Hi everyone!
I recently came across an issue when playing large FLAC files (>40 MB) from a remote location (VPN). As can be seen from the logs below, when I hit play, Kodi freezes for about 30 seconds, then shows the loading spinner and eventually plays the file. The corresponding section from the log is this:
2022-10-29 09:53:43.611 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:53:43.619 T:3007 DEBUG <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:53:43.619 T:3007 DEBUG <general>: GetSongsByWhereJSON query: SELECT song.idSong, strTitle FROM song ORDER BY song.idSong LIMIT 1
2022-10-29 09:53:43.620 T:3007 DEBUG <general>: GetSongsByWhereJSON - query took 0 ms
2022-10-29 09:53:43.629 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:53:54.638 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: Skipped 24 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:53:54.638 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:05.373 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: Skipped 27 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:54:05.373 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: Skipped 6 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(musicdb://songs/7000.flac)
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: system rules
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: system rules
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: mms/udp
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: lastfm/shout
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtmp
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtsp
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: streams
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvd
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: discimage
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: sdp/asf
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: nsv
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: radio
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: matched 0 rules with players
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding audiodefaultplayer (PAPlayer)
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=0, audio=1
2022-10-29 09:54:07.467 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=1
2022-10-29 09:54:07.468 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: VideoPlayer
2022-10-29 09:54:07.468 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: added 2 players
2022-10-29 09:54:07.468 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
2022-10-29 09:54:07.469 T:3143 DEBUG <general>: Thread PAPlayer start, auto delete: false
2022-10-29 09:54:07.469 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: OnPlayBackStarted: CApplication::OnPlayBackStarted
2022-10-29 09:54:07.469 T:3143 DEBUG <general>: PAPlayer::Process - Playback started
2022-10-29 09:54:07.485 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CMusicGUIInfo::InitCurrentItem(musicdb://songs/7000.flac)
2022-10-29 09:54:07.530 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: SELECT albumview.*,albumartistview.* FROM albumview JOIN albumartistview ON albumview.idAlbum = albumartistview.idAlbum WHERE albumview.idAlbum = 513 ORDER BY albumartistview.iOrder
2022-10-29 09:54:07.541 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: Loading additional tag info for file smb://device/yyy.flac
2022-10-29 09:54:08.398 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: CSMBFile::Open - opened smb://device/yyy.flac, fd=10000
2022-10-29 09:54:08.441 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:08.472 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: Skipped 4 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:54:08.472 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CSMBFile::Open - opened smb://device/yyy.flac, fd=10001
2022-10-29 09:54:08.500 T:3007 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:08.824 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: Open - probing detected format [flac]
2022-10-29 09:54:13.596 T:3008 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:23.612 T:3156 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: Skipped 10 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:54:23.612 T:3156 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:33.627 T:3165 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: Skipped 10 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:54:33.627 T:3165 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:47.071 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: Skipped 4 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:54:47.071 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: ACOUSTID_ID
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: ASIN
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: BARCODE
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: CATALOGNUMBER
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: DISCTOTAL
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: ISRC
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: MEDIA
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: RELEASECOUNTRY
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: SCRIPT
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: TOTALDISCS
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: TOTALTRACKS
2022-10-29 09:54:47.072 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: TRACKTOTAL
2022-10-29 09:54:47.075 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CSMBFile::Close closing fd 10001
2022-10-29 09:54:47.318 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CPlayerGUIInfo::InitCurrentItem(musicdb://songs/7000.flac)
2022-10-29 09:54:47.418 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Init (DialogBusy.xml) ------
2022-10-29 09:54:47.426 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
2022-10-29 09:54:47.442 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafb2dde0X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:47.452 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafb2dde0X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:47.502 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CDirectoryProvider[special://skin/extras/playlists/movies_random.xsp]: refreshing..
2022-10-29 09:54:47.503 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CDirectoryProvider[special://skin/extras/playlists/tvshows_random.xsp]: refreshing..
2022-10-29 09:54:47.504 T:3182 DEBUG <general>: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
2022-10-29 09:54:47.505 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CDirectoryProvider[special://skin/extras/playlists/albums_random.xsp]: refreshing..
