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RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - Cosmicbase - 2020-02-06
(2020-02-06, 11:32)CastagnaIT Wrote: [quote="Cosmicbase" pid='2921191' dateline='1580682321']@CastagnaIT Hello, when I watch a movie or series on my Android phone, the progress is saved. I can also see which movies and series I have watched. A hook is always set.Just read: https://github.com/CastagnaIT/plugin.video.netflix#my-watched-status-is-not-being-updated-on-website-or-apps
But when I watch Netflix on CoreElec Kodi, I don’t see my progress from Android phone.
Are there ways to synchronize this automatically, for example when you start Netflix.
I don’t want to look at everything from scratch. Also, I can’t remember the progress from Android phone and Android TV.
I can only see in GitHub that the "current watch status" is in the works.
Or is there already a fix or update?
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - boblo - 2020-02-06
(2020-02-06, 15:24)CastagnaIT Wrote:My idea was to use high quality upscalers (Lanczos-3, Spline36) with some old movies (from the Classic genre), like I do with some of my video files (at a very low resolution). I have an old plasma TV and its upscaling is subpar. As far I know, these Kodi HQ upscalers are only available when both MediaCodec and MediaCodec (surface) are disabled (at least on the Android Platform). I know this is not possible with the official app, but I thought this would if your Netflix add-on does not perform a previous upscaling of the streamed content and allows Kodi to do that (via the settings context menu > video options).(2020-02-06, 15:03)boblo Wrote:(2020-02-06, 11:32)CastagnaIT Wrote: This is Kodi limitsSwitching to Arial did the trick, thanks. What about this?
Currently Kodi doesn't handle all the characters, and it won't do so on Kodi 19.x as well...
You have to try to switch Skin font to Arial, but it is possible that also Arial font do not support all asian fonts
Quote:One quick question. Is the hardware acceleration absolutely necessary on the Shield TV? Could the playback work without this feature on this media player? (Tegra X1 or X1+ SoC: 4xARM Cortex A57 + 4xARM Cortex A53 cores and 256 bits Maxwell GPU).
hardware acceleration is necessary to correct process the video stream
if you want to keep it disabled, but why??
at least as far as i know the MediaCodec hardware acceleration (surface) is mandatory keep it enabled
Thanks anyway.
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - Wagg - 2020-02-07
Has anyone been able to get Dolby Vision working at all with the addon on the Fire Stick 4k and Kodi 19?
As I stated earlier my last try was less than successful. I just want to have one device that does both Atmos/DV on Netflix through Kodi.
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - lhassell - 2020-02-08
For some reason, my box seems to be defaulting to German audio. I can change it when the video runs, but it is a bit odd. Is there a language setting I missed somewhere?
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - Wagg - 2020-02-08
Success!
I was able to get Dolby Vision+Atmos working on Kodi 19 with the add on.
The problem is with the Netflix logo that pops up before the originals. Afterwards the video falls back to normal 4k. In order to get DV working again you have to set the InputStream to manual resolution then switch back and forth to get DV working again.
This needs to be fixed, or at least a way to block the annoying "N" logo before videos would do it.
$25 device that offers both Dolby Vision+Atmos. Awesome.
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - corleone85 - 2020-02-10
Hi guys,
My TV is 4k and my plan is UHD. But in Kodi I only get 1080p. I've whitelisted all UHD resolutions, I have the correct Inputstream settings and plugin settings. Win 10 x64 and latest Kodi 19 x64 nightly.
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - ininjapants - 2020-02-11
(2020-02-10, 16:49)corleone85 Wrote: Hi guys,My understanding is 4k only works on android. I wish it worked on linux because that is all I use anymore for kodi.
My TV is 4k and my plan is UHD. But in Kodi I only get 1080p. I've whitelisted all UHD resolutions, I have the correct Inputstream settings and plugin settings. Win 10 x64 and latest Kodi 19 x64 nightly.
resolution specs from github
"Reference table of high resolutions
This table explains compatibility of high resolutions between devices and operating systems. This may change over time based on updates made by netflix.
