[Malkovexsur]

Problem:
When watching a Live stream in Kodi (via Twitch/YouTube add-ons) the stream will freeze up for a moment and then looks like it’s fast-forwarding to catch back up to live to play normally for a few seconds and repeat or just stop completely. This only happens with the live streams with Kodi as I can watch them fine via Chrome/Firefox/Edge. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kodi Version: 17.1 (Git:20170320-fc1619b)
Windows 10 Pro Version: 1607 (14393.1066)
CPU: AMD FX 8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz
RAM: 16.0 GB
Video Card: GeForce GTX 1070
Video Driver: 376.53
Audio: HDMI NVidia High Definition Audio
Log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24527462/
Speed Test: http://speedof.me/show.php?img=170507030715-7006.png

[Malkovexsur]

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[kiva]

Try this: link removed.

Bry

[bry]

@kiva please do not link to sites that promote piracy with our software.

[kiva]

Apologies. I'm new here.

[MrBfJohn]

I had this exact issue a while back, then it strangely fixed itself. Now it's back again.
I can also view them on a browser without issue, but the Kodi add on is great when it works. I can post a debug log if needed?
Perhaps this needs moving to the Add on section of the forum?

[Malkovexsur]

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[snyft]

I got the same issue. Read something about caching and made some changes in the advanced settings. Sadly it is not helping.
Works fine on chrome as u said.
I really think it is cache issues.

[Malkovexsur]

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[nickr]

@Malkovexsur please advise which line in your log is the point at which the problem occurs.

And next time, have debugging on from kodi startup.

Thanks.

[Malkovexsur]

Hello Nickr,

Starting from the line: 1461 The following error occurs 240 times. I would assume this has something to do with the issue.

21:17:41.172 T:14740 ERROR: ffmpeg[3994]: [h264] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture
21:17:41.172 T:14740 ERROR: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg:ecode - avcodec_decode_video returned failure

Regards,
Malkovexsur

[nickr]

Try turning off hardware acceleration.

[Malkovexsur]

Hello Nickr,

Those errors are gone but the problem still persists.

New Log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24600575/

Regards,
Malkovexsur

[PatK]

What happens when you go direct Youtube? Looks more like an 3rd party add-on issue.

[Malkovexsur]

Hello PatK,

Both Twitch and Youtube work fine via browsers. On the Github for the Twitch (https://github.com/MrSprigster/Twitch-on-Kodi) addon they state the following about this type of issue:

"Having issues with the playback of streams (buffering, dropping, stuttering).
This Add-on does not handle any aspect of the playback of Twitch streams (that would be the Kodi Video Player), it simply tells Kodi what to play. The Add-on does, however, provide Quality Options which may help if your internet connection/computer specs are below requirements for HD streams."

Seeing as I can watch via browsers fine I assume it's not an internet issue.

Regards,
Malkovexsur