2022-10-29 09:54:47.506 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CDirectoryProvider[addons://sources/game/]: refreshing..
2022-10-29 09:54:47.506 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CDirectoryProvider[addons://sources/executable]: refreshing..
2022-10-29 09:54:47.507 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CDirectoryProvider[pvr://channels/tv/*/]: refreshing..
2022-10-29 09:54:47.507 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: CDirectoryProvider[pvr://channels/radio/*/]: refreshing..
2022-10-29 09:54:48.393 T:3176 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:48.456 T:3176 DEBUG <general>: Skipped 2 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:54:48.456 T:3176 DEBUG <general>: GetSongsByWhereJSON query: SELECT song.idSong, strTitle FROM song ORDER BY song.idSong LIMIT 1
2022-10-29 09:54:48.457 T:3176 DEBUG <general>: GetSongsByWhereJSON - query took 0 ms
2022-10-29 09:54:48.458 T:3183 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:54:48.644 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: Open - avformat_find_stream_info starting
2022-10-29 09:54:48.655 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] Could not find codec parameters for stream 1 (Video: png, none(pc), 3000x3000): unspecified pixel format
2022-10-29 09:54:48.655 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options
2022-10-29 09:54:48.655 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: Open - av_find_stream_info finished
2022-10-29 09:54:48.656 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: CDVDDemuxFFmpeg::AddStream ID: 0
2022-10-29 09:54:48.656 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: CDVDDemuxFFmpeg::AddStream ID: 1
2022-10-29 09:54:48.657 T:3142 INFO <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder flac
2022-10-29 09:54:48.784 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: CSMBFile::Open - opened smb://device/yyy.flac, fd=10001
2022-10-29 09:54:49.847 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
2022-10-29 09:54:49.848 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: GetAlbumsByWhere query: SELECT albumview.* FROM albumview WHERE albumview.strReleaseType = 'album' ORDER BY RANDOM()
2022-10-29 09:54:49.852 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:49.863 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:49.875 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:49.887 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:49.895 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:49.900 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: GetAlbumsByWhere: Time to fill list with albums 53ms query took 23ms
2022-10-29 09:54:49.923 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:49.934 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:50.015 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:50.024 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafb2dde0X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:50.026 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:50.034 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafb2dde0X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:50.038 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:50.051 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:54.740 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafb2dde0X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:54.750 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:54.751 T:3181 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xafb2dde0X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:54.760 T:3184 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xd97be498X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:54:54.765 T:3182 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xaf9f6038X]: [image2] Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.
2022-10-29 09:54:54.774 T:3182 DEBUG <general>: ffmpeg[0xaf9f6038X]: [swscaler] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to bgra.
2022-10-29 09:55:04.278 T:3176 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:55:09.342 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: Skipped 24 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:55:09.342 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: ACOUSTID_ID
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: ASIN
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: BARCODE
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: CATALOGNUMBER
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: DISCTOTAL
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: ISRC
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: MEDIA
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: RELEASECOUNTRY
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: SCRIPT
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: TOTALDISCS
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: TOTALTRACKS
2022-10-29 09:55:09.343 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: unrecognized XipComment name: TRACKTOTAL
2022-10-29 09:55:09.347 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: CSMBFile::Close closing fd 10001
2022-10-29 09:55:09.586 T:3142 ERROR <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] invalid sync code
2022-10-29 09:55:09.586 T:3142 ERROR <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] invalid frame header
2022-10-29 09:55:09.586 T:3142 ERROR <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] decode_frame() failed
2022-10-29 09:55:10.367 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: SeekTime - seek ended up on time 0.000
