3djake 0 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hello all. I was hoping you could help me resolve a performance issue I am having with the Emby For Kodi addon. My Emby server is in a remote location so I use HTTP and from my testing on all other devices 2mbps seems to be the optimal bitrate for streaming from my emby server. I have set Emby for Kodi to 2mbps and even tried lower settings but it still plays for about 30-120 seconds and then has to buffer again. I tried using different skins and I also tried an overclock on the Pi 2. I have tried playing media on other devices such as tablets, laptops and using the emby addon for the Roku Stick and they all work great. Of course I much rather get the Kodi addon to work rather than have to use the Roku stick. Has anyone experienced this on the Pi 2 while using HTTP? Are there any tweaks to avoid this? Emby for Kodi: 1.1.39 Kodi: 14.2 Device: Raspberry Pi 2(Xbian) Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Is it connected via wireless connection or LAN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3djake 0 Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) its connected via LAN, I installed RJ45 jacks throughout the house. I did a scp to test network connectivity, it seems to be fine. Test on local area network jacob@jacob-desktop:/media/FreeSpaceEXT4/home/jacob$ scp /media/jacob/37E22ADB6D467DDC/slayers/Slayers/slayersmuxed/Slayers.S01E01.mkv xbian@10.0.0.156:/home/xbian/Slayers.S01E01.mkv 100% 147MB 10.5MB/s 00:11 Test to remote emby server 69% 251MB 1.9MB/s 00:54 ETA Edited October 3, 2015 by 3djake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirkator01 1 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Kind of in the same boat although I am using a standard laptop, not a pi2. With plex I can stream at 2.0mbps without buffering, in emby I use 1.5mbps. Sometimes 2mbps also work, but to be on the safe side I use 1.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Maybe you can modify advancedsettings. I'd suggest to search "kodi rpi2 buffering" and trying out what you find, see if that makes a different. Also, are you direct streaming, transcoding? It will say under emby active devices. Is it the same experience for all your content or only specific types (mkv, etc)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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