Posts by ex-r-wagon

Quote from PaJoe

We had a similar problem with our Chromebox 1 , but not the Chromebox 3 according to Matt Devo,

it's a 4.19+ kernel bug, current work around is to add 'pci=nomsi' to kernel parameters in /flash/syslinux.cfg

I think there is a simple smb fix for Chromboxes, but you need to check out the following kodi link:

ChromeBox Kodi E-Z Setup Script (LibreELEC/Linux+Kodi) [2017/02/21]

depending on the Chromebox you append either "extlinux.conf", or "syslinux.cfg"

with:

APPEND boot=LABEL=KERN-C disk=LABEL=ROOT-C tty quiet pci=nomsi

There is a more detailed howto in the Mr Chromebox Kodi EZ-setup script thread linked above,

it's close to the page I listed.

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Applied the kernel bug fix as you indicated in your post. Had tried it before however I did it again after a fresh install of LE 8.95.3 beta. Now videos play without buffering. Thanks for your input. Now the question is "Does this work around have to be applied every time LE is updated?".

Quote from smp

I think SMB chunk size could be the issue here. This is hardcoded in Kodi, so no easy way to change it. If you can set up an LE build system you can try to build some images with an increased SMB chunk size (256K, 512K...).

As I am not a coder, are you indicating that the SMB chunk size is different in Kodi 17 vs Kodi 18. If it is then it might be the reason that LE v8.2.5 works for me and LE 8.95.xxx Beta's are not. Would this not be an issue for others using Chromebox hardware?

Quote from mglae

LibreELEC Testbuilds for x86_64 (Kodi 18.0)

Same results with that build. Buffering of the video/audio starts almost as soon as I start to play a file. Going back to LE v8.2.5 files start and play without any buffering.

Log file can be found here now. http://ix.io/1ztd

To start my hardware is an HP Chromebox CB1 with the latest updated custom UEFI firmware from MrChromebox. My video files are on my main PC in a shared folder. The PC and the Chromebox are connected together by Gigabit Ethernet. Running LE 8.2.5 from a clean install after updating the firmware, my videos play without any buffering. Clean installing and connecting to the share folder by a backup settings file or manually setting up the share again with LE 8.95.1, 2 or 3 Beta results in buffering of all video files within a few seconds of playing a file (the little circle with the number in the middle pops up). Am I missing an important setting when switching to the Beta LE releases? Is there any additional information or logs that I need to take to see what my issue is? Is my hardware even still compatible for the new LE releases? Any suggestions as to where to start to figure this out would be appreciated. Forgot to say PC where files are stored is running Windows 7 Pro.