(2015-10-23, 18:15)tim4k Wrote: I have been testing Amazon Cloud Drive and yesterday I made so many connections they limited me. All fine now.
I'm testing a Windows App called Netdrive and found this similarity. Watching mkv x264 files.
Your Add-on has no problem. Amazon has How can we surpass this?
All videos are not made equally
Some people have shared with me a 5GB that won't playback -- btw, I'm testing out that feature to playback shared files, etc. Amazon account has no way of linking in shares, so I have something under the works to assist users.
I've got a 15.4GB MKV that playsback just fine. I've shared it with a user who was having problems with that 5GB file, and it played back for them as well (without sound as it looks like they don't have the required codec).
I believe the key issue is caching. Some videos are going to need more information downloaded before the video can start, and KODI is returning an error before that can actually happen. One way around this that has worked for other plugins is to bypass KODI and download the file (disk cache mode). But you need the space to accommodate this, and if you run out of content, the video stops (although you can resume it).
There are so many kinds of video containers and codecs, and some stream better than others. That's why a lot of streaming services transcode and playback a stream-friendly version. Google Drive is best for this as they reuse their YouTube API for this. OneDrive transcoding is horrible (horrible quality) and the streams are not KODI-friendly. Amazon doesn't have any for content > 20 min. Google Drive plays back nearly anything, and that is why I end up spending most of my time there
In November I'll be offering beta testing of a new free service to allow Amazon Cloud Drive users free trancoding service (provide my service access to the video and it will either provide you transcoded versions or upload them directly into your Amazon Cloud account). Even then, it only be instantaneous.