Lately files fail to start playing about half the time.

[jluce50 118]

I've upgraded the Emby addon numerous times in the last couple weeks and the issue is still occurring. I'm running Kodi 16.1 on my FireTV 4k. Certain files play fine and others don't, though it doesn't seem to be consistent.

 

The error message I'm seeing in the logs is consistent, however:

11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: smb://192.168.0.5/TV Shows/The Big Bang Theory/6x02 - The Decoupling Fluctuation.mkv
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
11:39:36 T:18446744072362329520  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
11:39:36 T:18446744072362329520   ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [smb://192.168.0.5/TV Shows/The Big Bang Theory/6x02 - The Decoupling Fluctuation.mkv]
11:39:36 T:18446744072362329520  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080   ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [smb://192.168.0.5/TV Shows/The Big Bang Theory/6x02 - The Decoupling Fluctuation.mkv]
11:39:36 T:18446744072305921376  NOTICE: EMBY.player -> DEBUG:: ONPLAYBACK_STOPPED
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
11:39:36 T:18446744072305921376  NOTICE: EMBY.player -> Clear playlist properties.
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
11:39:36 T:18446744072285177080  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
11:39:36 T:18446744072320273216   ERROR: Skin Helper Service --> ERROR in plugin.py ! --> Error -5 while decompressing data
11:39:55 T:18446744072310048640   ERROR: static bool XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory(const CURL&, CFileItemList&, const 

Permissions haven't changed and, like I said, some files play fine (even ones that have previously failed). It almost seems random.

[Angelblue05 4130]

If you are using native playback mode, and your path looks fine, then nothing the addon can do to fix this. Playback is 100% up to Kodi in this situation. Enable Kodi debug to see what Kodi is complaining about.

 

 

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