In terms of the video files I'm streaming they are all 1080p at max. I have to double check again to see which codecs they're using but I'm quite sure the majority was H264. Two days ago I switched from the Ethernet connection to Wifi and since then no further problems occurred.
If the problem shows up again I'll use this thread to post a complete log. Until then thank you all for your ideas.
I'm not quite sure on the whole use case here.
You want to set up the RPi3B+ as a stand alone server, or not? Does it also have to run Kodi? If so, attached to which device?
Which protocol is required for file serving: UPnP, SMB or both?
Which device(s) will be used as a video client: the TV directly via UPnP or does the TV has its own Kodi device attached (FireTV) ?
Yes the RPi3B+ is supposed to be a media center that possibly every device in the apartment can access and stream from (not at the same time of course). That being said I think I'd only need UPnP as a protocol. If there is a more suitable solution it does not have to run Kodi necessarily.
Concerning the video clients I am using a Samsung TV that has direct UPnP functionality, a Fire TV Stick (which doesn't run Kodi at the moment) on a different non-smart TV and two Windows 10 PCs.
As I mentioned earlier, when I am playing files from the Pi directly (over HDMI) everything works fine, so I don't think there is a problem with the external HDD.
I have a 3B+ running LibreELEC 8.2 and Kodi 17. It's connected to my router via Ethernet. Also I have a 3TB external NTFS harddrive connected via USB.
I wanted to be able to stream all my media files from a central device but so far I ran into multiple problems:
Any suggestions on how I could solve these problems? Before LibreELEC I used OSMC with similiar issues. When playing any file locally from the Pi everything works perfectly.
