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Content of m3u8 files is not cached - tojo2503 - 2017-08-14

Hi there,

I have an Emby Server that is capable of transcoding. When transcoding and watching the transcoded stream in a browser everything is perfectly fine.

However I have a RPi3 with Kodi, that is connected via Wifi and one that is connected over the Internet. Both play videos, that are not transcoded perfectly fine. For some videos however, I need transcoding and these videos keep on stuttering.

I tried to enable the Kodi cache in the advancedsettings.xml, cause it seems like a caching problem for me. Caching works fine for videos that are not transcoded. The cache is filled up to the desired value.

When I start a transcoded video the cache is not filled and the videos stutters every now and then because the Wifi speed sometimes drops under the bitrate value (but is a lot over that in average). This means I cannot Emby + transcoding + Kodi.

When Emby is transcoding, it produces lots of .ts files with approx. 1Mbyte and a m3u8 playlist with the content:

Code:
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:YES
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:1099
#EXTINF:1098.013589,
f61a5378971e2b2456f549f210587023365.ts
#EXTINF:3.003000,
f61a5378971e2b2456f549f210587023366.ts
#EXTINF:3.003000,
f61a5378971e2b2456f549f210587023367.ts
...
Each .ts-file has a size of 1 MByte.

I suppose Kodi only caches the .ts-file that is played at the moment and therefore only uses 1 MByte of Cache.
Is there a workaround for this, so Kodi uses caching for the whole m3u8 playlist? I see the "EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:YES" up there but it doesn't seem to work.

Does anyone have an idea where to start debugging? It seems more like a Kodi problem to me (not caching playlists) than an Emby problem...

Thanks for your help!