Kodi + catch up tv : catchuptv route missing resources.lib.main

[Adelysnet]

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when i try to open catch up tv, with kodi impossible open channels : catchuptv route missing resources.lib.mainm

• Operating system version/name: Xiaomi mitv box
• Kodi version: 21.2.0
• Catch-up TV & More version: 0.0.6
• iptv manager : 0 2.5+matrix
• Installation method : repository

Debug log

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[jee-r]

I'm experiencing the same issue on a different setup. Posting details in case it helps debug.

Environment:

• Raspberry Pi
• Operating system: LibreElec (CoreElec)
• Kodi version: 21.x (Python 3.11)
• Catch-up TV & More version: 0.2.41+matrix.1
• Installation method: repository

Describe the bug:

On launch, the plugin fails with ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'resources.lib.vpn'. After manually copying vpn.py from the v0.2.41 GitHub release zip, the error changes to ImportError: cannot import name 'openvpn' from 'resources.lib', indicating openvpn.py is also missing from the installed version.

Both vpn.py and openvpn.py are present in the GitHub release zip (v0.2.41), but the version installed via repository is missing these files entirely.

To reproduce:

1. Install plugin via repository
2. Open Catch-up TV & More
3. Plugin fails immediately on launch

Debug log:

error: [Catch-up-TV-&-More.support] 'unable to import route module: resources.lib.main'
...
File ".../resources/lib/main.py", line 20, in <module>
  from resources.lib.menu_utils import get_sorted_menu, add_context_menus_to_item
File ".../resources/lib/menu_utils.py", line 19, in <module>
  from resources.lib.vpn import add_vpn_context
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'resources.lib.vpn'

After adding vpn.py manually:

File ".../resources/lib/vpn.py", line 13, in <module>
  from resources.lib import openvpn as vpnlib
ImportError: cannot import name 'openvpn' from 'resources.lib'

Root cause hypothesis: The repository-distributed package for 0.2.41 seems to be missing vpn.py and openvpn.py compared to the GitHub release archive.

Workaround:

Reinstall the plugin directly from the GitHub release zip, which contains all files:

curl -L https://github.com/Catch-up-TV-and-More/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.41.zip \
  -o /tmp/cutvm.zip && \
unzip /tmp/cutvm.zip -d /tmp/cutvm/ && \
rm -rf /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore && \
cp -r /tmp/cutvm/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore-0.2.41 \
      /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore

Full log:

2026-04-25 11:57:29.833 T:1092     info <general>: Loading controller layout: /usr/share/kodi/addons/game.controller.keyboard/resources/layout.xml
2026-04-25 11:57:35.763 T:1092     info <general>: Loading skin file: MyVideoNav.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2026-04-25 11:57:36.738 T:1267    error <general>: [Catch-up-TV-&-More.support] 'unable to import route module: resources.lib.main'
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.codequick/lib/codequick/support.py", line 248, in get_route
                                                       importlib.import_module(module_path)
                                                     File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/main.py", line 20, in <module>
                                                       from resources.lib.menu_utils import get_sorted_menu, add_context_menus_to_item
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/menu_utils.py", line 19, in <module>
                                                       from resources.lib.vpn import add_vpn_context
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/vpn.py", line 13, in <module>
                                                       from resources.lib import openvpn as vpnlib
                                                   ImportError: cannot import name 'openvpn' from 'resources.lib' (/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/__init__.py)
                                                   
                                                   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
                                                   
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.codequick/lib/codequick/support.py", line 300, in run_callback
                                                       route = self.get_route(self.selector)
                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.codequick/lib/codequick/support.py", line 250, in get_route
                                                       raise RouteMissing("unable to import route module: %s" % module_path)
                                                   codequick.support.RouteMissing: 'unable to import route module: resources.lib.main'
2026-04-25 11:57:36.744 T:1267    error <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                                    - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                                   Error Type: <class 'ImportError'>
                                                   Error Contents: cannot import name 'openvpn' from 'resources.lib' (/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/__init__.py)
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/addon.py", line 25, in <module>
                                                       main()
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/addon.py", line 18, in main
                                                       main = importlib.import_module('resources.lib.main')
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
                                                     File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/main.py", line 20, in <module>
                                                       from resources.lib.menu_utils import get_sorted_menu, add_context_menus_to_item
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/menu_utils.py", line 19, in <module>
                                                       from resources.lib.vpn import add_vpn_context
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/vpn.py", line 13, in <module>
                                                       from resources.lib import openvpn as vpnlib
                                                   ImportError: cannot import name 'openvpn' from 'resources.lib' (/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/__init__.py)
                                                   -->End of Python script error report<--
                                                   
2026-04-25 11:57:36.935 T:1266    error <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/
2026-04-25 11:57:36.959 T:1092    error <general>: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/) failed
2026-04-25 11:57:40.149 T:1152     info <general>: PVR Manager: Starting cleanup of cached images.
2026-04-25 11:57:40.188 T:1152     info <general>: PVR Manager: Cleaned up 0 cached images.

[joaopa00]

see #1740