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Im having buffering issues when trying to watch TV shows or movies from 1Channel and Project Free TV. As soon as it loads it automatically goes to "Pause" and if I hit play it will play for a few seconds and then it will stop to buffer again.
I've tried changing audio output, and all the other tips found on the forums..nothing works so far!

System config:

ATV 2 5.0 (4099) - wifi
XBMC 11.0 Latest build
Internet bandwidth: 18Mb/s

This is my advancedsettings.xml

<advancedsettings>

<network>
<cachemembuffersize>70000</cachemembuffersize>
</network>

<gui><algorithmdirtyregions>3</algorithmdirtyregions></gui>
<gui><nofliptimeout>100</nofliptimeout></gui>

</advancedsettings>


Here's a snipet of my xbmc.log file:


07:17:55 T:804913152 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------
07:20:37 T:1068694936 DEBUG: XBMCPureController: Button press remoteAction = 10
07:20:37 T:804913152 DEBUG: CWinEventsIOS: Button press keyID = 12
07:20:37 T:804913152 DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 0
07:20:37 T:163610624 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:8945636.907716, should be:8615020.375426, error:-330616.532290
07:20:37 T:804913152 DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------
07:20:45 T:117661696 WARNING: FillBuffer: curl failed with code 28
07:20:45 T:117661696 DEBUG: FillBuffer: Reconnect, (re)try 1
07:20:45 T:117661696 WARNING: FillBuffer: curl failed with code 7
07:20:45 T:117661696 INFO: CFileCache:rocess - Hit eof.
07:20:53 T:163610624 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_EOF
07:20:53 T:163610624 INFO: IOSAudioRenderer::AddPackets() - Need complete frame.
07:20:53 T:163610624 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
07:20:54 T:145747968 NOTICE: Decode - VTDecompressionSessionDecodeFrame returned(-12911)
07:20:54 T:145747968 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerVideo - video decoder returned error
07:20:54 T:145747968 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: eof, waiting for queues to empty
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing audio stream
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: Closing audio stream
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::WaitUntilEmpty
07:20:54 T:163610624 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_SYNCHRONIZE
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: Waiting for audio thread to exit
07:20:54 T:163610624 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:rocess - Abort received, exiting thread
07:20:54 T:163610624 NOTICE: thread end: CDVDPlayerAudio::OnExit()
07:20:54 T:163610624 DEBUG: Thread CDVDPlayerAudio 163610624 terminating
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: Closing audio device
07:20:54 T:107147264 INFO: IOSAudioRenderer::AddPackets() - Need complete frame.
07:20:54 T:107147264 INFO: CIOSAudioRenderer:einitialize: Renderer has been shut down.
07:20:54 T:107147264 INFO: Previous line repeats 1 times.
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: Deleting audio codec
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing video stream
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: Closing video stream
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::WaitUntilEmpty
07:20:54 T:145747968 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerVideo - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_SYNCHRONIZE
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: waiting for video thread to exit
07:20:54 T:145747968 ERROR: Got MSGQ_ABORT or MSGO_IS_ERROR return true
07:20:54 T:145747968 NOTICE: thread end: video_thread
07:20:54 T:145747968 DEBUG: Thread CDVDPlayerVideo 145747968 terminating
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: deleting video codec
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting demuxer
07:20:54 T:107147264 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
07:20:54 T:117661696 DEBUG: Thread XFILE::CFileCache 117661696 terminating
