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Advanced Features

EasyMovie includes several features for power users: movie pool filtering, smart re-suggestion, and debug logging. For creating multiple addon instances, see Clones.

Movie Pool

Limit the movies EasyMovie draws from to a Kodi smart playlist. This lets you create themed movie nights, family-friendly pools, or seasonal collections.

Setting Up a Movie Pool

  1. Create a smart playlist in Kodi (.xsp file with type="movies")
  2. Go to Settings > Advanced > Movie Pool
  3. Enable Limit to smart playlist
  4. Click Select playlist...
  5. Choose your .xsp file

Use Cases

Movie Pool Smart Playlist Rule
Family night Rating is "G" or "PG"
Holiday movies Genre is "Holiday"
Sci-fi collection Genre is "Science Fiction"
High-quality only Rating > 7.0
Recent additions Date added in the last 30 days

The wizard filters stack on top of the movie pool. So if your pool is "Family movies" and you filter by "Comedy" in the wizard, you get family comedies.

Smart Re-suggestion

EasyMovie tracks which movies it has recently suggested to avoid showing the same titles repeatedly.

How It Works

When a movie appears in your results, EasyMovie records the timestamp. That movie won't appear again until the re-suggestion window expires.

Setting Description
Avoid re-suggesting recent movies Enable/disable the feature
Re-suggestion window How long to wait: 4, 8, 12, 24, 48, or 72 hours

Default: Enabled with a 24-hour window.

Tips

  • Re-roll multiple times and the system prevents repeats
  • Works across sessions - close and reopen EasyMovie and it still remembers
  • If your library is small, a shorter window prevents running out of movies
  • Disable entirely if you don't mind seeing repeat suggestions

Debug Logging

For troubleshooting issues, EasyMovie can write detailed logs to a separate file (not Kodi's main log).

Enabling Debug Logging

  1. Go to Settings > Advanced > Debugging
  2. Enable Enable debug logging

Log Location

Platform Path
Windows %APPDATA%\Kodi\userdata\addon_data\script.easymovie\logs\easymovie.log
Linux ~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.easymovie/logs/easymovie.log
macOS ~/Library/Application Support/Kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.easymovie/logs/easymovie.log
LibreELEC /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.easymovie/logs/easymovie.log
OSMC /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.easymovie/logs/easymovie.log

What Gets Logged

Level Content Always Logged
ERROR Operation failures, exceptions Yes (Kodi + EasyMovie log)
WARNING Recoverable issues Yes (Kodi + EasyMovie log)
INFO Lifecycle events (start, stop) Yes (Kodi + EasyMovie log)
DEBUG Detailed diagnostics Only when debug enabled (EasyMovie log only)

Log Format

2026-03-24 20:15:30.123 [EasyMovie.ui] INFO: Addon launched, version=1.0.0
2026-03-24 20:15:31.456 [EasyMovie.data] DEBUG: Fetching movies, total=247
2026-03-24 20:15:32.789 [EasyMovie.data] DEBUG: Filtered to 42 movies

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key Context Action
Enter Browse Mode Play selected movie
C / Menu Browse Mode Context menu
T / Blue button Browse Mode Cycle theme preview
Backspace / Esc Browse Mode Close EasyMovie
Arrow keys Browse Mode Navigate results