Hello,
I use a RPi 3b+ with a fresh install of Libreelec 9.2. The RPi is connected to my TV which is located in a room next to my wireless network router.
Following advice on this forum, I use a small mikrotik to bridge the wireless network, so the RPi is connected to the network via its Ethernet port.
Most commonly, I use Kodi to watch videos stored on my Windows PC using SMB shares.
Generally things are OK. I had to tweak the cache settings a bit to allow buffering, otherwise the videos would stutter immediately:
<advancedsettings>
<cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
<readfactor>20</readfactor>
</cache>
</advancedsettings>These settings improved the situation, but when I play relatively high quality videos, every few minutes Kodi's video cache seems to empty, and the video is stuck.
I used Action(playerdebug) to inspect the situation in real time. It seems the cache fills very slowly but persistently. It usually reaches a maximum of only 5-7 percent. Then, at some time, the cache starts draining until it is emptied. The video stops. Then it fills slowly again, and so on...
The wireless connection is stable and I have no similar issues with other devices. The video rate is not very high and this should be well within the limits of the wireless network.
I suspect either a problem on Kodi's side, or perhaps some strange behaviour of the SMB shares on my Windows machine, but these are just guesses.
Any suggestions?
Thank you very much.