[shoeshine]

I am not sure if I am posting in the right place but I was hoping someone would know the answer to this question. I am running Kodi on a fireTV. I have been having lots of buffering issues, using the suggestions on this forum I reduced the buffering alot but still have buffering. Every time the fire buffers I see a popup add (I think amazon calls them "toasts"). My question is this..
Do the popup adds CAUSE the buffering (I have to figure out how to block the adds), or does the Fire display the add BECAUSE it is buffering (I have to look for a different reason for the buffering)?
Anyone know for sure.

[Hitcher]

As far as I'm aware there are no ads popping up while watching things. What streams are you talking about?

[Klojum]

I got a couple of buffering popups, suggesting a too-slow connection, while doing a UPnP video transfer from my smart phone to Kodi Alpha 3 on a Shield TV.
Strangely enough, the same video transferred much smoother/better when using Chromecast directly on the same Shield TV.