Cannot open any other season than the default one

[mogwa1]

Describe the bug

Opening any other season apart from the default (usually the first one from the list) results in an error.

To Reproduce

Open a series with multiple seasons, e.g. The IT Crowd or Taboe.
Then click on any other season than the first one.
This will result in "VRT MAX error".
See below for dump from the log file.

Expected behavior

Other seasons can be accessed through the interface.

Log (if available)

2026-03-09 19:54:55.193 T:1131    error <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                                    - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                                   Error Type: <class 'AttributeError'>
                                                   Error Contents: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py", line 13, in <module>
                                                       run(argv)
                                                       ~~~^^^^^^
                                                     File "/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon.py", line 319, in run
                                                       plugin.run(argv)
                                                       ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
                                                     File "/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.module.routing/lib/routing.py", line 130, in run
                                                       self._dispatch(self.path)
                                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.module.routing/lib/routing.py", line 141, in _dispatch
                                                       view_func(**kwargs)
                                                       ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon.py", line 120, in programs
                                                       VRTPlayer().show_episodes_menu(program_name=program_name, season_name=season_name, end_cursor=end_cursor)
                                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/vrtplayer.py", line 213, in show_episodes_menu
                                                       episodes, sort, ascending, content = get_episodes(program_name=program_name, season_name=season_name, end_cursor=end_cursor)
                                                                                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/api.py", line 2354, in get_episodes
                                                       paginated = api_data.get('data', {}).get('list', {}).get('paginatedItems', {})
                                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
                                                   -->End of Python script error report<--
                                                   
2026-03-09 19:54:55.314 T:1139    error <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.vrt.nu/programs/the-it-crowd/$byUzNXxwJS9hLXovdGhlLWl0LWNyb3dkL3xsYXp5fDB8byUzNnwvdnJ0bnUvYS16L3RoZS1pdC1jcm93ZC8yLmVwaXNvZGVzLWxpc3QuanNvbiUl
2026-03-09 19:54:55.377 T:1020    error <general>: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.video.vrt.nu/programs/the-it-crowd/$byUzNXxwJS9hLXovdGhlLWl0LWNyb3dkL3xsYXp5fDB8byUzNnwvdnJ0bnUvYS16L3RoZS1pdC1jcm93ZC8yLmVwaXNvZGVzLWxpc3QuanNvbiUl) failed

[jekkos]

I currently also have this issue

                                                    - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                                   Error Type: <class 'AttributeError'>
                                                   Error Contents: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py", line 13, in <module>
                                                       run(argv)
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon.py", line 319, in run
                                                       plugin.run(argv)
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.routing/lib/routing.py", line 130, in run
                                                       self._dispatch(self.path)
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.routing/lib/routing.py", line 141, in _dispatch
                                                       view_func(**kwargs)
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon.py", line 120, in programs
                                                       VRTPlayer().show_episodes_menu(program_name=program_name, season_name=season_name, end_cursor=end_cursor)
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/vrtplayer.py", line 213, in show_episodes_menu
                                                       episodes, sort, ascending, content = get_episodes(program_name=program_name, season_name=season_name, end_cursor=end_cursor)
                                                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/api.py", line 2130, in get_episodes
                                                       paginated = api_data.get('data', {}).get('list', {}).get('paginatedItems', {})
                                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
                                                   -->End of Python script error report<--

[davidbe]

I have the same issue but in a variant. We wanted to watch the series Black Snow from Season 1, as available on the website. But we couldn't open that folder and could only see Season 2.
But yesterday evening it seems it is worsening: failed to open the Season 2 folder as well.
A manual cache clearance didn't help.

[didierm]

Identical error as topic starter, which occurs all over the place (the error log is from a series with only one season)

Debug log :

T:2177137   debug <general>: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (plugin://plugin.video.vrt.nu/programs/the-brokenwood-mysteries)
T:2177137   debug <general>:   ParentPath = [plugin://plugin.video.vrt.nu/offline]
T:2181582   debug <general>: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
T:2181582   debug <general>: [threads] name: 'JobWorker' priority: '1'
T:2181583   debug <general>: Thread waiting start, auto delete: false
T:2177159   debug <general>: PushCecKeypress - received key  b duration 70
T:2181582   debug <general>: CAddonDatabase::SetLastUsed[plugin.video.vrt.nu] took 64 ms
T:2181583   debug <general>: CScriptRunner: running add-on script VRT MAX('plugin://plugin.video.vrt.nu/programs/the-brokenwood-mysteries', '4', '')
T:2181584   debug <general>: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
T:2181584   debug <general>: [threads] name: 'JobWorker' priority: '1'
T:2181585   debug <general>: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
T:2181585   debug <general>: initializing python engine.
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py): start processing
T:2177137   debug <general>: ------ Window Init (DialogBusy.xml) ------
T:2181585   debug <general>: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
T:2181585   debug <general>: 
                           
