Hey all
I’m using WebDAV to access a network share to play mkv files. I have a 250 mbps bitrate 4k test file that I’m trying to stream to the nvidia shield through wifi. When I play this file it doesn’t playback smoothly at all … very jittery and choppy. Now in comparison to playing this same stream file through VLC for Android (using WebDAV) … it works perfectly and the playback is so smooth without any jitters whatsoever. This proves that there aren’t any network bandwidth problems as the stream works fine! I’ve also done a speedtest using iperf and the nvidia shield can achieve a nice high speed of 300 mbps. This now really eliminates any network bandwidth queries.
I also replicated this using Kodi for windows on my laptop which was also connected wirelessly … no issues playing the 250 mbps bitrate file stream on there via WebDAV … played smoothly.
What is it about Kodi that causes the stream to lag? This is not using SMB, it’s using WebDAV which in comparison should be much more efficient/better.
Anyone shed any light on why Kodi on android specifically struggles with large bitrate files vs VLC for Android/Kodi for Windows – all via WebDAV?
Kodi version: 21.0
TIA