2016-01-07, 22:39
Hi,
I've spent almost two days trying to figure out why Kodi with my VDR backend using the VNSI plugin is not playing HD TV channels properly.
First I thought it might be my hardware (MINIX NEO X7) the network or a problem with Kodi versions or hardware acceleration.
However I've ruled out everything and came to the conlusion it can only be KODI / VNSI:
- network is WiFi but I also tried with cable: no change
- different hardware firmwares (Android 4.2, 4.4)
- different KODI versions: 13.3 (original minix version), 14.2, 15.2, 16.0beta
- lots of different settings and optimizations in KODI settings, found in different forums (accelleration settings, sync, disabling EPG update, ...)
- local h.264 videos play just fine with approx 20% CPU usage
The VDR backend is 2.2.0, the vdr-plugin-vnsiserver is 1.3.1 (also updated to latest git version)
Fact is:
- KODI is dropping frames on HD TV (h.264) channels playback, the video is lagging
- CPU usage (4 cores) is around 50-70% each, which I think is too high
- playing channels with VLC + streamdev is smooth
- playing HD videos via PLEX from the same server is fine
This post seems to describe what I'm experiencing but using the latest vnsiserver didn't solve my issue as described there.
The last try was with KODI 16beta which still fails to play smoothly. So this is my very last resort :-)
Here is a debug log: kodi.log
Maybe someone here can help :-)
Thanks
I've spent almost two days trying to figure out why Kodi with my VDR backend using the VNSI plugin is not playing HD TV channels properly.
First I thought it might be my hardware (MINIX NEO X7) the network or a problem with Kodi versions or hardware acceleration.
However I've ruled out everything and came to the conlusion it can only be KODI / VNSI:
- network is WiFi but I also tried with cable: no change
- different hardware firmwares (Android 4.2, 4.4)
- different KODI versions: 13.3 (original minix version), 14.2, 15.2, 16.0beta
- lots of different settings and optimizations in KODI settings, found in different forums (accelleration settings, sync, disabling EPG update, ...)
- local h.264 videos play just fine with approx 20% CPU usage
The VDR backend is 2.2.0, the vdr-plugin-vnsiserver is 1.3.1 (also updated to latest git version)
Fact is:
- KODI is dropping frames on HD TV (h.264) channels playback, the video is lagging
- CPU usage (4 cores) is around 50-70% each, which I think is too high
- playing channels with VLC + streamdev is smooth
- playing HD videos via PLEX from the same server is fine
This post seems to describe what I'm experiencing but using the latest vnsiserver didn't solve my issue as described there.
The last try was with KODI 16beta which still fails to play smoothly. So this is my very last resort :-)
Here is a debug log: kodi.log
Maybe someone here can help :-)
Thanks