[moamoa]

I don't think you will get nextflix 4k playing via a kodi plugin.

I had nextflix running on my X96 max with CE. it was so out of sync it was unwatchable. CE uses the same plugins as Kodi, because CE is a cut down linux version of Kodi.

No, that is different. I don't expect CE to be able to play Netflix 4K via plugin (prob ever). LibreELEC (pretty much CE) plays Netflix great in 720p, really good actually. But like CE has no road to 4K Netflix as it's limited to software decoding. I thimk if you has a PI running LE and not a X96 running CE, your Netflix would probably be loads better. The difference is the Android based (Netflix certified) devices running Kodi "should/might" be able to access the L1 hardware coding Widevine and therefore able to play the Netflix 4K DRM content from within the plugin. Just need someone with one of the above devices to be able to test and confirm with feedback?

Widevine Level 1 alone isn't a route to 4K Netflix I'm afraid.  Netflix also need to whitelist your device to enable 4K streams, which requires a dialogue between the manufacturer and Netflix.  So far only a small number of manufacturers (Apple, Amazon, nVidia, Google, plus Smart TV manufacturers, and a few others) have managed to do this.  A few Chinese boxes have tried to circumvent this by cloning elements from approved devices - but there aren't that many routes to official 4K Netflix.  Some other 4K providers have less restrictive requirements I believe.

I understand this. I know L1 is not enough and it needs to be that plus and approved device. But the question is; does it need to be the native Netflix app on the approved device, or can can it be Kodi+plugin running on approved device.