Buffering on 1080P TV Recordings
#1
When watching 1080P recorded TV content though TVH client in Kodi, I get buffering (count to 100 in center of screen) after I 30-skip a commercial. Its only a few seconds but it annoys me. Client is hardwired 100Mb, dual proc 8 GB of RAM laptop. 720p recorded tv is instant for 30-second skip. Heres what Ive tried:

1. Streamed recordings from server with content on SSDs...still buffers for a few seconds after skipping forward.
2. Play recordiings instead of through TVH Kodi Client, play through NFS share...buffering is a half second and much better. But metadata doesnt work well for CBS News shows.

When I play recordings through TVHClient on my Android phone and BSPlayer, skipping forward on 1080p recordings is instant.

Client
I have a 1Gb backbone with 100Mb client, Dual Proc, 8GB of RAM. basically idle.
Server
TVheadend as a ESXi VM, 3 Core, 16GB of RAM, dual NIC 1Gb. very low utilization. Locally stored or NFS mounts - doesnt matter same buffering.

TVHeadend and Kodi is perfect except for this annoyance. Here are questions:

1. Is there a streaming profile in TVheadend that could fix it for Kodi? Tried Matroska instead of TS and no fix.
2. Should I just use NFS and skip HTSP protocol for watching 1080p recordings?
3. Or am I too easily annoyed by 3 second buffering that I should relax and have more grattitude for life?

Any help would be great,

Chad
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#2
Modify your advancedsettings.xml with a readfactor of 8 or higher, and possibly increase your memorysize, as well.
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#3
Thanks for the idea. I will try that and reply back.
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#4
http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO%3AModify_the_video_cache

I replicated the settings just like the link above. Still buffering for a few seconds. Any other ideas?
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#5
Replicated how? Which did you modify? That article gives hints and several different types of settings, all of which are better suited for different scenarios.
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#6
<advancedsettings>
<cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>139460608</memorysize>
<readfactor>20</readfactor>
</cache>
</advancedsettings


Above is my advancedsettings. Let me know your thoughts.
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#7
Then perhaps a debug log is in order. Also, please post the relevant version information: Kodi, pvr.hts, Tvheadend. Current versions are 17.4, 3.4.28, 4.2.3, respectively. If you are running newer/development versions, have you checked the proper bug trackers and issues; if you aren't running current versions, upgrade first.
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#8
I was on all updated versions. I decided to quit on the Intel graphics on the client. I bought a Mii box running Android TV. Great device, runs Kodi and TVh without any issues. Great experience and almost no buffering.. Thanks again for responding.
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