System1080P4KVideo DecodingWindows✔*1✖*2Software
Linux (Android) *5✔*1, *3✔*4Software \ Hardware *4
Linux (OSMC-LibreELEC)✔*1✖*2Software
Linux (Distros)✔*1✖*2Software
MacOS/IOS✔*1✖*2Software
*1 With Software decoding not all videos could be at 1080P.
*2 Currently not available due to widevine limitations.
*3 To to have a chance to have all the videos at 1080P you must meet *4 requirements.
*4 Hardware decoding and 4k are supported only to devices with Netflix certification, Widevine Security Level L1 and HDCP 2.2 hardware.
*5 Some android devices do not work properly, this is due to restrictions implemented by netflix with devices with false certifications (often with some Chinese boxes) in rare cases even happened to not being able to play the videos.
Click here to view the list of known and tested android devices for 1080P and 4K playback"
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - thomas.rehberg - 2020-02-11
(2019-12-21, 20:36)thomas.rehberg Wrote:I will have to revert an earlier statement due to some findings that I have gathered recently:(2019-12-21, 18:22)CastagnaIT Wrote:This is no network problem. Not only the Youtube stream are working well, on all resolutions and video bitrates (as per vq).(2019-12-21, 00:56)thomas.rehberg Wrote: Thanks CastagnaIT for your suggestions. In fact I already gave a lot of testing to the network config and performance. The NAS is connected to a brand new mesh network (Nokia Beacon 3). When I, e. g. use the Youtube addon, which is also using DASH, no problems at all, even with full HD.
I have no idea what is bringing down the performance so heavy. CPU is at 40%, RAM at 70% on this J1900 Bay TRail platform, because if DRM causing SW decoding. So resources are not short.
Strange
youtube 1080P use smaller band because it is self-adaptive on bandwidth
here we still don't have automatic quality transitions based on bandwidth
you can perform a temporary test, directly connecting the NAS with LAN cable on the router, excluding WIFI on NAS, so in this way you can really exclude a possible wifi problem
As my suspicion is the decrypting I installed the nice "video test streams" addon from Matt Huisman.nz repository. Here you can validate all kinds of videostreams, also with Widevine DASH over inputstream.adaptive. NO ISSUE at all.
But I spotted that here I still can use the hw-decoding VAAPI, whilst in the netflix addon it's all SW-decoding. I thought this is mandatory because of the Widevine decoding process ?
CatagnaIT was right in suspecting a network issue being the reason.
In fact, it´s NOT the LAN, and also NOT the Internet link I´m running (50MBit/s). But it looks like that my ISP have a weak peering with Netflix which translates into a shortage of bandwidth at evening times (only).
I found that out as I did some tests with a customized firefox browser (with the 1080p addon): At evening times also there the bandwidth has some weak moments. But as this client will adapt to a change in bitrate by reducing resolution, and Inputstream.adaptive does not, there is no buffer observed in the browser. In Kodi the result is a stall because vq and aq are empty ... and the Inputstream.adaptive is sticking to the stream that was selected by start.
I´ll have to do some tests now with the min/max bandwidth in this addon setting to give range to the Netflix addon that it can deal with. Actually I have 2Mbit/s for Min./5MBit/s for Max applied, and the Netflix addon max. res. reduced to 720p.
Not the picture quality I was dreaming of but a starting point for tuning.
Any further advise is appreciated, thanks !
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - DoctorBR - 2020-02-14
(2020-02-01, 11:25)CastagnaIT Wrote: (...) please open a github issue and post a debug log as described in the github Readme
and also astspecify if you have a 4K TV
@CastagnaIT, github issue opened:
https://github.com/CastagnaIT/plugin.video.netflix/issues/475#issue-565058367
Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - krille3018 - 2020-02-16
Thanks for a fantastic addon.
Have tried running this addon in Kodi 18.5 on my Minix U9H. Using latest official firmware for Minix. Highest resolution I get is 960*540(540p). Sound works perfect I get Dolby Atmos.
I read historically some has got 720p resolution in Kodi. How did you do that does it still work or have someone managed to get even higher(1080p,4k,HDR) if so how?
