Settings/System/Logging

Settings

System

Logging

Debug

This section is related to the creation of Debug Logs.

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Enable debug logging

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Turn debug logging on or off. Useful for troubleshooting. If you have been requested to provide a debug log, this setting must be enabled. For further instructions, refer to the link below. See: Debug Log

Enable component-specific logging

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Enables verbose messages from additional libraries to be included in the debug log Depending upon the issue you are investigating, you may want additional logging for a particular component of Kodi. To use this, enable this item and then select the required additional data in the next setting. See: Debug Log

Specify component-specific logging

Settings level:

Standard

Description:

Specify additional libraries whose verbose messages are to be included in the debug log If the previous setting has been enabled, then select which additional components are to be included in the debug log. The following settings may be available, depending upon your hardware and operating system GUI name <setextraloglevel> code The SMB library 32 The libcURL library (HTTP(S), DAV) 64 The FFmpeg libraries 128 JSON-RPC requests 1024 The Audio component 2048 The Airtunes library 4096 The UPnP components 8192 The libCEC library 16384 The Video component 32768 The Webserver component 65536 The Database component 131072 audio/video timing information 262144 Windowing component 524288 PVR component 1048576 EPG component 2097152 Announce Logging 4194304 WS-Discovery component 8388608 Add-ons component 16777216 See: Debug Log

Screenshot folder

Settings level:

Standard

Description:

Select the folder where the screenshots should be saved in Kodi allows you to take a screen snapshot. This setting tells Kodi where to save the screenshot once it has been taken. You should use a location that allows easy access to the folder. The screenshot can be taken using one of the following methods... Pressing ctrl+s on a keyboard Pressing the equivalent key on your remote control. This is not a standard button press and will need to be mapped to your remote control. See: Keymap Editor

Events

The following settings are related to the Event Log

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See: Event Log

Enable event logging

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Enables or disables the Event Log See: Event Log

Enable notification event logging

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	This setting is only available if the previous setting is Enabled. Enabling this setting will create an on-screen notification that an Event has been recorded in the log. See: Event Log

Show event log

Settings level:	Standard
Description:	Selecting this item will take you directly to the Event Log. The log can also be accessed from the main settings page. See: Event Log

References

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