[Bosse_B]

I have used KODI on a Raspberry Pi a couple of years now.
Ever since upgrading to KODI 17 (actually I set it up fresh using the OSMC operating system), I have been annoyed by the extremely slow start of all Internet viewing.
Example:
When using the CBSN Add-on one gets a list of topics to view, these are clips of a few minutes to 10-15 min depending on the story. Most are short.
In previous KODI versions (like 16) the playback started within seconds of hitting the OK button.
Now it takes 25-30 seconds with a LOADING... message showing before anything starts playing!

Imagine viewing clips that last a minute or so and continue on the next clip item what a 30 sec pause in between does to the experience!

Question:
Is there some setting I can adjust (like the size of buffering) to make things go quicker?
If so, where do I find it?

My home is on a 250 Mbit/s Internet fiber connection so even buffering a lot should not take upwards of half a minute!

What can I do (except going back to KODI 16)?

[Urbanbumpkin]

I'm having the same issue, running this on a PI3 with Kodi 17. Downloaded from libreelec


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[Bosse_B]

Mine is a Pi2 and I have raised a support thread over at the OSMC forum.
So far no solution, the person trying to help cannot reproduce the issue...

[Milhouse]

Using this CBSN stream (which plays normally in VLC on Windows, albeit after a 15 second delay):

Code:

http://cbsnewshd-lh.akamaihd.net/i/CBSNHD_7@199302/master.m3u8

it fails to play in the latest LibreELEC 9/Kodi 18a1 #0502 test build, and takes quite a while to fail:

https://pastebin.com/raw/GnzvxV5y

The failure may not be related as it works for you, but the delay is the same (and not just on Kodi).

Maybe the following is relevant... presumably the CBSN add-on is setting an appropriate user-agent but this might be something that needs addressing with ffmpeg-3.3:

Code:

23:30:01.673 T:1528820640   DEBUG: ffmpeg[5B1FF3A0]: [http] the user-agent option is deprecated, please use user_agent option

It then fails (eventually) with:

Code:

23:30:31.645 T:1528820640   ERROR: ffmpeg[5B1FF3A0]: [hls,applehttp] Error when loading first segment 'http://cbsnewshd-lh.akamaihd.net/i/CBSNHD_7@199302/segment149359140_700_av-b.ts?sd=10&rebase=on'
23:30:31.745 T:1943435728    INFO: CheckIdle - Closing session to http://cbsnewshd-lh.akamaihd.net (easy=0x54eab620, multi=0x6ebda448)
23:30:31.759 T:1528820640   DEBUG: Error, could not open file http://cbsnewshd-lh.akamaihd.net/i/CBSNHD_7@199302/master.m3u8
23:30:31.760 T:1528820640   ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer

However that segment is playable in Kodi if played directly (and plays immediately, with no delay).

[Sam.Nazarko]

Not sure if related, but haven't seen your thread in detail
Let's stay with fixing your issue on the OSMC forum.

[Bosse_B]

Sam, this thread was silent for a long time and I did not get an alert when Milhouse replied, so did not see it.
However, I am not a developer so I don't see how I can use his comment about ffmpeg.
And since the add-on itself has been withdrawn from the official repository, I guess there is not much one can do about it....
A pity though.

[Urbanbumpkin]

Not sure if related, but haven't seen your thread in detail
Let's stay with fixing your issue on the OSMC forum.

Keep us posted how you get on.


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