Hi! So i just got my Vero 4K. I had problems with my old raspberry Pi 2 that it started to buffer alot with movies/series.
So i plugin my vero 4K hoping it would have dissapeared but i still got the problem. Its less but some movies are just unwatchable… For example high quality movies that are large files with DTS-HD. I have a 1 Gbit router with cable.
Have a 1gbit network card in my PC
I use SMB to stream my movies from my PC.
I have Windows 10(fresh install).
It would sound like theres something with my network/PC since i had the same problem with my old raspberry Pi 2(but its a little better now with vero4k), however if i stream these movies online using Plex.tv i dont have the buffer problem.
Please help!
I uploaded logs: http://paste.osmc.io/oxazayasan
Hope i did it right!
Try adding the following to advancedsettings.xml
<cache>
<memorysize>90000000</memorysize> <!-- Default is 20971520 bytes or 20 MB -->
<buffermode>1</buffermode> <!-- Default is 1 -->
<readfactor>10.0</readfactor> <!-- Default is 1.0 -->
</cache>Sorry, i tried finding some info first. But how do i easiest modify this file? How can i access my OSMC from my pc to easy modify it? I tried using SSH…but i dont know 
sorry!
A little Googling would lead you to getting Putty for you PC to allow you to SSH into the Vero.
I suspect you have a network issue, since you say you had the same problem with a Pi. You could try a above mentioned buffer fix, but if your Vero is connected directly to the router then I don’t think that it will help.
A good test would be to get iperf:
sudo apt install iperf
and also get it for your PC. Then from the Vero:
iperf -s
and from the PC:
iperf -i1 -t60 -cname_or_ip_of_vero
and see if you have dropped packets.
You could do it from Windows file explorer, but then you have to install Samba from My Osmc > App store on your Vero first.
When Samba is installed on the Vero, you should be able to connect and see the files from your Windows Computer the following way, where the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of your Vero
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Advancedsettings.xml does not exist by default, meaning that you have to create it and is located here.
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\osmc\.kodi\userdata
Then add the following to advancedsettings.xml
<advancedsettings> <cache> <memorysize>90000000</memorysize> <buffermode>1</buffermode> <readfactor>10.0</readfactor> </cache> </advancedsettings>
You say that you also had issues with the Ethernet on RBP2 which is odd.
Can you try connecting over WiFi (remove Ethernet), go to My OSMC -> Network and let us know if the issue still exists?
Sam
Thanks for all the replys, im at work right now so i will test it later tonight. I did install Putty and SSH into the vero but i just got a command prompt, and commands aint my strongest side… I will try samba, i think i actaully did that before with my raspberry, thanks for that! Will also try iperf later. I actually started with WiFi only on my vero 4k but since i got buffer problems i switched to cable but it didint help.
