Suddenly stopped working entirely w/ no system changes/updates? Decoder/json err?

[vulcanjedi]

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suddenly spontaneously stopped working entirely.
Main TV physical broke....while waiting for replacment to be delivered, migrated Chromecast dongle downstairs. Delivery took excessive time, then when new tv arrived, connected to new tv and everything continued work no problem then yesterday evening just stopped. Reviewed container and realized errors

Expected behavior
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None of the default expectant behvaiour works. Autoskipping...etc

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iSponsorBlockTV server (please complete the following information):
docker on linux/ubuntu v2.1.0

Apple TV (please complete the following information):
Chromecast 4k dongle

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File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 150, in app_start
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 45, in init
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 77, in __load
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 8 column 5 (char 160)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./main.py", line 3, in
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 150, in app_start
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 45, in init
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 77, in __load
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 8 column 5 (char 160)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./main.py", line 3, in
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 150, in app_start
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 45, in init
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 77, in __load
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 8 column 5 (char 160)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./main.py", line 3, in
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 150, in app_start
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 45, in init
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 77, in __load
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 8 column 5 (char 160)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./main.py", line 3, in
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 150, in app_start
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 45, in init
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 77, in __load
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 8 column 5 (char 160)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./main.py", line 3, in
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 150, in app_start
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 45, in init
File "./iSponsorBlockTV/helpers.py", line 77, in __load
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 8 column 5 (char 160)

[dmunozv04]

Hi @vulcanjedi please check that your config.json file is valid json. If you want, you can post it, censoring the sensitive data like the YouTube api key and the screen ids

[vulcanjedi]

I used the gui tool to create it and didnt mess with it at all?

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[vulcanjedi]

{ "devices": [ { "screen_id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "name": "YouTube on TV", "offset": 0 }, ], "apikey": "", "skip_categories": [ "sponsor", "selfpromo", "intro", "music_offtopic" ], "channel_whitelist": [], "skip_count_tracking": true, "mute_ads": true, "skip_ads": true }