2021-01-18, 19:33
Kodi needs to get metadata from the video before downloading it completely, so kodi makes multiple requests of the file before actually start to playing it. And even though the first requests are only for few bytes, google counts those requests as a complete download. And if your file is 4k or a big file, you have the perfect combination for a play or download ban.
You can avoid the ban by playing a transcoded version of your video as I have said before. That is the equivalent as playing your file from your browser.
Looks like there is a way to force kodi to download the file only once, but that would force the a addon to be a proxy between the device and the google servers. That would require a major change, and I have doubts about the performance impact.
It could happen in a distant future tho, unless somebody weights in and contribute with the change. It is basically the same change required to bring back the source mode.
You can avoid the ban by playing a transcoded version of your video as I have said before. That is the equivalent as playing your file from your browser.
Looks like there is a way to force kodi to download the file only once, but that would force the a addon to be a proxy between the device and the google servers. That would require a major change, and I have doubts about the performance impact.
It could happen in a distant future tho, unless somebody weights in and contribute with the change. It is basically the same change required to bring back the source mode.
