Thanks Em.
Thanks for explaining the PVR/TV link.
FInally found the Kodi log - the Wiki and so much else is just wrong. Out od date, I suppose. The loig ias actually at /storage/.kodi/kodi.log, and it shows 30 of these:
7:06:37.283 T:1571550112 ERROR: AddOnLog: Tvheadend HTSP Client: pvr.hts - unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9982
Some it's connecting to itself (it all runs on the RPi), I'm not sure what this means or how to fix it.
Because of the above error, your idea for deleted epg* & TV* is maybe not relevant here, but in case it is, there are no such entries in userdata. What is there is this:
PVR:~/.kodi/userdata # ls
Database addon_data library profiles.xml
RssFeeds.xml guisettings.xml peripheral_data sources.xml
Thumbnails keymaps playlists
The free adaptor issue seems to go away if I STOP the video in VLC before I exit the application.
I will. I think, re-install Kodi from scratch and see if that fixes it.
Thanks again.