Yes Youtube played for full video 48mins
No VPN installed
I have thought about installing coreelec but I'm going to try and get the box replaced but I'm kind of wishing I had not ordered it from Germany now to to it get it quickly.
I'm having trouble with watching my NAS content on my U22-XJ using Kodi 18.6
- Thread starter ICF9
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No VPN installed
I have thought about installing coreelec but I'm going to try and get the box replaced but I'm kind of wishing I had not ordered it from Germany now to to it get it quickly.
Skynet
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No, it's Linux based, nothing to do with Android. The only things you can add are Kodi's add-ons.
No, CoreELEC is a standalone OS just for running Kodi, but it is based on dual boot so if you want to use Android you simply reboot to Android via the CoreELEC power menu by selecting reboot to emmc/NAND.
Skynet
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Have you tried all protocols ? (SMB, NFS, UPnP) ?
I also have 5 Synology and everything is working fine with last Kodi version.
I Use NFS, fixed IP addresse and a switch. So if my router fail i can still watch movies.
pusb87
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give it a go anyway...only takes 1/2 hr or so
ArcticWolf
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What about the source files themselves?
They could also be a part of the problem!! What format or encoding are they? Are we talking about old Xvid/DivX or more recent HEVC etc., etc.?
If (and only if) they're open or legally sourced, do you have some samples or examples we can test on our devices/networks?
Villa
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But all is working if he swaps out the U22 for his U1 !
ArcticWolf
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And
? Working to a point perhaps, certainly not 100%. What seems far more troubling to reconcile so far (from the original post) is that everything seems to work perfectly well if he plays these files from a USB flash drive directly attached to the U22, their U1 also streams those same files from NAS over the LAN too, but their U22 is apparently choking on streaming the same files from the same NAS.The reason I ask..... My U9-H's, for example, have always had some relatively minor issues with streaming some of my older SD Xvid/DivX (.avi) TV box sets, (particularly with Kodi). Others have also experienced & reported similar issues with the U1 in the past. I've never found an explanation for this & I usually just stream them to my TV's built in media player or a really old WD HD TV Live player instead, no such problems present!! Otherwise, the U9-H streams any other file I throw at it without a single hiccup. How do such a capable devices flawlessly handle the largest 4K and/or 4K HDR movies with HD audio (passedthrough), yet chokes on a tiny 350mb SD file lol?
(Kodi or other apps on a Win device also don't have a single problem with these same SD files, it's been specific to the U9-H, until more recently that is. The T5 spits its dummy over these SD files sometimes too but in general it does OK, certainly better than the U9-H & you won't hear me say that very often lol
.) Additionally, the point at which the U9-H experiences these issues with these SD files is (almost to the second) at 8 minutes, every single time, (or for me at increments of 8 minutes thereafter, 16, 24, 32, & so on), the same initial point the OP mentions in their original post. (The visual & audio components just de-sync by a few seconds but the file will still carry on playing (out of sync) until manually rectified every 8 minutes. Other times, these files just stop playing & Kodi exits back out to the file explorer/library view.)The U22, however, has been having even more serious issues when recently testing these same SD files. They too start off by de-syncing (also at 8 minutes) but when I attempt to correct them Kodi just exits to the file explorer/library or completely crashes, which I find pretty rare to date with Kodi. I haven't yet tested any other apps so I honestly can't say if it's a Kodi issue in conjunction with the U22 or globally with other multimedia apps as well.
