Kodi 17 on nvidia shield tv – frequent video freeze

I was quite surprised that Kodi updated to version 17 on my Nvidia Shield TV. I didn’t (and still don’t) see a notice that 17 for release.

Anyway, it’s done. Unfortunately, I am experience frequent problems with playing back video. The video will just freeze, and the audio continues playing. This was never a problem with the previous version.
Workaround is to stop the playback and start again. I have to do that 6-7 times each on a 30 mins show.

Anybody else experiencing this?