Buffering way too often

jglazer63 · November 19, 2017 at 11:54 PM

I have a new Pi 3/B with the latest LibreElect I just built (I've built many). This particular one I am trying to use wirelessly since I don't have a LAN connection available. Trying to play a video causes it to buffer constantly. It's just not watchable.

I took an old 8.1 windows tablet, threw Kodi on (17.5) and tried it on the same network in the same general vicinity as the pi and it works flawlessly. Both of them are on the same network. Both of them show the same 5 bars (max) of signal strength. I gotta say I am pretty disappointing unless I am missing something obvious. I am trying to figure out how to run a network cable out there now.

The PI has nothing on it in terms of storage other than O/S. All the files are on a NAS in a different part of the house.

Any ideas how to fix this buffering issue?

**chewitt** · November 20, 2017 at 4:23 AM Official Post

You need to disable the on-board wifi via overlay and connect an external USB wifi dongle. The onboard Pi3 wireless has a crap antenna and there is no software fix for that problem.

jglazer63 · November 24, 2017 at 12:14 AM

Found the issue. I built another pi and it works flawlessly with wifi. The micro-sd card I used in the "bad" one was not class-10. Just an el-cheepo. I don't even know where it came from. Class-10 is the way to go for anyone reading this. Sorry for blaming librelec.