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I don't need a reply, just posting this in case someone experiences a similar problem.  At the core I think it is an unsupported maintenance action by user (me).
Background:  Been using Kodi 22 nightlies in a non-production environment, but using actual sources.  The sources are maintained in Kodi 21.3.  I wanted to update the video database in the nightly for a profile that uses its own databases.  So I copied...

For those that have been a good long while, if you're using this tool, my question ultimately is, wasn't the goal to compress the files and keep them sequential?
I am seeing it nearly double the file size as an .xbt.
The files are reporting as 54MB, the tool balloons it to around 113MB....

Why is Kodi Interface so Shitty in 2026?
Zotac ZBOX PI335 Gemini Lake
Displaying this makes 63°C CPU Temperature (49°C only showing Video, 63°C showing Video + Kodis crap Bloatware Interface GUI)

One thing that comes up for me now and again, is that I want to play most movies with their original sound, but for some movies, I always want to use a dub instead (mainly when I'm watching movies from my childhood).
In Kodi, I can configure my default language selections for dubs and subs across all videos, but I would really like to be able to override those defaults for specific movies, such that this movie always plays with a specific language combination by...