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I'm not sure the buffering over wifi has ever worked super well in kodi/xbmc - at least it hasn't for me, and I started using xbmc on the original xbox. Ideally I would like to have a config entry for the speed of the network (or even better, have kodi stress test the network itself and find the average and lows). With a file size, duration, max cache, and network speed, it should have all the necessary information to only pause to buffer at the beginning of playback (or when skipping around).
Hard-lining the machine is the only way I've ever had it run flawlessly. Netflix seems to have very clever and conservative buffering algorithms, because I never have problems with it over wifi. But I'm guessing it's very complex and/or low priority since the issue has persisted.
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Finally got this sorted last night.
Following crystalgipsy's suggestion regarding SMB I tried setting it up on the PLEXbmc settings and it didn't change anything. I then reset the smb server on my Synology and opened the port in the Synology DSM firewall and made sure the guest account had read/write access to the file which let me access it on my computer but the not the FireTV box. I then found a little option in the Plexbmc settings that was not selected which let me enter the server details manually which then let me play through Plexbmc without the dreaded cache issue! The option is in the same screen were you select between auto/smb/afp file services for those who cannot locate.
Hope this helps.
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2015-06-07, 22:26
(This post was last modified: 2015-06-07, 22:37 by craggles77.)
Hello,
I just found this thread,I am having the same issue with the amazon fire stick.
When streaming via netflix or kodi plugins HD video streams fine.
As soon as I try to stream over my local network it stutters and buffers.I am trying to stream over the PLEXBMC and tried SMB
I'm using kodi 14.2 and over NAS
Ive tried advanced settings,I have 2 sticks,one is only about 2 ft from the router,,the other in next room around 10-15 feet.
I have 2 nowTV boxes and they both stream perfect over plex in the same locations.
I have read others having the same issue on other forums to a point the sticks gone back.
I have tried to use the SMB option in the plexbmc options but i cannot get it to work through there despite it being ticked in synology.
Any options?Thanks
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Did you get this resolved?
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Ive tried all sorts of stuff like this and nothing works, i thought id restore my firestick to factory settings and reinstall the kodi, as soon as i installed and tried to watch a film it instantly said the cache is full!!!!! How can it be full when i factory reset everything?
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(2016-11-15, 14:47)Rphillips4 Wrote: Ive tried all sorts of stuff like this and nothing works, i thought id restore my firestick to factory settings and reinstall the kodi, as soon as i installed and tried to watch a film it instantly said the cache is full!!!!! How can it be full when i factory reset everything?
That's not how the cache works. The problem has nothing to do with something becoming "full". It means your video data is coming in too slowly.
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Has anyone ever found out the solution to this issue as I have now
encountered it also.
Please help!
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This still an issue for me. Can anyone stream local media with a Fire TV? If so, what magic are you using? I've monkeyed around with advancedsettings.xml, moved the files from to and from a SMB share on a windows machine. It feels like this used to work better for me, but lately it seems unusable.
I've got 200+ ripped DVDs on a 2TB SSD connected to my router. Using the Kodi install on my MacBook everything works quickly and is buffer-free. On the Fire TV, selecting a local movie takes 5-10 seconds to get started and will play for less than a minute (sometimes for less than 5 seconds), stall and dump me back in to the movie menu.
Would a log help or is this a Fire TV issue?
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About half of the files are mp4 ripped by Handbrake (pretty sure not interlaced). The other half are ripped via random windows software circa 2005 (might be interlaced).
I think my problems had more to do with transfer speeds, because playing audio (mp3) files also caused hangs.
Either way, the problems seem to have disappeared. The only change I think I've made to the system was adding the VLC app to the Fire TV to see if my issue centered on the Fire TV or Kodi. Things played quickly and normally with VLC, then when I went back to Kodi, things were working well.
Weird