07:20:54 T:107147264 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnStop from xbmc
07:20:54 T:107147264 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 1, from xbmc, message OnStop
07:20:54 T:107147264 DEBUG: Thread CDVDPlayer 107147264 terminating
07:20:54 T:804913152 DEBUG: CGUIAudioManager::Initialize
07:20:54 T:804913152 DEBUG: CGUIWindowManager:reviousWindow: Deactivate
07:20:54 T:804913152 DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (VideoFullScreen.xml) ------
07:20:54 T:804913152 DEBUG: CGUIWindowManager:reviousWindow: Activate new
07:20:54 T:804913152 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (MyVideoNav.xml) ------
07:20:54 T:804913152 INFO: Loading skin file: MyVideoNav.xml
07:20:55 T:804913152 DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (plugin://plugin.video.1channel/?mode=5000&season=season%201&imdbnum=tt1124373)
07:20:55 T:804913152 DEBUG: ParentPath = [plugin://plugin.video.1channel/?mode=5000&season=season%201&imdbnum=tt1124373]
07:20:55 T:804913152 DEBUG: Loading fileitems [plugin://plugin.video.1channel/?mode=5000&season=season%201&imdbnum=tt1124373]
07:20:55 T:804913152 DEBUG: -- items: 14, directory: plugin://plugin.video.1channel/?mode=5000&season=season%201&imdbnum=tt1124373 sort method: 0, ascending: false
07:20:55 T:94519296 DEBUG: Thread Background Loader start, auto delete: 0
07:20:55 T:109211648 DEBUG: Thread Jobworker start, auto delete: 1
07:20:55 T:109211648 DEBUG: DoWork - Saving file state for video item http://media-b38.sockshare.com/download/...6/4f845ee5
07:20:55 T:804913152 DEBUG: SECTION:UnloadDelayed(DLL: special://xbmcbin/system/ImageLib-arm-osx.so)
07:20:55 T:804913152 DEBUG: Unloading: ImageLib-arm-osx.so
07:20:55 T:117661696 DEBUG: Thread Jobworker start, auto delete: 1
07:20:56 T:117661696 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times.
07:20:56 T:117661696 DEBUG: DoWork - took 842 ms to load special://skin/backgrounds/videos.jpg
07:20:56 T:804913152 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
07:20:56 T:804913152 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
07:20:56 T:804913152 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
07:20:56 T:804913152 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
07:20:56 T:804913152 DEBUG: LinuxRendererGL: Cleaning up GL resources
07:20:56 T:804913152 DEBUG: CGUIAudioManager::Initialize
07:20:56 T:127033344 DEBUG: DoWork - took 881 ms to load special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/5/57b5d87e.jpg
07:20:56 T:94519296 DEBUG: Thread Background Loader 94519296 terminating
07:21:24 T:804913152 DEBUG: SECTION:UnloadDelayed(DLL: special://xbmcbin/system/players/dvdplayer/avcore-0-arm-osx.so)
07:21:24 T:804913152 DEBUG: Unloading: avcore-0-arm-osx.so
07:21:24 T:804913152 INFO: CheckIdle - Closing session to http://media-b38.sockshare.com (easy=0x5a26000, multi=0x101257d0)
07:21:25 T:804913152 DEBUG: SECTION:UnloadDelayed(DLL: special://xbmcbin/system/players/dvdplayer/avcodec-52-arm-osx.so)
07:21:25 T:804913152 DEBUG: Unloading: avcodec-52-arm-osx.so
07:21:25 T:804913152 DEBUG: SECTION:UnloadDelayed(DLL: special://xbmcbin/system/players/dvdplayer/avformat-52-arm-osx.so)
07:21:25 T:804913152 DEBUG: Unloading: avformat-52-arm-osx.so
07:21:25 T:109211648 DEBUG: Thread Jobworker 109211648 terminating (autodelete)
07:21:26 T:117661696 DEBUG: Thread Jobworker 117661696 terminating (autodelete)
07:21:26 T:127033344 DEBUG: Thread Jobworker 127033344 terminating (autodelete)

That buffer size seems small. I'm pretty new to XBMC, but according to http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Use...ttings.xml, it appears that the default setting is 5242880, over 70 times larger. I say appears, as an advancedsettings.xml file is not created by default, so I am implicitly assuming that the values given on the Wiki are what XBMC would use without one. That may not be true. Since apparently you are using Wi-Fi to connect to your router/cable modem I would think increasing that buffer size to say 7000000 at least would be worth a try. Just add two zeros to your current entry.