[Theike]

I have 4 Philips playbars behind my TV and I run the philips sync app together with Kodi 19.1 on my Intel Nuc with Windows 10. With sync on, Kodi crashes more often, especially with 4k movies. If I turn sync off, I have no problem.

[PatK]

If I turn sync off, I have no problem.

Guess that's why they have that option, and in your case it's working fine. I note the phrase 'more often', as in sometimes it plays out well? Which in turn suggests the hardware limits. Looking at a review of Philips Hue Play Light Bar, Philips Hue (wiki) you may get some help in this area https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=344886

[Theike]

Ok thanks already tried that addon but its not real ambilight only one color on 4 playbars.

[PatK]

Love someone to take this on and write real ambilight software, might be a good 'feature request' but you might need more processing power.

[jjd-uk]

If the Sync software is causing issues then the only fix maybe the expensive option of buying the Sync box.

[Theike]

Just bought a new TV, my wife will kill me lol

[Theike]

After a lot of trouble getting Kodi up and running, with my philips playbars.
Finally it works by setting the resolution to 1920x1080.
Because at 3840x2160 I always had problems on my nuc.
Like micro stutter, 4k hdr movies that got stuck.
Intel NUC Kit NUC8i3BEH

[Theike]

Ok turned the nuc back on and again the whole micro stutter thing.
When I play the same movie in windows everything is ok no micro stutter.
Also the colors are better then in kodi so I don't know anymore,it's driving me nuts.

[Theike]

Uninstalled the thunderbolt driver, everything ok now.

[PatK]

Thanks for getting back to this thread, who would have guessed and it might help another thunderbolt user down the road.

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