Kodi Krypton Just Too Unreliable on RPi

I’ve been using the OpenELEC 8.03 version of Kodi Krypton and I’ve suffered with all kinds of live TV playback issues that just didn’t exist under OE Jarvis on my Raspberry Pi. It’s been frustrating suffering through long pauses and interruptions while watching live TV under Krypton. Krypton seems to be more sensitive to TV antenna problems than Jarvis. Disruptions caused by poor reception are handled more gracefully under Jarvis than under Krypton.

Another issue with Krypton has to do with time shifting. NextPVR time shifting is a hit or miss proposition under Krypton compared to Jarvis. Frequently going back in time can cause the system to freeze and show a “Tuner Not Available” message under Krypton.

Finally, Jarvis is so much faster starting up compared to Krypton. Specifically Krypton is really slow importing the program guide, recordings and channel information from the backend server compared to Jarvis.

I like many things about Krypton, especially Estuary. However, the bottom line is reliability and Krypton just isn’t ready for prime time when it comes to reliability!

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