Problems with streaming and sound dropouts

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@andi82

(network share mounted with Kodi)

Try fstab based SMB mount that has better performance

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 …

How are you connected to your LAN? Wired or wireless?

@andi82

often black for short and the AV Receiver Onkyo TX-NR646 display flashes briefly

Have you tried a different HDMI cable? For this providing debug enabled logs will help.