[izprtxqkft]

The problem may be somehow network related, all your logs have some eof indications / random corruption (the missing NAL) that are not visible here.

i concur, i suspected this scenario several posts ago
 

Classic TV- "Stump the Stars"-Julie London vs. Fabian mpeg (original 480p) 1.00 GB

barney, can we eliminate the addon and simply download the file from the page
https://archive.org/details/StumpTheStar...haelLandon

and perhaps report the speed at which it downloads at to also diagnose connectivity issues to the site

since there are variables here we can try to eliminate network or video hardware individually

[barney63]

barney, can we eliminate the addon and simply download the file from the page
https://archive.org/details/StumpTheStar...haelLandon

and perhaps report the speed at which it downloads at to also diagnose connectivity issues to the site

since there are variables here we can try to eliminate network or video hardware individually

The video from the link you posted (Stump the Stars - Nina Foch) plays perfectly (start, jump forward, backwards, close) as did the Stump the Stars episode I posted.  They play fine from the website for me but not the addon.

As for the speed you're getting a little out of my league, if you offer instruction I'll get the info.  Thanks

[izprtxqkft]

The video from the link you posted (Stump the Stars - Nina Foch) plays perfectly (start, jump forward, backwards, close) as did the Stump the Stars episode I posted.  They play fine from the website for me but not the addon.

well that at least shows the file isn't corrupted in some manner and the hardware is capable of playing the formats (container, audio+video codec)
 

As for the speed you're getting a little out of my league, if you offer instruction I'll get the info.  Thanks

i don't have anything specific in mind, just the downloads window on your browser should have shown at what speed it was able to download at
since you didn't report errors in downloading it i assume there were none (outside of kodi)

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from here i don't have any other suggestions because i don't know how kodi is playing the file when "streaming" it, it looks like the site is disconnecting abruptly and kodi isn't recovering

[PatK]

I concur with most said, I'm playing 'Bionic Woman Black Magic' after a search without issue, jumping around FF is a network bandwidth issue. Ditto for the 'Julie London vs. Fabian', jumping around took a 3 sec delay FF or RR (my bandwidth is 25mbs on a 20 year old windows MB) and would have to say Kodi is not an editing deck, works fine for local files, but streaming you will be at the mercy of bandwidth and source limitations.

I don't have this error <general>: CVideoPlayerVideo::OpenStream: Codec id 2 require extradata. nor audio erros, and suggest I should be thankful for my gfx engine (Nvidia 1060)

[barney63]

Kodi is not an editing deck, works fine for local files, but streaming you will be at the mercy of bandwidth and source limitations.

I get that but it doesn't explain why other VOD addons play and jump around fine (even when slowed by a gimmick)

[PatK]

why other VOD addons play and jump around fine

Apples & Oranges, suggest that you investigate External players (wiki) and install one of the players that works to your liking.

[barney63]

I'm sorry if my questioning offends the Kodi developers' sensitivities, I'm just trying to solve a problem and don't think a "if you don't like it" response is helpful.

[PatK]

trying to solve a problem

Truly solving this, will likely come down to coding and unless there's a tsunami of users clambering for attention, it's going to be a work-around.

That's what the suggestion to use a work-around to use an external player was all about. In that reference we load up a player that you claim works, within the Kodi framework and all it's library capabilities and features. In no way did I reference "if you don't like it"; again we're going down the path of discovery, rarely does a developer take time to initiate, but in this case the effort has been made, and until your suggestion of 'sensitivities', I saw no attitude.

Should you run into issues with this work-around, the suspect becomes more evident that aging hardware is showing. If in the past, a legacy version of the software was fully functional, then that would be the approach to look at. As stated, I'm using a 20 year old MB with a modern gfx engine and have no issues with this add-on.

[hanx]

hi barney63,

I had similar problems when using Internet Archive with Kodi 21.1 on Windows 10.

I resolved it by disabling http2 in advancedsettings.xml. This file is located in your Kodi userdata folder. It doesn't exist by default so you may need to create it yourself.

E.g C:\Users\hanx\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\advancedsettings.xml

Add the following lines...

<advancedsettings version="1.0">
<network>
  <disablehttp2>true</disablehttp2>
</network>
</advancedsettings>

The setting turns off Multiplexing. Lookup difference between http1 and http2 for better explanation.

Hope this resolves your problem and you can get back to watching some great 70's TV classics.