2022-10-29 09:55:10.491 T:3142 ERROR <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2022-10-29 09:55:10.491 T:3142 ERROR <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] invalid sync code
2022-10-29 09:55:10.491 T:3142 ERROR <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] invalid frame header
2022-10-29 09:55:10.491 T:3142 ERROR <general>: ffmpeg[0xafa44a60X]: [flac] decode_frame() failed
2022-10-29 09:55:10.756 T:3142 INFO <general>: AudioDecoder: File is queued
2022-10-29 09:55:10.758 T:3142 DEBUG <general>: AudioDecoder::GetReplayGain - Final Replaygain applied: 1.000000, Track/Album Gain 89.000000, Peak 1.000000
2022-10-29 09:55:10.758 T:2942 DEBUG <general>: CActiveAE::ClearDiscardedBuffers - buffer pool deleted
2022-10-29 09:55:10.760 T:3195 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:55:10.768 T:3142 INFO <general>: PAPlayer::PrepareStream - Ready
2022-10-29 09:55:10.770 T:3195 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:55:10.776 T:3143 DEBUG <general>: OnAVStarted: CApplication::OnAVStarted
2022-10-29 09:55:10.776 T:2943 INFO <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2022-10-29 09:55:10.777 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - trying to open device ALSA:default
2022-10-29 09:55:10.777 T:2943 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Requested layout: FL, FR
2022-10-29 09:55:10.777 T:2943 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - set digital_codec 0
2022-10-29 09:55:10.777 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize -- unmuting HDMI
2022-10-29 09:55:10.777 T:2943 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
2022-10-29 09:55:10.781 T:3195 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:55:10.784 T:2943 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
2022-10-29 09:55:10.785 T:2943 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2022-10-29 09:55:10.785 T:2943 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE4
2022-10-29 09:55:10.785 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Request: periodSize 2048, bufferSize 8192
2022-10-29 09:55:10.788 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Got: periodSize 2048, bufferSize 8192
2022-10-29 09:55:10.789 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Setting timeout to 186 ms
2022-10-29 09:55:10.789 T:2943 INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - speaker layout 0
2022-10-29 09:55:10.790 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Input Channel Count: 2 Output Channel Count: 2
2022-10-29 09:55:10.790 T:3195 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:55:10.790 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Requested Layout: FL, FR
2022-10-29 09:55:10.790 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Got Layout: FL, FR (ALSA: none) (CEA: 0)
2022-10-29 09:55:10.790 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - ALSA Initialized:
2022-10-29 09:55:10.790 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: Output Device : Default (AML-MESONAUDIO: HDMI, S/PDIF & analogue)
2022-10-29 09:55:10.791 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: Sample Rate : 44100
2022-10-29 09:55:10.791 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: Sample Format : AE_FMT_S24NE4
2022-10-29 09:55:10.791 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: Channel Count : 2
2022-10-29 09:55:10.791 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: Channel Layout: FL, FR
2022-10-29 09:55:10.791 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: Frames : 2048
2022-10-29 09:55:10.791 T:2943 DEBUG <general>: Frame Size : 8
2022-10-29 09:55:10.799 T:3195 DEBUG <CWebserver[10085]>: request received for /jsonrpc
2022-10-29 09:55:10.810 T:2891 DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Deinit (DialogBusy.xml) ------
This is some information about the FLAC file from MediaInfo:
General
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size: 65.4 MiB
Duration: 8 min 55 s
Overall bit rate mode: Variable
Overall bit rate: 1 023 kb/s
Audio
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration: 8 min 55 s
Bit rate mode: Variable
Bit rate: 826 kb/s
Channel(s): 2 channels
Channel layout: L R
Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Stream size: 52.8 MiB (81%)
Writing library: libFLAC 1.3.2 (UTC 2019-08-04)
Since I’m playing media from a remote VPN location (handled by my router), I had to adjust buffering to account for an occasionally unstable connection:
====================== advancedsettings.xml =================== C7hKmH1p
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<advancedsettings>
<cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>300000000</memorysize>
<readfactor>10</readfactor>
</cache>
</advancedsettings>
---------------------- advancedsettings.xml END --------------- C7hKmH1p
These settings work very well for movies, but I tried playing around with them too (even completely disabling the cache) and this does not seem to affect playing music that much. What makes me wonder though, is the fact, that when streaming Music via Chorus, it only takes about 8 seconds to start playback of the same file (which is normal, I guess, considering the available bandwidth I have).
One further note: During the time Kodi is freezing SSH access is still possible and I see OSMC caching the file when monitoring the network via my router. But sometimes I saw Kodi even crashing, but that might have been caused by me trying to give too many commands during the freeze period.
The whole (sanitized) log is provided here: https://paste.osmc.tv/odasubajib
Thanks for any help and hints,
Chris