[forheavyrotation73]

Hi guys.

I am not so new to KODI, but just got the Nexus Player about a week ago.

KODI on it (I have the version direct from the google play store), itself runs great, certainly faster interface wise than my year old openelec/Intel NUC setup I built for around $175.

That being said, in KODI, I see a lot of what I imagine are codec decompression issues, where the picture will get weird errors on screen, sometimes for a flash frame, sometimes for a few seconds. Not sure if this would be referred to as compression "artifacting", but it looks similar to digital cable channel feeds that providers do not provide a lot of bandwidth to. This is happens with 720p .mkv files, and a lot more with 1080p .mkv files. Sometimes it seems to hit files that maybe have a lot of fast action, and it tends to happen more frequently. I have also found that DTS audio 1080p files will totally either freeze after a while. 720p DTS .mkvs seem to behave much better other than the codec artifacting.

I just ordered a micro USB OTG to Ethernet adapter "plugable" brand, hoping it fixes my issues. Any idea if what I am describing above are LAN wifi issues?

For the money, this is an ok device for me so far, considering it is for a bedroom tv eventually. I have an older router, not AC router either. My openElec intel NUC device is hard wired ethernet on the device, going into a power line ethernet AV500 adapter. I get occasionally "buffering" messages on my Intel NUC setup, but not that often, and never any codec "artifacting" like I see on the Nexus Player.

I also ordered a wireless keyboard, as the remote won't let me access the context screen to see if it is dropping frames, etc.

Thanks for any info. 1st time post here.