Can anybody recommend a decent gigabit usb adaptor?

[Andrew_Stirling]

I have a few large files (eg. 50gb h265 encodes) that are struggling to play and wondered if anyone had any positive experiences adding a gigabit lan adaptor?

[sam_nazarko]

You shouldn’t need a gigabit Ethernet adapter.

Most will work; but I’d be more interested in resolving the issue you are experiencing and saving you a need for an additional peripheral.

@Andrew_Stirling

(eg. 50gb h265 encodes)

It sounds like your struggling issues might actually occur from protocol overhead or mounting your shares in Kodi which isn’t ideal for higher bitrate content.

• How are you mounting your shares?
• Can you post MediaInfo output for an afflicted file?

Sam

[Andrew_Stirling]

Ok, I’ll give the shares mounting thing a go. The file is fine as far as I’m concerned because it plays ok on my shield tv. I added my share as follows:

Settings> media > library > videos > add videos > browse > add network location > protocol smb >

I then manually put in my details

Is there a better way of mounting?

After I’ve done this, I can select the share from the ‘browse for new share’ menu. It shows up as smb://wdmycloudex4100

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@Andrew_Stirling

Is there a better way of mounting?

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 …

[Andrew_Stirling]

Ugh. I’ll give it a go although I genuinely think it is the network choking. How do I then add movies to my library? Do I browse from the library menu.

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@Andrew_Stirling

I genuinely think it is the network choking

Well therefore Sam was asking for the Mediainfo of the file. Any file with <94 Mbit would play via Fast Ethernet.

@Andrew_Stirling

How do I then add movies to my library?

Add Files -> Root Filesystem -> /mnt/Your Share

[Andrew_Stirling]

How do I get the media info?

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@Andrew_Stirling

How do I get the media info?

Please see the mediainfo section in How to submit a useful support request - General - OSMC

[Andrew_Stirling]

Hmmm
Unique ID : 174236576983109455882923634184912736264 (0x8314BE7D76CF3E0FADE1BE3F90099008)
Complete name : /Volumes/Public/4K videos/La la land.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 54.5 GiB
Duration : 2h 7mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 61.0 Mbps
Movie name : La.La.Land.2016.2160p.BluRay.x265.10bit.HDR.DTS-HD.MA.TrueHD.7.1.Atmos-SWTYBLZ
Encoded date : UTC 2017-06-19 18:26:14
Writing application : mkvmerge v12.0.0 (‘Trust / Lust’) 64bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.4 + libmatroska v1.4.5
Cover : Yes
Attachments : cover.jpg
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2h 7mn
Bit rate : 52.7 Mbps
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 1 504 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.553
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.381
Stream size : 47.1 GiB (86%)
Title : La.La.Land.2016.2160p.BluRay.x265.10bit.HDR.DTS-HD.MA.TrueHD.7.1.Atmos-SWTYBLZ
Writing library : x265 2.3+2-0dbee7ac1e59:[Windows][GCC 4.9.3][64 bit] 10bit
Encoding settings : cpuid=1173503 / frame-threads=16 / numa-pools=24,24,24,24 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=3840x1504 / interlace=0 / total-frames=0 / level-idc=51 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=3 / no-allow-non-conformance / repeat-headers / annexb / aud / hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / no-open-gop / min-keyint=1 / keyint=24 / bframes=4 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=25 / lookahead-slices=4 / scenecut=40 / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / no-rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=0 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=2 / limit-refs=3 / no-limit-modes / me=1 / subme=2 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=3 / no-early-skip / rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / no-b-intra / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=2.00 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / no-rd-refine / analysis-mode=0 / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=crf / crf=14.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=0 / vbv-maxrate=160000 / vbv-bufsize=160000 / vbv-init=0.9 / crf-max=0.0 / crf-min=0.0 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=1 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=9 / transfer=16 / colormatrix=9 / chromaloc=1 / chromaloc-top=2 / chromaloc-bottom=2 / display-window=0 / master-display=G(13250,34500)B(7500,3000)R(34000,16000)WP(15635,16450)L(10000000,0) / max-cll=1000,640 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=1023 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / opt-qp-pps / opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / hdr
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : R: x=0.680000 y=0.320000, G: x=0.265000 y=0.690000, B: x=0.150000 y=0.060000, White point: x=0.312700 y=0.329000
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0000 cd/m2, max: 1000.0000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 640 cd/m2
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 7mn
Bit rate mode : Variable / Constant
Bit rate : 3 840 Kbps / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 8 channels / 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: L R, LFE / Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 93.750 fps (512 SPF)
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy
Stream size : 3.42 GiB (6%)
Title : La.La.Land.2016.2160p.BluRay.x265.10bit.HDR.DTS-HD.MA.TrueHD.7.1.Atmos-SWTYBLZ
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : TrueHD
Format profile : TrueHD+Atmos / TrueHD
Codec ID : A_TRUEHD
Duration : 2h 7mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 737 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 230 Kbps
Channel(s) : Object Based / 8 channels
Channel positions : Object Based / Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : / 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 1 200.000 fps (40 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 3.34 GiB (6%)
Title : La.La.Land.2016.2160p.BluRay.x265.10bit.HDR.DTS-HD.MA.TrueHD.7.1.Atmos-SWTYBLZ
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #3
ID : 4
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 7mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 31.250 fps (1536 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 586 MiB (1%)
Title : La.La.Land.2016.2160p.BluRay.x265.10bit.HDR.DTS-HD.MA.TrueHD.7.1.Atmos-SWTYBLZ
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #1
ID : 5
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
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Count of elements : 1204
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Title : English-SRT
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text #2
ID : 6
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate : 15.4 Kbps
Count of elements : 2408
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Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #3
ID : 7
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate : 17.0 Kbps
Count of elements : 2718
Stream size : 14.6 MiB (0%)
Title : English-SDH-PGS
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #4
ID : 8
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
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Forced : No