Thanks in advance
Custom Views Question.... - starslayer74 - 2020-02-16
I am trying to understand the custom views options - I am running Auramod skin and I have my default views for my library, which is causing havok with the Netflix addon. It mainly concerns the TV shows on Netflix.
Whenever I go into "My List" or any of the TV shows within Netflix, I get the banner view (which is what I use as the top view when I go to my TV library) - I was hoping maybe custom views would enable me to change the view to something different but I can't figure it out, it doesn't seem to matter what I put in as my custom view #, it always shows me banners (which is frustrating because they aren't real banners, it just fits part of the video preview in the banner size image....I've been staring at Bert Kreischers bare belly for months!
Any suggestions or am I misunderstanding what the custom views option does?
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - hlloyge - 2020-02-16
Hello!
I have a 'buffering problem', esp. in evening hours, where video stops every half minute, 'clock' shows up, filling, starting again. Youtube streams work as espected, 1080p, without problems.
What can I do? last official Kodi and Netflix plugin, on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
With my last Kod instalation, there were some caching options to configure manually, would these work?
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - vascobraga - 2020-02-17
I'm having problems with the resume playing option on 0.16.4. If I try to resume an episode/movie it starts from the beginning even though having the "in progress" symbol. This happens every time I exit the menu or go a "step back". If I stay in same page of the menu it prompts the resume/start from the beginning option as it should. If I revert to 0.16.3, resume works ok. I'm playing from library and using CoreELEC. Anyone experiencing this problem? I already removed the add-on and reinstalled it.
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - thomas.rehberg - 2020-02-17
(2020-02-16, 22:28)hlloyge Wrote: Hello!I´m suffering from exactly the same issue since about 6 months or so, having tried almost everything to get it solved with no final result yet. Let me tell you what are my findings:
I have a 'buffering problem', esp. in evening hours, where video stops every half minute, 'clock' shows up, filling, starting again. Youtube streams work as espected, 1080p, without problems.
What can I do? last official Kodi and Netflix plugin, on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
With my last Kod instalation, there were some caching options to configure manually, would these work?
How it reads to me I would expect your ISP being the first problem, quite typically the evening hours are problematic as the trunks to Netfilx are getting heavily booked, and congested. Be aware that the Netflix addon does NOT use the cache mechanism that e.g. other addons use: It uses a small internal buffer only, as it relies on DASH and is pulling segments of the stream from the VOD servers as per the bandwidth available. Moreover, the today available implementation with Netflix addon + inputstream.adaptive cannot deal with changes of the available bandwidth while streaming: once a specific stream is selected then it stays with it, so if your network bandwidth suddenly drops, buffering is what you will see...
Use the netflix test "fast.com" and see what the routes to Netflix support in the evening, in my case sometimes even less than 12Mbit/s on a 50Mbit/s subscription (which I actually running a claim on with my ISP).
The other lane of limitation is that, because of the DRM decrypting, you can only have SW decoding of the video. This can easily bring your CPU to the limits, in my case higher bitrates (>10Mbit/s) of a 1080p stream are stuttering on a J1900 cpu ... ...that has no problem with any 1080p material when HW decoding applies.
In my case, lower bitrate 1080p videos rending fine, but to be safe use the "limit stream to 720p" option in the addon config. Then the addon will select streams that will have 2Mbit/s max. and your cpu can deal with it.
Hoping the above can help you saving some time,
RE: Netflix Add-on [input-stream] - hlloyge - 2020-02-19
(2020-02-17, 11:45)thomas.rehberg Wrote: Use the netflix test "fast.com" and see what the routes to Netflix support in the evening, in my case sometimes even less than 12Mbit/s on a 50Mbit/s subscription (which I actually running a claim on with my ISP).Fast.com says I have 150 Mbps link, which is what I am paying. Also, CPU usage is 20% on J1900, so no problem there.
The other lane of limitation is that, because of the DRM decrypting, you can only have SW decoding of the video. This can easily bring your CPU to the limits, in my case higher bitrates (>10Mbit/s) of a 1080p stream are stuttering on a J1900 cpu ... ...that has no problem with any 1080p material when HW decoding applies.
I am guessing that the cache is too small, as the video quality never drops to potato, as it should, if the speed is the problem... no?