Any other file I've thrown at the U22 so far, also not a single problem at all either (other than the known HD audio issue with my AVR setup), it handles everything else perfectly. It's just these damn SD files, again. (Disabling the hardware acceleration/decoding just for viewing the SD files on both the U9-H & the U22 has helped (but it's not a cure
), & I'd rather that setting was left enabled for everything else I'd ordinarily watch obviously. (That's certainly something the OP could at least test with their files too, see if it helps or not.))(I don't have them enabled or installed on my Synology NAS' respectively where applicable, @ICF9, but there are also options or packages available specifically for video transcoding from the NAS. Do you have any of these transcoding features actively enabled/installed? Certainly worth double checking for that kind of feature too. As yet we just don't know if the U22 will play well with such features or not. (In a perfect world it shouldn't affect anything & just work as is, but here you are with a U22 that just won't stream smoothly over a LAN, & it's sure as sh1t not a perfect world
.)After that, how much further you go with troubleshooting this ultimately rests upon your faith in how well your network & NAS are configured!! If you're just not sure, then dig deeper into the available settings & start checking or diagnosing further.
Otherwise, configure a PC/laptop or another UPnP/DLNA device for Kodi on the U22 to access the media shares & see how it behaves streaming from them. Problems repeat, you may have a global issue, problems desist, it could very quickly help you to narrow things down.
Eliminate what it definitely isn't or anything you've already tested/checked & hopefully that'll leave you with a much shorter list to look at more closely moving forwards.
davidki2020
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So, One comment... if your U1 is working fine is it the same revision of Kodi and the same revision of MX player? If both are the same... I"m guessing it is not a network issue.... does the U22 get hot (I know you sent it back) but, I am using U1s as my media boxes 3 of them all connected to the same GB network and they all are playing fine, I also just updated my MX player and vids that seem to struggle before seem to be working fine... I set MX player to Hardware + decoder. I do find some files that voice is out of sync but that happens on my U1 and my Roku so I'm guessing it's the file.
I am watching the u22 threads as I would like to upgrade to a little more performance and memory so I've been watching the treads... it seems like things are getting worked out... but, there are stilll a few Kinks getting taken care of... so, I"ll wait another 90 days... hopefully that will give it time to get most of the bugs worked out... I do have to say, I love my U1s, they have been rock solid the whole time I"ve owned them.
I am watching the u22 threads as I would like to upgrade to a little more performance and memory so I've been watching the treads... it seems like things are getting worked out... but, there are stilll a few Kinks getting taken care of... so, I"ll wait another 90 days... hopefully that will give it time to get most of the bugs worked out... I do have to say, I love my U1s, they have been rock solid the whole time I"ve owned them.
I myself have noticed rather "uneven" performance with NFS which I mostly attribute to the Linux side.
I also have found using SMB with the Kodi source setup by creating a new network location of "server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx : PORT#" syntax works very well in all cases (both with Linux and CoreElec/LibreeElec), noting that I use a linux server for storage not a dedicated NAS. The above, for a server IP 192.168.1.100 would be 192.168.1.100:445 for SMB share.
Once you setup the new network location in this manner each Kodi source can be set by browsing to that new network location in the list and a pull down menu should appear with each SMB defined share.
For newer versions of Kodi, each defined source MUST be setup with a username/password matching that of a user with proper permissions as defined on the server.
I have had much more success "playing" files from a server than using a NAS/streaming server.
ArcticWolf
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Unless you're fully aware of the functions & inner workings of the IPV6 protocol or you're actively using it with one or more of your devices, it's perfectly fine to just go ahead & disable it completely on your router. Your current devices will simply continue using IPV4 as they already are.
Certain routers are known to have or cause these issues if IPV6 is enabled & as in your case simply disabling it can often rectify the problems you experienced.
Do a bit of Googling around & you'll undoubtedly find other owners of various types of hardware (typically using ISP provided combined modems/routers such as those issued by Sky) discussing the same problem!!
Just remember that you have disabled it should you wish to use IPV6 with any compatible devices you may own in the future
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ArcticWolf
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Not just for your LAN no, (in the simplest of terms) it essentially gives each individual device its own unique (hard coded) IP address instead of the current IPv4 protocol in common usage that uses NAT & assignable IP's. And no, disabling it won't affect your current LAN at all
.Just Google IPv6 for the basic details, or IPv4 vs IPv6
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Villa
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ArcticWolf
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You did try factory resetting the original router first before blowing £$€'s on a new replacement right
???