Posts by dhrumil2504

Quote from lrusak

When you change advancedsettings.xml do you reboot each time? Or at least restart kodi to reload the new settings?

Yes, I reboot the system.
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Quote from Iridium

I'm not convinced it's a bug. The memory is being used, just not ALL at once. The amount of memory used, is going to be based on the size of data required for playback multiplied by the readfactor. (unsure where the 3 times memorysize comes into it).

I use a Cubox (orig) running Archlinux as a NFS server with a Gigabit network, going to wifi on a 300Mbit extender back to Gigabit into a Cubox-i4 running LE. I've never had any issues with buffering, even with very large files.

You need to check the usage on all sides. Remember a RPi only has a 10/100base ethernet and max speeds are only in the region of ~40Mbs.

Use the tools available in the LE Repository, Network and System Tools. Use something like nmon/iperf to monitor the amount of data coming in and determine the maximum size received.

The way I think of it, is as a water supply.
[R1] ---P1--- [R2] --> U1

R1 is a reservoir (your NAS/Internet streaming provider)
P1 is a pipe (The bigger the pipe the more water can be supplied per second) (Your network).
R2 is a reservoir (Kodi buffering) - The size of the "reservoir" is set by memorysize.
The amount of water fed into the reservoir is determined by the amount being used by U1 multiplied by the readfactor.

So as long as enough water is coming through P1 to satisfy U1 then you should have no problems. R2 will fill as quickly as possible but if P1 or R1 cannot supply enough, then lagging and buffering will occur.

I have a feeling that if P1 can supply more to U1 than R2 can accommodate, then problems will occur (Dam burst), which might explain my problems with readfactor of 60.

Kodi buffering will NOT help a bad network/server, nor will it help a slow processor (Wait times loading the data).

Personally, I think the default LE settings i,e NO advancedsettings.xml should work for most users. If you must use it, adjust it incrementally and check your data.

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Just to check, I ran iperf3 and go pretty good speeds and I have 300 Mbps link so it's not the network..

I'll continue messing around with readfactor but is there anything else you suggest for me to do? I know it's not the server or the Pi because it works perfectly on Jarvis with the advancedsettings but, without it it's the same on Jarvis. I know it's the advancedsettings that's not working.

ALSO, The file is a H.264 ACC 720p .M3u8

Quote from Iridium

Interesting, I use this on IMX6 with 2G memory and didn't see any change in memory usage either.

<advancedsettings>
<cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>209190912</memorysize>
<readfactor>20</readfactor>
</cache>
</advancedsettings>

The readfactor does work, as you can see a change in the amount of buffering in the video playback position. readfactor=60 did break it though!

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Quote from antonsn

I also created advancedsettings file and tried increasing memorysize and readfactor with buffermode 1. But it does not influence the memory consumption and it does not improve "Lags" occurring with streaming big files (over 30G) accessed over Samba via Ethernet

Yeh, I'm also accessing large files, over the internet, the bandwidth is there but Kodi has to cache ahead or it will not playback in realtime. No matter what I do there is no change in the amount of RAM or Disk usage. I think it's bug with libreelec. I'm going to try the advancedsettings on a windows install now just to see if it's not Kodi itself.

Quote from Iridium

Personally I wouldn't use <memorysize>0</memorysize> as all buffering is going to the SD card and not memory (This is slow compared to memory and increases the I/O on the card - which are not fast at the best of times.

Try <memorysize>139460608</memorysize>, <readfactor>10</readfactor> (Increasing to 20 if all works)

It had no effect what so ever.. Kodi used 15% of RAM with my setting, 15% of RAM with yours and I even changed it to 32768000 and it STILL only used 15% of RAM. At this point I think it's either a bug with Libreelec or I need to reinstall from scratch. I'll be reinstalling later today to see what happens..

Quote from Klojum

Perhaps there is a bug in your internet video streaming service...?
If your internet connection is that fine, why do you need a bigger cache?
Raspberry Pi builds have been solid for quite some time now.
I still use the default settings with a slower internet connection than yours.

How about uploading your kodi.log file so we can see what is going on.

I'll try to upload the log as soon as can but, any service.. even YouTube will keep buffering at 1080/720 without the advanced settings.
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Quote from Iridium

What version of LE are you running and on what device?
Quote "I've added this code to my advancesettings.xml file:" Maybe it's just a typo but check the file is "advancedsettings.xml" (Note the "d")

Yeh sorry about the typo.. I'm running 7.95.3 on a Pi 2. Jarvis worked great with the caching settings..

I've added this code to my advancedsettings.xml file:

<advancedsettings>
    <network>
        <curlclienttimeout>45</curlclienttimeout>
    </network>
    <cache>
        <buffermode>1</buffermode>
        <readfactor>4.0</readfactor>
        <memorysize>0</memorysize>
    </cache>
    <gui>
        <algorithmdirtyregions>3</algorithmdirtyregions>
        <nofliptimeout>0</nofliptimeout>
    </gui>
    <videoscanners>
        <ignoreerrors>true</ignoreerrors>
    </videoscanners>
</advancedsettings>

I've looked at the Wiki post from Kodi however it looks like I've everything right but, the settings are not working. My internet is not the problem as I have 80-100 Mbps down TO my Pi. The links are not the problem either after on Jarvis the same links worked fine. Is there anytime you guys can suggest me to fix with my xml file or is there a bug with the beta software?

I'm running 7.95.3 on the Pi 2. I'm using a 16 GB Class 10 SD Card.