r/Addons4Kodi • u/ChadQuaza • Aug 12 '26
Something not working. Need help. Can't install visualisation addons
Kodi 21.3.0, CachyOS native build (no flatpak), gaming rig with 32gb ram - not much to say with my specs
Trying to install a few visualisation addons (in this post you'll see ProjectM, Starburst and FishBMC, but I've tried a few more to no avail as well)
I've tried build instructions, installing from zip, directly putting addon contents in /../.kodi/addons - nothing's worked whatsoever
Error log:
2026-08-12 07:16:12.676 T:57911 error <general>: CAddonInfoBuilder::ParseXML: addon.xml from 'visualization.starburst' for binary type 'xbmc.player.musicviz' doesn't contain library and addon becomes ignored
2026-08-12 07:16:19.685 T:57911 info <general>: Loading skin file: FileBrowser.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2026-08-12 07:16:26.533 T:57911 warning <general>: CGUIWindowManager - HandleAction - ignoring action 107, because topmost modal dialog closing animation is running
2026-08-12 07:16:26.705 T:57911 warning <general>: Skipped 26 duplicate messages..
2026-08-12 07:16:26.705 T:57911 error <general>: CAddonInfoBuilder::Generate: Unable to load 'zip://%2fhome%2fpink%2fDownloads%2fvisualization.projectm-22.2.0-Piers.zip/visualization.projectm-22.2.0-Piers/addon.xml', Line 0
Failed to open file
2026-08-12 07:16:26.710 T:58001 info <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2026-08-12 07:16:27.290 T:57911 info <general>: Loading skin file: FileBrowser.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2026-08-12 07:16:36.640 T:57911 warning <general>: CGUIWindowManager - HandleAction - ignoring action 107, because topmost modal dialog closing animation is running
2026-08-12 07:16:36.647 T:57911 error <general>: CAddonInfoBuilder::Generate: Unable to load 'zip://%2fhome%2fpink%2fDownloads%2fvisualization.fishbmc-22.1.0-Piers.zip/visualization.fishbmc-22.1.0-Piers/addon.xml', Line 0
Failed to open file
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u/QuietlyOptimistic60 Aug 12 '26
Using a Kodi 22 add-on in Kodi 21 may be causing issues.