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Buffering from what source? Your own local network or the internet?
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2018-11-21, 04:00
(This post was last modified: 2018-11-21, 04:05 by ozkhan1.)
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Sorry for the messy way of responding but i am on my phone and not very user friendly but here goes:
- amazon ethernet adaptor not as good as the UGREEN one above.. I've tested!
- ensure you content is local
*** means you are streaming personal files from a PC or network attached storage (NAS) from inside your home connected to your home network or on a drive directly connected to the media streamer. Thats what local is as compared to over the internet streaming such as Netflix
- store the content on a pc or nas
**** see above. I suggest googling NAS. These are basically hard drives always on by themselves, without a PC and you can use them to share data over your network. Very useful, most medium to high end Kodi users use NAS drives or servers for personal media.
- connect the pc or nas to a gigabit switch
*** again i suggest googling. Ideal in your situation. If you have only one ethernet cable running from your router to the basement, you can use a switch. It can be described as an internet extention cord with more outlets just like a power strip. It gives you the flexibility of connecting more devices using ethernet.
- connect the firestick 4k (with above adaptors) to the same gigabit switch
** once you have a gigabit switch, you plug the firestick’s ethernet cord from the usb adapter to the switch so you have a hardwired connection.
- use Leia latest BETA
**** kodi has nightly test builds which are called beta versions. Not considered stabke but you can download them from the download page
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2018-11-21, 08:15
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Resolution switching is working but there's currently a problem with 4K videos if you have any 1080p options whitelisted. It definitely switched to the correct resolution when I tested using 720p and 576i test files.
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Yes resolution and refresh rate switching is working. It just lacks the power of the shield and wireless is so so.
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So I bought the new Fire Stick 4K a couple of days ago and set it up last night. I'm very impressed with the speed of it compared to an old Android box I've been using upstairs but I have one small issue and that's audio sync in Kodi.
I'm using Wifi but I've run a speedtest and it's good enough for what I'm doing and I'm not getting any buffering or anything like that. Just that all audio is a little out of sync.
I have a Shield downstairs and that is fine.
Should I be using Leia rather than Krypton with it? Is that likely to help me?
Cheers.