u/GeorgeDAWs

I've been using Kodi for quite a few years now and have been happy with Real Debrid.

I decided to give Easynews a try, so I've set up an Easynews account and an NZBGeek account.
Both are working and the workflow through NZBGet allows me to search and download TV shows I want to watch.

I've put the correct login for Easynews into the Direct Sources pane of Red Light prefs.
I've put in the right logins for NZBGeek into the Indexers section (and tested the connection - which returns "connected successfully").

To test Easynews alone, without all the results from Real Debrid, I've gone to the Torrents tab and disabled Real Debrid.

I also disabled external scrapers.

I've searched for the TV show and episode I successfully downloaded through NZBGet, but it says No Results Found.

What am I missing?

Anyone UK based have a Nomad and would prefer a Manta?
I've got the opposite problem!

Edit: may need to discuss small cash amount to make up for the difference in value - but I'm up for discussion

I have used the same brand and colour notebook for a million years and I'd love to get my Nomad folio to match it. (It's sort of the green of the WhatsApp message balloons, if that's any help!).

Anyone know if I'd be on a hiding to nothing trying to dye my folio (once I get it.....)?

I have a partner who suffers from motion sickness, so I did an advanced driving course which really helped me to smooth out my driving (as well as the other things it addresses)

She has always really struggled with Uber drivers who seemed to just jerk their cars between the accelerator and the brake, constantly throwing her back and forth in her seat.

I got a PHEV for a few months back. (Volvo XC90 T8)
Lo and behold, I give B mode a go and I now know exactly what all that was!

I'm trying to slowly get used to B mode when I'm driving in the car on my own, but it's a very different feel.

Does anyone have any pointers in how to get smooth and flowing with B mode, rather than jerky and spiky? Is it just practice?

I'm still finding my feet with my Manta, but I'm liking it a little more every day.
One thing I realised to my delight this weekend was that the real physical notebook I'm trying to replace is almost exactly the same dimensions when open on the desktop as the Manta is in landscape orientation.

I know we can rotate the screen and create horizontal templates, which is how I started using things on the weekend. I really like this way of working, but did notice that my hand would sometimes trigger the sensor strip that's normally on the right, that's now at the bottom.

Also: am I right in thinking that the main menus and navigation all default to 'portrait mode' use and don't really have a way of working in landscape?

I'd prefer to work in landscape 100% of the time, but I'm worried I'll be flitting back and forth from one to another and it'll become annoying, so might hold off for now.

Anyone been down this road before me and have any wisdom they shout back up the trail?

I travel a lot with my job.
I love the idea that I can replace my beloved Moleskine notebook with a device that also has a pretty good side-huddle giving me free newspapers through the PressReader app and my local library card.

I’ve just done my first work trip and was unable to connect to the hotel WiFi. It just opens a browser page that never loads.

No bother, I thought, I’ll just turn my phone into a hotspot. Poured concrete walls meant that I could only get decent 4 or 5G with the phone right next to the window - dammit!

Next day I go into the building I’ll be working in. A poured concrete, brutalist architecture theatre. No phone signal. No worries, there’s good WiFi.
Same deal - trying to join the WiFi just opens a webpage that never loads and leaves me locked out.

Bollocks. Zero for two.

Is this just how it’s gonna be, or is there some magic workaround?

I'm reasonably tech savvy and have been using and enjoying Kodi for a very long time now. I love how configurable everything is and once I have everything dialled in to my liking, it's very satisfying.

One thing I've found though, is that every time I set up a system, (either on my laptop for travelling, or at home on my Shield Pro at home) is that I always think I'm doing the setup for the last time "This one is going to be perfect and I'm not going to touch it once it works". I turn off auto-updates, keep my Debrid paid and just get used to using it.

Every single time though, without fail, I come back after a little time away and something has broken, bringing it all to a halt. I usually do a little research to get to the bottom of what it is. Sometimes I fix a small thing, sometimes I nuke everything and start again.

I think the longest I've ever gone with everything just working is about 18 months. Often it's much shorter.

I'm looking for advice on setting up a system that will be robust and long-living?
My setups are what I'd consider pretty simple:
FenLight AM or Umbrella
Cocascrapers
Real-Debrid
TMDBHelper
Arctic Horizon 2 Skin
Youtube API for trailers
TMDB
OMDB
MDBList
Trakt

I'm aware that it's a huge house of cards that is based on many dependencies, changes, developers quitting, the cat-and-mouse of anti-piracy etc etc etc. So I'm not surprised in the least that things break. In fact, I'm quite amazed that it _ever_ works! 😂

Please understand that I'm not moaning or whining. I love what the Kodi-verse is, what it offers and how much I get from it. I also _love_ the community of people trying to make something great and supporting each other. All of that is truly wonderful.

What this post is, is a genuine ask of recommendations on how to build a robust system that requires minimum maintenance in the longest possible term?

They're local to me and I've just got a new (to me) XC90.
They never seem to answer the phone, I can never *ever* get a straight answer on what a job is going to cost (despite literally weeks of emails and calls).

Today I took the car for the immediate problem that I went to them for.
I phoned this afternoon to get an update. (Which took about 20 minutes of repeated unanswered calls before they eventually picked up). They've said they can't turn it round within the day (which they previously promised they could).

Pretty sure I'll never go again once this job is done - but I'm keen to know if I'm just having a rare bad experience, or if they're always like this?