Glyde62 48 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Anyone else getting a lot of buffering in kodi lately Almost every show we watch off my Synology Nas stops playing with spinning circle and clicking skip button usually gets it going again Even tried resetting my shield and install kodi etc and still buffering Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37046 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 HI there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 HI there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. thanks ! This what you require https://paste.kodi.tv/ofipuzimad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37046 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Ok, we'll see what @@Angelblue05 thinks. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Is your Shield wired or do you use wifi? I read about wifi issues with recent app updates a few days ago. In my case for example the wifi is completely messed up if I attached a SSD via USB adapter. Mostly caused by the ES File Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Wired Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Wired Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk That's what it actually feels like, That's it on WiFi but shield says it's wiredMight try disabling WiFi on routerand see what happens Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Do you already have the experience 7.2 update? Also try the nightly of today or a older one just to be sure. It's not unusual that nightlies introduces a new issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) Yes have update.....so you recon try the nightly of kodi? Have same problem in Emby and Mr MC also Tried PLEX last night and it played fineSent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Edited December 19, 2018 by Glyde62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Iam sure it's something to do with Emby Any app that uses Emby buffers Tried kodi, Mr MC ,Emby for android Netflix, Prime video etc play fine with no buffering Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Did you try EmbyCon? It will try to force direct stream with no transcoding as default connection method, might be interesting to see how that goes.Same problem with embycon Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) Same problem with embyconSent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Edited December 19, 2018 by Glyde62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Plex is buffering a bit tonight also (not as badly as kodi was) So seems liked network problem Was working fine till about 3 weeks ago them buffering started Might have to check all the cables Changed one from shield to switch the other day but that didn't help Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) @@Glyde62 You are direct playing over http in Kodi. Did you try setting up advancedsettings on your shield to see if it helped with Kodi playback? You could try using something like https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Modify_the_video_cache <advancedsettings> <cache> <readfactor>5</readfactor> <buffermode>2</buffermode> <memorysize>536870912</memorysize> <---- Adjust this here if needed, normally you'd want it to be 1/4 or less of your available ram </cache> </advancedsettings> Edited December 20, 2018 by Angelblue05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Did a bit of googling and set up advancedsettings on shield and seems to be playing ok now Might have to keep eye on it as is buffering way in front of file playing now Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Still love to know why it started buffering all of a sudden though Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I don't know but it is unrelated to the add-on. Maybe there was a recent update? Glad to know that it is working correctly by adding cache settings. What did you end up using as values so it can be marked as best answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Glyde62 48 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Solution Share Posted December 21, 2018 I don't know but it is unrelated to the add-on. Maybe there was a recent update? Glad to know that it is working correctly by adding cache settings. What did you end up using as values so it can be marked as best answer?<advancedsettings> <cache> <readfactor>10</readfactor> <buffermode>1</buffermode> <memorysize>947213653</memorysize> </cache> </advancedsettings> Sent from my HTC_M10h using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyde62 48 Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Actually discovered what the problem was, Moved USB hub from one USB port to the other and all buffering disappeared Must have been interfering with Ethernet port where it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) Let me guess, the left one? I also have ethernet issues If have attached a device to this port. Even wi-fi is unstable. Edited December 23, 2018 by sualfred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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