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2016-10-31, 18:32
(This post was last modified: 2016-10-31, 19:40 by Shane1.)
I put together a Android Odroid C2 a few months ago. I have a 15TB NAS that has mostly .mkv & .avi files
Running a 2 bay Qnap TS212 NAS and Kodi 16.1 with all firmware updated.
All the files stream over the wired network but buffers for a few moments occasionally which is EXTREMLY annoying.
I cleared the KODI cache on Android, but still buffers.
I thought that clearing the cache would work, but apparently not.
Any suggestions??
(Again, its just my .mkv files that are going over a hardwired network 25ft Cat5 cable).
Thanks !!
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2016-10-31, 21:40
(This post was last modified: 2016-10-31, 21:43 by JxPx.)
It could be a number of things. What are the hardware specs of your Android Odroid C2? How did you encode your .mkv files?
EDIT: Disregard spec question. I looked it up. Nice little unit.
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What protocol are you using?
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What do you mean by Protocol??
I am pointing kodi to the network NAS using the onscreen gui.
on the KODI settings, I have free memory of 994MB
on the Filesystem, I have
Size: 1.0G
Used: 0.5G
Avail: 0.5G
Storage/emulated: 12.6 G, Used: 3.7G, Avail: 8.9G
Internal Storage: Size: 0.1G, Used: 0.0G
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I will change the settings in my advancedsettings.xml file later today to Example #4 (as explained above).
Additionally, I switched the file protocol from SMB to NFS which helped a bit.
Although, I ran into a small glitch and maybe someone knows the solution.
On my Qnap TS212 NAS, I changed the Settings to recognize NFS shares. When I add files on KODI, I can see the Root public folder, and can then chose this folder. From there, I can see a Movie Folder and a TV Shows folder, but KODI doesn't allow me to then chose either of these folders.
Anybody know why this is happening?? When the protocol is NFS, I cant get past the root folder??
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NFS on Android is weird, for some reason. Part of it is making sure the server is using a higher range of ports, but NFS seems to have strange quirks on Android in general.
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The protocol you use can have a bearing on streaming, SMB has quite a bit of 'overhead' making it more bulky for streaming, NFS is a lot better and can be tuned as well.
I used to use NFS but when I switched my file sharing to my router directly I moved to FTP which I've not had an issue with so far.
But yeah as said buffering is quite conservative and I upped all mine on the Amazon FireTv2 I use.
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How can I tune NFS ? I am still getting a bit of buffering even after I have changed the cache settings in the Advancedsettings.xml file
I'm going to get rid of the Qnap TS 212 as its basically an introductory NAS and get something better. I need a 4-Bay NAS anyways so I'll get something that has better transfer speeds.
If I build another Kodi machine maybe getting a Raspberry Pi might be an improvement over a Android based system ??
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Try increasing the cache size further. The example I linked is intended as a safe setting for 1GB devices.
How big is your video file? Is the bit rate really high? I don't think Kodi requires very powerful NAS. I'm still using an old Dlink dns321 and its doing fine over smb. My videos are typically 1GB to 6GB.
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My video files are rather large at about 12GB. I have 15TB of storage, so I don't mind the larger files.
I'll check out the links that you posted above though!
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