It’s not just you Magman. I’ve been having those issues for the past few days as well and chalked it up to the new Kodi 20. As others suggested in this thread, I also have Seren add on as well and tend to jump between both. What I’ve down with the Crew since this issue started is clear the cache, force stop and back out and continue with with a few streams until I find it works. Has to be some sort of glitch I would think w/Kodi 20 as I never had this issue prior.
My experience with Seren was great for a good while. Then I started getting playback error, check logs…even after deleting & reinstalling. So I moved on. There are too many other addons that work just as well without the hassle of installing orion or a4kscrappers.
My current favorite is Fen. I also like Artimus.
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If you don’t install the Scrapers and RD in Seren, it doesn’t work. So that could be your issue with it. Regardless, I am not a heavy Kodi user like a lot of you, I’ll trust your judgement on quality of addons. For movies, Seren with RD/Orion/a4kScrapers, is my personal favorite from Kodi. Powerful app, love the UI too.
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You’re correctthat Seren needs 3rd party scrapers…and yes I used a4k and seren worked well for me until it didn’t.
Gotcha, I thought you said it was too much hassle to install them. Anywho, as you said, there are lots of decent addons to use. No sense fighting something just move to the next that works for you. I was just telling my opinion of and my experience with Seren.
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The exact same thing has happened to me, and it started just last Sunday. I was still running KODI 17.6, so I have updated to newer versions of KODI on my Firestick (tried both 19.5 and now 20) to see if the problem was due to my older version. But now when I tried to load Seren Package or The Crew, I get error messages saying that they are not compatible with either version of KODI. What the heck is going on? Has anyone else had this problem?
Uninstall everything… reinatall 19.4 or 5 reinstall the crew, watch the tutorials and follow them correctly. They work.
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Never had the inkling to use Seren. Why bother messing with 3rd party scrapers when there are other addons that just work. Anyway, if you are having problems with The Crew on Nexus (I’m not) I suggest trying 9Lives. It is also working perfectly with KODI 20
The crew and such all use scrappers its no different. Seren just has a different one built in and allows you to install others. Its a good feature and seren scrapper works very well, i like it more than those addons and the crew. And combined with orion its the fastest scrapper for kodi.
The people who have issues with it are not setting it up properly. Now a days everyone wants plug n play just like the paid apps but it doesnt work like that.
Has anyone ever tried to install a different scraper(s) on Seren, or is a4kScrapers the best and dont need anything else? Like you mentioned, it works so well in combination with Orion.
Finding shows that I like. After searching on Seren and not finding stuff I go elsewhere and find what I’m looking for.
Actually my issue started with Kodi 19.4 on one TV and Kodi 19.5 on the other. That’s why I upgraded, only to find that the issue continued with Kodi 20. What I did was after trying clearing cache, force stop, restarting the firestick, I unplugged the firestick from the outlet and the TV for a few hours. I plugged it back in and now it’s fine on one TV everything is working. However nothing improved on my other TV. Go figure 
Got everything loaded and working. However the problem I was having that led me to update KODI (to 19.5) is still happening. A TV show will start playing and suddenly it freezes, goes to a blank screen and drops me back to the page of links. I’ve seen others here that are having the same problem. Is there a fix? Also, I’m using NordVPN and Real-Debrid.
From the threads in this section that are having the same issue, the freezing started just a few days ago (as did mine). What changes may have occurred over the weekend?
Just watched a show on the crew using troypoint 19.5 fork, everything worked fine here. Expressvpn & real-debrid on Z11 pro max.
Really hard to be subjective with everyone’s freezing and issues as im not having one issue at all with kodi or any apk with RD. This tells me it could be internet issue or your device that you are using is bogged down. Remember to maintain your android/firestick… if you dont stuff like this happens.
Clear your cache, clear data if needed and occasionally restart your modem and device.
I’ve done all that and have almost 2 gigs of storage available on my Firestick. Very strange that so many of us would start having the same problem at the same time, when we had absolutely no problems before. I cannot even use KODI right now,because all movies and TV shows stop after just a few minutes.
I just isolated the problem and it is with NordVPN. I watched a show without turning NordVPN on, and it streamed flawlessly. I’m working with NordVPN on a fix. I will let you know if the fix is successful.
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Definitely let us know, I also use NordVPN. I have the same issues as you.
You guys on the most recent stable version of Nexus or are you running the beta?