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2015-02-24, 10:34
(This post was last modified: 2015-02-24, 10:36 by jimardee.)
Hi guys,
Currently running a Minix version of XBMC on their Neo x8-h android box.
My daughter loves Cbeebies so we are always playing videos from this channel but some videos randomly won't play? This has only started over the past 2 weeks.
I can get them to play by repeatedly hammering the play button and they eventually start! Like starting a car! It seems that the problem is mainly with standard definition videos, whilst the HD ones are okay and start smoothly.
It can't be the Minix box because i used to run Kodi through a raspberry pi and i had the same problem.
Could it be something to do with the resolution that i am running through XBMC/Kodi?
I should also add that my Minix is run through a Yamaha amp via HDMI before then going to my TV via the amp... could it be this?
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Out of interest, have you tried the official BBC app in android from the play store?
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Currently the BBC streams are all acting very random for me. Sometimes I can now watch in HD again without issue, but other times I cannot. If I switch to just using Akami, that seems to no longer make any difference. The only thing I know for sure at this point is that all live streams work without issue in HD, and if I set the on demand streams to SD, they also all work without issue. I really wish I knew, could figure out, what is going on. Whether it is on my end with my ISP, a BBC issue, or some sort of hardware issue with my machine and windows 8.
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I am still having issues even when switching to Akamai... just completely random!
Some video's won't even start, some will but then stop at random points in the playback and some play absolutely fine?
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Just an update as of today. Seems if I set everything back to auto (stream quality, stream source), everything is working fine again. As others have mentioned I'm nearly 100% positive this is an issue at the BBC end, not my machine or the addon.
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Raspberry Pi : B
Kodi: 14.0 (?)
Kodi iplayer: 2.6.10
RaspBMC
Like everyone using this add-on, about 6 months ago the Kodi add-on stopped working for me due to changes in iplayer (something to do with BBC data feeds ??).
Anyhow, today I thought I would check back into the Kodi iplayer Add-on and I saw there is a new version, 2.6.10. As I am becoming practised at downloading, getting the zip onto a directory the Raspberry Pi can see, and installing an add-on in Kodi using "install Add-on", I had the new version installed in a few minutes.
I have browsed a few programmes using, categories, channels and alphabetical search. Every programme I selected has played within a few seconds and seems to stream without hiccup.
Well done and thank-you for reinstating this valuable add-on.
Clive