Has anybody had success running streamed 4K video ?

pdoth

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After updating to Kodi 18.1 I'm still in the process of sorting all the settings out, but, before updating from 17.6 I could watch without too much effort 4K steams in 5.1 fairly easily. Now I am having problems. At first I thought it was the 'old' favorite, internet speed but I'm pulling >200+ so, that's not the issue.

However, I have noticed that my CPU is now maxing out at 100% which is probably the reason for the very 'unwatchable' video (looks like about 2 frames/min.

Has anybody else experienced this and/or found a solution?
 
After updating to Kodi 18.1 I'm still in the process of sorting all the settings out, but, before updating from 17.6 I could watch without too much effort 4K steams in 5.1 fairly easily. Now I am having problems. At first I thought it was the 'old' favorite, internet speed but I'm pulling >200+ so, that's not the issue.

However, I have noticed that my CPU is now maxing out at 100% which is probably the reason for the very 'unwatchable' video (looks like about 2 frames/min.

Has anybody else experienced this and/or found a solution?

Providing we're discussing legal streams of course ;)..... Even if you have blinding fast internet it's still possible to experience buffering issues due to how Kodi utilises the CPU & cache, etc., etc.

Do you use an "advancedsettings.xml" file with your Kodi setups? (Full wiki here, however, it can be a bit confusing if you're not used to the format & settings etc.) You can essentially adjust how Kodi streams (& a whole lot more), & it gives you much finer control over Kodi's defaults.

The file isn't present by default. Basically, your options are to start a new one from scratch yourself, download one, or borrow one from another user & edit it to suit your requirements. (I put one I scripted on one of my NAS's for safe keeping & now I can't find the damn thing lol. I used it with Android a while back but then ended up not needing it again.). There was also a (legal) Kodi add-on you could use to help create one that just contains the maintenance tools, (Ares Wizard). It might be back, however. Google will help ;).

With a bit of tweaking you may be able to resolve this issue & have Kodi make better use of available RAM/cache rather than thrashing your CPU.

@pusb87 uploaded his in this post here, scroll down & you'll see the file available for download with installation instructions :). (It may require minor edits depending on your needs.)
 
Providing we're discussing legal streams of course ;)..... Even if you have blinding fast internet it's still possible to experience buffering issues due to how Kodi utilises the CPU & cache, etc., etc.

Do you use an "advancedsettings.xml" file with your Kodi setups? (Full wiki here, however, it can be a bit confusing if you're not used to the format & settings etc.) You can essentially adjust how Kodi streams (& a whole lot more), & it gives you much finer control over Kodi's defaults.

The file isn't present by default. Basically, your options are to start a new one from scratch yourself, download one, or borrow one from another user & edit it to suit your requirements. (I put one I scripted on one of my NAS's for safe keeping & now I can't find the damn thing lol. I used it with Android a while back but then ended up not needing it again.). There was also a (legal) Kodi add-on you could use to help create one that just contains the maintenance tools, (Ares Wizard). It might be back, however. Google will help ;).

With a bit of tweaking you may be able to resolve this issue & have Kodi make better use of available RAM/cache rather than thrashing your CPU.

@pusb87 uploaded his in this post here, scroll down & you'll see the file available for download with installation instructions :). (It may require minor edits depending on your needs.)

Many thanks for this ArcticWolf. The funny thing was that I was looking at this very option when your reply came up. It's certainly worth a go.

Just for completeness regarding the other issue of sound 'problems', I have also tweaked the HDMI 'settings setup' on the VSX330 from 4K/30Hz to 4K/60Hz. It looks like the benefit of better sound is outweighed by a 'loss' of picture quality due to CPU usage. It looks like this setting only effects sound as picture quality is set to 24Hz in Windows.

I'll let you know how I get on with the .xml tweak.
 
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