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@Andrew_Stirling

Hmmm

Overall bit rate : 61.0 Mbps

Well Fast Ethernet should be fine to play that. Either try the fstab based mounting or alternative copy the file to emmc to check if it plays fine

[Andrew_Stirling]

Annoyingly I can’t SSH into my device. I managed it yesterday and changed the password. And logged in several times using that password. Now when I try to connect i get a permission denied error at the password prompt.

My OSMC has a different IP address from yesterday. Can that impact on access?

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@Andrew_Stirling

My OSMC has a different IP address from yesterday. Can that impact on access?

No, as long as you use the current/right IP

[Andrew_Stirling]

Got it. I was using capitals for OSMC in the SSH prompt. Thanks for your patience!

[Andrew_Stirling]

Ok. That actually seems to have helped! Thanks

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@Andrew_Stirling

That actually seems to have helped!

What has helped? The fstab based mounting?

[Andrew_Stirling]

Yes. Seems to have. Thanks for the help. I’m still having difficulty playing back one file but i’ve checked that and it’s VC1. The bitrate is pretty low for that but it’s in constant slow motion, unless it plays in the background behind the menu. Then it’s absolutely fine

[Andrew_Stirling]

Hey sorry to bother you again, I don’t suppose it would be possible to create a script that would change the refresh rate to 60Hz whenever it encounters a VC1 file? They basically seem to play in slow motion if played back at 24Hz

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@Andrew_Stirling

Hey sorry to bother you again, I don’t suppose it would be possible to create a script that would change the refresh rate to 60Hz whenever it encounters a VC1 file? They basically seem to play in slow motion if played back at 24Hz

To what value have you set “adjust refresh rate” ?
And if it is only on VC-1 maybe continue in this thread

Videos with VC-1 Codec doesn´t play properly

Hi @sam_nazarko! Unfortunately i have a new problem… some of my untouched movies have extreme stutterings, loss the sound and have frame skips - all of the files playing well with my himedia players! Have test Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, all have the same problem direct at the beginning! The OSD shows that aq falls to 0% very fast! [image] [image] The logs: https://paste.osmc.tv/oqivurijex And the media info: Format : Matroska Format version : Version 2 File size : 18.…

[Andrew_Stirling]

Yeah its definitely that issue. Only VC1’s and the problem goes away if I don’t adjust refresh rate and leave it at 60Hz. I’ll keep an eye on the other thread.

[Andrew_Stirling]

Sorry…tried watching this file again and whilst there’s been a definite improvement by switching the way my share is mounted, it started stuttering again. About an hour into the movie this time, but I got the buffering sign, audio dropouts etc. Any other suggestions?