I’ve completely uninstalled PreShow Experience and reinstalled. I’ve made sure the Youtube plugin is installed. I’ve enabled all sources and ran content updates several times. I start with a new blank sequence, put in a trailers module - set it to 3 trailers. Do a “preview” - it turns the screen black and then returns.

I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the Youtube plugin as well.

I’m out of ideas unless someone can tell me that this is just broken for now?

If you want the best quality for youtube trailers, please use Matt Huisman's YouTube for Trailers addon. It is a drop in replacement for the standard YouTube addon. It doesn't provide access to youtube, but with a $5 yearly donation you can get the highest quality youtube trailers without all the hassle of the API. I'm in no way affiliated with him, just a fan of his work.

Trailers work. I was just testing them earlier today. Have you updated your content? What trailer source are you using?

Share a log and I'll try to help. To share a log, close out of Kodi and then reopen it.

Play the sequence where you are having the issue or preview the trailer module.

Then go into the PreShow settings and scroll down in the general tab until you see "paste my kodi.log to pastebin." Click that and then click "current." Next, click Show QR code and use your phone to get the link to the pastebin page.

You can either share that in this thread or send me a direct message through the site with it.

Could be you need an API for youtube. I'm having the same problem, getting APIs into the kodi pluggin for youtube on xbox is a less than ideal process.

Have a look at this Personal API Keys · anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube Wiki · GitHub

Thanks Matt - exactly what I was looking for! TS… yes, I tried multiple times to wade through the API process to no avail. They don’t make it easy for a non-programmer for sure.

Thanks again!

Just reporting back for others - Matt Huisman’s YouTube for Trailers is the best answer. Just a quick public service - do yourself a favor and read the instructions VERY carefully. There are a few steps and if you miss any of them you~ll be scratching your head. The info is all there - but, speaking for myself - I have a tendency to be in a hurry...

Also - once you get through all of the install steps, shut Kodi completely down and bring it back up. That also made me think it didn't work. But once I restarted - my trailers are back — and working as expected.

Thanks for the guidance Matt - you’re a treasure, as always. —T

Glad you got it working.

11 minutes ago, TedP64 said:

do yourself a favor and read the instructions VERY carefully. There are a few steps and if you miss any of them you~ll be scratching your head

Agreed. I think I also messed it up the 1st time. I got the other YT addon configured properly multiple times and it still broke at some point. There have been some issues with the YouTube for Trailers addon, but Matt has always fixed them and it wasn't something that I had to bang my head against the wall trying to figure out what wasn't working.

14 minutes ago, TedP64 said:

shut Kodi completely down and bring it back up

That's good advice for any addon. There are some things that Kodi doesn't recognize at the initial install, and that will only work after a restart. There are a few things in PreShow that are affected by this also.

Thanks for the additional info - I’ll keep that in mind as I finish tweaking my sequence. Appreciate it, once again!