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Kodi Official Discussion Thread V2, Free and Open Source (GPL) Media Center
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cyew86
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 Jan 20 2018, 10:13 PM
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Hi,
Need some guidance with Quasar add-on. Followed the installation instruction perfectly, managed to run, the only problem is buffering fails very often - download speed starts off great, but drops to zero after short while. Hence, most of the time big sized files (4GB and above) will not run - stuck at buffering stage, the number of connected seeders at this point will drop to zero, or in negative digit. Smaller files (around 2GB) will occasionally run if I am lucky enough to get it fully buffered before the speed drops. The movie will run ok with full download speed once I get it to run successfully
Here is my set up:
Himedia Q5 Pro
Unifi 50Mbps
Download path set to external SD Card 32GB (Sandisk Ultra) due to limited internal memory
Tried limiting download speed to 8000kbps and upload speed to 300kbps
Tried disabling, enabling and forcing connection encryption
Tried enabling/disabling tuned storage setting
Tried limiting connection to 200, 150, 100, 50, 30, 10
Tried multiple movies - from trending to top rated
Thanks.
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cyew86
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Jan 20 2018, 10:56 PM
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QUOTE(voncrane @ Jan 20 2018, 10:34 PM) I recommend you fiddle with your router instead. Disable QoS settings if any.. Could also be the internet connection is being throttled when it detects p2p connections. QoS is turned off Was suspecting throttling from ISP from the start, but just want to be sure that I did not set anything wrong. Weird thing is that my normal BT download on my PC is fine, and the movie would play just fine as long as I get past the buffering stage as well. Ah well, I guess I would have to give up on Quasar and rely on my usual BT download then. Thanks for the kind advice  |
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cyew86
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Jan 20 2018, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE(voncrane @ Jan 20 2018, 11:12 PM) That's really weird. Was gonna ask about p2p connections using a different device on the same network. But it appears that's not an issue. You definitely have sufficient speeds and download location shouldn't be a factor. Unless it's slow to keep up. You mentioned the Download path is set to external SD Card 32GB (Sandisk Ultra) due to limited internal memory. This while good for some smartphone usage, is definitely not designed for fast read and writes required of larger high bit-rate files. So I suggest you switch the download location to a fast USB device instead. This should work. Didn't want to waste the card, bought it recently during Lazada 12.12 sale with the intention of formatting it as internal storage, but somehow it just didn't work and found out that it is a well known issue for this card when I did a search online, hence using it as external storage device  Will try changing the download location to my USB 3.0 1TB HDD later and see if it makes any difference. Thanks! |
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cyew86
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Jan 21 2018, 12:04 AM
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QUOTE(voncrane @ Jan 20 2018, 11:43 PM) Yeah, I updated my earlier post to reflect similar thoughts. A good USB3.0 drive should work splendidly. Especially with the Himedia Q5 Pro's USB 3.0 port. You won't be facing the usual bottleneck present with using a 3.0 device with a 2.0 USB port. Ideally, make sure to flash (slow flash) the drive first to NTFS cuz Quasar won't accept FAT32 and clear the addon's cache. Try it out and update.  Just updated the setting as advised, and tried playing 2 different movies (around 8 to 12GB), and it works perfectly now! Thanks for the great help  Now ... what do I do with the memory card  |
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cyew86
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Jan 21 2018, 01:56 PM
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QUOTE(AVFAN @ Jan 21 2018, 12:28 PM) if u had asked before u bot it, i would have warned you! i tried that long time ago. now, u can use it to store music, home videos, photos... u wud hv read by now... quasar needs the efiling at OS level to work on a drive. only e-sata and usb will work. ext sdcard and nas will not work. Silent reader, prefer to read and test out myself first before asking, somehow missed this during my research and paid RM40+ for nothing Will try to be more active in forum again |
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