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py): the source file to load is "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py"
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121): full python path:
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):   custom python path:
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.dateutil/lib
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.inputstreamhelper/lib
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.routing/lib
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.six/lib
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):   default python path:
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /usr/lib/python311.zip
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /usr/lib/python3.11
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /usr/lib/python3.11/lib-dynload
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):     /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121): adding args:
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):  plugin://plugin.video.vrt.nu/programs/the-brokenwood-mysteries
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):  4
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):  
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121):  resume:false
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py): entering source directory /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib
T:2181585   debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(121, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py): instantiating addon using automatically obtained id of "plugin.video.vrt.nu" dependent on version 3.0.0 of the xbmc.python api
T:2181585   debug <CSettingsManager>: requested setting (version) was not found.
T:2181585    info <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
T:2181585   debug <general>: [plugin.video.vrt.nu][routing] Dispatching to 'programs', args: {'program_name': 'the-brokenwood-mysteries'}
T:2181585   error <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                            - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                           Error Type: <class 'AttributeError'>
                           Error Contents: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
                           Traceback (most recent call last):
                             File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py", line 13, in <module>
                               run(argv)
                             File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon.py", line 319, in run
                               plugin.run(argv)
                             File "/storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.routing/lib/routing.py", line 130, in run
                               self._dispatch(self.path)
                             File "/storage/.kodi/addons/script.module.routing/lib/routing.py", line 141, in _dispatch
                               view_func(**kwargs)
                             File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon.py", line 120, in programs
                               VRTPlayer().show_episodes_menu(program_name=program_name, season_name=season_name, end_cursor=end_cursor)
                             File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/vrtplayer.py", line 213, in show_episodes_menu
                               episodes, sort, ascending, content = get_episodes(program_name=program_name, season_name=season_name, end_cursor=end_cursor)
                                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                             File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/api.py", line 2154, in get_episodes
                               paginated = api_data.get('data', {}).get('list', {}).get('paginatedItems', {})
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                           AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
                           -->End of Python script error report<--
                           
T:2181585   debug <general>: onExecutionDone(121, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/addon_entry.py)
T:2177137   debug <general>: ------ Window Init (DialogNotification.xml) ------
T:2181585   debug <general>: Python interpreter stopped
T:2181585   debug <general>: Thread LanguageInvoker 545644736256 terminating
T:2181583   error <general>: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.vrt.nu/programs/the-brokenwood-mysteries
T:2181583   debug <general>: Thread waiting 545589088000 terminating

[driesenj]

I've created a pull request to fix this issue: #1318

In the meantime, you can manually apply the patch to the /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vrt.nu/resources/lib/api.py file and restart the add-on.

[didierm]

I've created a pull request to fix this issue: #1318

Confirmed fixed ; thanks so much.

[davidbe]

I can confirm too. Thank you @driesenj ! Good work!

I still have an issue with Black Snow Season 1. That didn't work either before (if I remember correctly). I did some debugging.

When entering Season 2, it works. season_name = "$byUzNXxwJS9hLXovYmxhY2stc25vdy98cGFyc3lzX2NvbnRhaW5lcl9lcGlzb2Rlcy1saXN0XzJ8MXxvJTM3fHBhcnN5c19jb250YWluZXJfZXBpc29kZXMtbGlzdF8yJXwl".
Decoded: 'o%35|p%/a-z/black-snow/|parsys_container_episodes-list_2|1|o%37|parsys_container_episodes-list_2%|%'
It can retrieve "parsys_container_...." from that string.

When entering Season 1, season_name is shorter: "$byUzNXxwJS9hLXovYmxhY2stc25vdy98bGF6eXwwfG8lMzZ8L3ZydG51L2Etei9ibGFjay1zbm93LzEuZXBpc29kZXMtbGlzdC5qc29uJXwl"
Decoded: 'o%35|p%/a-z/black-snow/|lazy|0|o%36|/vrtnu/a-z/black-snow/1.episodes-list.json%|%'

There is no "%37|" where it tries to split and so it cannot take the second element and goes into error.

I've a /hackish/ work-around (only tested with Black Snow where I encountered it), but it needs a review:

            decoded_season_name_tmp = b64decode(season_name[1:]).decode('utf-8')
            if "%37|" in decoded_season_name_tmp:
              decoded_season_name = decoded_season_name_tmp.split("%37|")[1].replace("%|%", "")
              if decoded_season_name.startswith('parsys'):
                  list_id = 'static:/vrtnu/a-z/{}.model.json@{}'.format(program_name, decoded_season_name)
              elif decoded_season_name.startswith('dynamic_'):
                  list_id = 'dynamic:/vrtnu/a-z/{}.model.json@{}'.format(program_name, decoded_season_name.split('dynamic_')[1])
              else:
                  list_id = 'static:/vrtnu/a-z/{}/{}.episodes-list.json'.format(program_name, decoded_season_name)
            else:
              decoded_season_name = decoded_season_name_tmp.split("/vrtnu/a-z/")[1].split("/")[1].split(".")[0]
              list_id = 'static:/vrtnu/a-z/{}/{}.episodes-list.json'.format(program_name, decoded_season_name)

[driesenj]

Ha, it seems this may actually be much simpler to solve. I think the base64 string can just be passed along to the get_entities api call as-is. Seems to work in my testing and it removes the need to have these hacky if else statements with parsing a string thats clearly not meant to be parsed.

I've tested a few shows including the one you mentioned and this seems to work, so I've updated my pull request with the fix

[mediaminister]

Please try this and report any list_id's or season_names that arent working:

plugin.video.vrt.nu-2.5.50+matrix.1-seasons-d07b1e9.zip

[NofanTasi]

The seasons defect seems fixed ... note, unelated, FYI the VRT NWS news recent episodes date reads 1 day incorrectly as mentioned in #1299. The good news is that, despite the incorrect date of 21/3 for e.g. the current last episode in question, the correct last episode date of 22/3 is indeed playing. :) Have a nice day and thanks for fixing the problems!

[Clyde72]

Please try this and report any list_id's or season_names that arent working:

plugin.video.vrt.nu-2.5.50+matrix.1-seasons-d07b1e9.zip

Works, thx, still errors due to the embedded/injected advertising streams before the main stream. Also still no meta data. But I can life with it. Thx for the fix ounce again!

[jekkos]

Works fine, thanks! Getting the metadata back would be great though

[mogwa1]

So far, so good. The few things I tried now work!
Thank you!