Buffering at Channel Startup - Only Once

[jcole998]

I'm finally getting some time to devote to getting KNEWC working with Kodi on my Debian Rpi4 on a wired network. Great success! Thanks for your hard work!

I have a question...Each time I start a new channel, the video/audio begins almost immediately. Good. But after about 10-15 seconds, things pause and the "Buffering" message appears. After 100% is reached, video/audio are restored never again to appear until I change the channel.

My research has turned up nothing. Time-shifting is not involved. I have found no way to control any hardware decoding.

Order of events:
-Restart server service
-Start Kodi
-Start KNEWC add-on
-Start LiveTV and witness the buffering
-Stop KNEWC and then Kodi
-Flush server buffers, zip them and then add in the Kodi log

Can you take a look at the logs(NextPVR and Kodi in one zip) and tell me if I can fix this?

Much appreciated.

[mvallevand]

Sorry I haven't been able to resolve this either. I have an unrelase knewc feature to help record VOD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B98P_XJ4...e=youtu.be but I can't use it because of this lag.

Anything anyone can do to help me solve this would be appreciated I am not sure what I need to do to avoid this calling http from an addon. As you say recordings are fine so it is something about that initial buffer.

A workaround If you enable pvr.nextpvr and use PVR mode rather then Native playback it will be better and you will even get timeshift, but I don't know if sub fully supports timeshifting in UI client so odd things might occur.

Martin

[jcole998]

I'd be happy to help but while Windows skills are considerable, my Linux skills are limited. It sounds like you know what is happening but have not found a suitable solution. Care to share?

Thanks for the tip about using PVR mode. I'll give it a try. I simply need to watch live TV and play back recordings.

Thanks again...

JohnC

[mvallevand]

This isn't windows or linux it is Kod addons. I don't see other addons users complaining so it is probably something I don't understand about starting a player.

PVR mode has the advantage of playing recordings in progress and comskip without a share but it slows down startup and is more resource intensive than knewc.

Martin

[Chris-A]

This isn't windows or linux it is Kod addons.  I don't see other addons users complaining so it is probably something I don't understand about starting a player.

Hi, I found this while looking for info on comskip in V5, and can definitely say I get the same behaviour in the webUI. Get a couple seconds of perfect live tv, then a stutter that could be barely noticeable or a handful of seconds. It was such a small thing it wasn't even on my "try to figure out" list... but I'm really not doing much more than streaming on a monitor for the most part. Either way, thought with your above statement I'd at least chime in. 

If there's any info I could provide that might help, please do let me know. 

Chris

[jcole998]

Finally got to testing the PVR mode onRPi4 Kodi. Same problem as described in Post #1. In fact, of those modes that produced a watchable video, every mode does the same thing.

I hope you can find the answer.?

JohnC

[mvallevand]

When you use PVR mode do you also have Kodi PVR NextPVR enabled? If not it falls back to the same mode.

The issue is likely the 2 HEAD and three GET that Kodi does to start live TV when streaming. NextPVR sees at least one of these as a new request. It doesn't like something about the sequence.

Martin

[jcole998]

I hope I understand what you mean. All my testing has been with KNEWC and changing the Settings before launching the add-on. I'm not sure what you mean when you say "Kodi PVR NextPVR enabled?".

JohnC

[mvallevand]

PVR mode uses the PVR playback engine with the UI Client so pvr.nextpvr has to be installed and enabled.

Martin

[jcole998]

I tried installing pvr.nextpvr from zip "pvr.nextpvr-coreelec.zip." Install failed.

Am I using the right zip?

JohnC