2018-02-08, 15:17
Kodi do not cache IPTV streams. Is it possible to force it to do that? I guess i will receive the live streams with delay of few seconds or minutes but i am ok with that.
(2018-02-08, 21:15)DarrenHill Wrote: [ -> ]It's the word cache being confused with the word buffer here?Isn't cache related to buffering? If the cache is filled, for example to 50mb, and the IPTV stream become intermittent for short time this will not result in buffering because Kodi will use the existing cache. I think the ace streams work in a similar way.
(2018-02-08, 21:08)FXB78 Wrote: [ -> ]A live stream is not a file though, are you expecting it to cache 500MB of something that doesn't yet exist? I don't understand the question.I don't expect to cache to 500mb, but 20-40mb will be better than 0mb.
(2018-02-08, 22:21)FXB78 Wrote: [ -> ]It can't cache what doesn't yet exist, you could try pressing the Pause button but in my experience that doesn't usually work too well.I have tested this many times, pressing the Pause button on IPTV streams, but never saw cache start filling up. Did you have different experience? My question is only for IPTV streams.
(2018-02-09, 09:39)emil_6783 Wrote: [ -> ]Nope, it usually bombs out and dies. I don't think IPTV Simple Client will work in the way you want, you'd have to use a proper backend with TVHeadend/NextPVR etc.(2018-02-08, 22:21)FXB78 Wrote: [ -> ]It can't cache what doesn't yet exist, you could try pressing the Pause button but in my experience that doesn't usually work too well.I have tested this many times, pressing the Pause button on IPTV streams, but never saw cache start filling up. Did you have different experience? My question is only for IPTV streams.
(2018-02-10, 00:08)nickr Wrote: [ -> ]Of course any stream of digital data can be cached or buffered.Then why Kodi do not cache some IPTV streams? Even if you hit Pause button the cache do not start filling up but stays 0.