4k files stutter when played from NAS

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@Gregware

I don’t know what fstab is, so I guess I use Kodi samba client

First add the cache setting I suggested in this post

Vero4k Networking

So to recap: Your network can continously transmit 98 Mbit/s You are using fstab based nfs mounts The movies that are stuttering having an average bitrate <70Mbit/s You already configured a 500M cache settings So if that is not working than something most be wrong. I suggest Configure the buffer settings as below and afterwards post the file cat ~/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml | paste-log Remember before changing the file you need to stop mediacenter sudo systemctl stop mediacente…

Second suggest to switch to fstab mounts that are explained here

Configuring fstab based Samba share mounts

This tutorial is to help those who are using Samba (also known as CIFS, SMB or Windows Networking). It assumes that you already are sharing media files on a Windows Server or Desktop. Why use /etc/fstab instead of Kodi’s built in SMB client? The Kodi client in current versions (17.x and older) is slow. Using /etc/fstab is faster, and not really that hard to setup. EDIT: 11/1/2019 While improvements were made in Kodi 18.x, using fstab will still be faster. Preparation: You will need to know …