
        self.language = language
        self.search_language = search_language
        self.certification_country = certification_country
        self._urls = None

So you seem to be using this fork: https://github.com/mkaflowski/metadata.themoviedb.org.python instead of the "original" Kodi https://github.com/xbmc/metadata.themoviedb.org.python. Officially, this change is "just" a pull request: xbmc/metadata.themoviedb.org.python#101.

I know what to do to fix this, but it'll need some time.

By the way, another change is in the works that changes this classe's signature: xbmc/metadata.themoviedb.org.python#66

[ghost]

I just checkt in kodi (android), and i have indeed that code, but it is standard kodi install, and the plugin is from kodi team. Did not change anything. No idea how it is mixed up.

Edit: I only change the language in the plugin itself.

[attinderdhillon]

I also have the default Kodi install.

[fana13]

Same for me, add-on 1.4.2 team Kodi

[mkaflowski]

I have added default value: https://github.com/mkaflowski/metadata.themoviedb.org.python/blob/master/python/lib/tmdbscraper/tmdb.py
Is that going to help?

[kpmelvin]

I have added default value: https://github.com/mkaflowski/metadata.themoviedb.org.python/blob/master/python/lib/tmdbscraper/tmdb.py Is that going to help?

I'm baffled as to how the fork got installed. In any case I pasted your change into the tmdb.py file. It worked, I no longer get the error when I start Kodi.

FWIW I checked the version, it's 1.4.2 by Team Kodi.

[boardlord1]

I have added default value: https://github.com/mkaflowski/metadata.themoviedb.org.python/blob/master/python/lib/tmdbscraper/tmdb.py Is that going to help?

I'm baffled as to how the fork got installed. In any case I pasted your change into the tmdb.py file. It worked, I no longer get the error when I start Kodi.

FWIW I checked the version, it's 1.4.2 by Team Kodi.

Indeed, by replacing tmdb.py with the version mkaflowski linked to, the error is gone. Thanks!

[ghost]

I can confirm, by replacing it, the error is gone.

[mkaflowski]

You can just download zip from my fork. I have made pull request and hope that it will be in official channel but I am little confused where should I commit because there are 2 repositories.

[croneter]

Please try PKC version 3.5.4. Hopefully fixes this easily...

[ghost]

@croneter yes, this fixs the problem. Thank you for your work.,😁

[attinderdhillon]

I am on the stable repo, Will it auto-update?
Sorry, I am new to kodi.

[kpmelvin]

@croneter confirmed as well, your update fixed the issue when using the 1.4.2 version of tmdb.py

much appreciated

[croneter]

Thanks for reporting back!