HD Channels unwatchable

[jrbill1991]

I thought that after the maintenance, the buffering problems with the channels that are now in 720p HD (ESPN US, CNN and USA Network) would be fixed. But no. It's buffering every second, is completely unwatchable!

And it's not my internet or my PC (kodi) because the Pac 12 channels that are 720p too from the same IKS66 is working fine, and other streams from other addons works fine too.

Anyone knows what is going on? I wish those channels went back to SD quality, I really miss ESPN.

[jrbill1991]

Has anyone facing this issue or not?

[wickedjoker]

Yes since the maintenance they keep buffering bad it's only those channels.

[aCiDjEsUs]

It might be you guys, I got two boxes running those channels as we speak and no buffering at all. My in-laws same thing, those three HD channels are running smoothly.

[jrbill1991]

It might be you guys, I got two boxes running those channels as we speak and no buffering at all. My in-laws same thing, those three HD channels are running smoothly.

It's a little bit odd, don't you think? Because as I said, the other channels in 720p (Pac 12) are running just fine, why only these new ones are having buffering issues?

[aCiDjEsUs]

It's a little bit odd, don't you think? Because as I said, the other channels in 720p (Pac 12) are running just fine, why only these new ones are having buffering issues?

Is it still buffering for you? Did you try to mess around with yout hardware settings?, on my AFTV I have to Turn ON hardware acceleration for those three HD channels to run smooth for the rest of the channels which are SD I have to turn OFF hardware acceleration but that's only on AFTV on my raspberry pi it all runs smooth without messing around with hardware settings.

[DFR619]

Although they are not buffering every second it is not good on those 3 channels for me
Just making aware of it

[jrbill1991]

Is it still buffering for you? Did you try to mess around with yout hardware settings?, on my AFTV I have to Turn ON hardware acceleration for those three HD channels to run smooth for the rest of the channels which are SD I have to turn OFF hardware acceleration but that's only on AFTV on my raspberry pi it all runs smooth without messing around with hardware settings.

I tried that. hardware acceleration ON or OFF the buffering remains for these new 3 channels, and the SD and Pac 12 (720p) works great with hardware acceleration ON or OFF too.

Now it's not buffering every second, but it still buffering like every 8 seconds.

[caliente]

I got the same problem

[TVFan]

Same problem here, with ESPN US buffering, while Sport 4 PAC 12 Bay Area has no buffering and same HD resolution.

[RalphR]

I been getting alot of buffering on all USA channels since the upgrade, had zero buffering till now :(

[jrbill1991]

Here remains the same. ESPN, USA Net and CNN unwatchable. Buffering a lot.

[Hazebronso]

I was running smoothly up until today. I can really only speak of ESPN in particularly. I'm in the Northeast of the country which was pretty stormy and cloudy ... I have no clue where these satellite signals originate but it got me thinking of a possible correlation.

[jrbill1991]

In my case is like that over a week. I really have no clue of what is going on. I tried everything.

Maybe a VPN would help?

[daddyrat50]

I been getting alot of buffering on all USA channels since the upgrade, had zero buffering till now :( For some strange reason, mine started freezing weeks before the upgrade, i did everything i knew checked my connection tried using the service in the app and pvr client. Nothing worked was unwatchable all the time i was at my wits end and i tryed one more thing and that fixed my problem. I got a VPN service and i get my ip adresses from ca or tx and mine works almost flawlessly now. I am in central part of US and of this day this service will not run on my isp ip address or even any ip address from chicago. I am no techy person but i think the problem is location of the servers and i think the servers could be located in western USA reason Ca and Tx ip address works well for me. I am watching HD channels now zero buffering.

[jrbill1991]

For some strange reason, mine started freezing weeks before the upgrade, i did everything i knew checked my connection tried using the service in the app and pvr client. Nothing worked was unwatchable all the time i was at my wits end and i tryed one more thing and that fixed my problem. I got a VPN service and i get my ip adresses from ca or tx and mine works almost flawlessly now. I am in central part of US and of this day this service will not run on my isp ip address or even any ip address from chicago. I am no techy person but i think the problem is location of the servers and i think the servers could be located in western USA reason Ca and Tx ip address works well for me. I am watching HD channels now zero buffering.

Can you recommend what vpn service you're using?

[daddyrat50]

Can you recommend what vpn service you're using? I private messaged you, didnt know if it would be allowed on this post or not

[jrbill1991]

I private messaged you, didnt know if it would be allowed on this post or not

thanks man

[Bartbull]

The Network feeds from Miami are working for me with no buffering, but all Networks from New York are down as of 17:00 est.......

[XBMC-Hodge93]

I do to i have the buffering issue i hope they fix it soon

[tuxen]

no buffering here. love the quality when my gf watch discovery id. so its not the server the bitrate is much higher ~2.5Mbit vs ~0.8Mbit SD.


this is for the kodi users.
try download psycon's advancedsettings.xml if it buffers a very short time setting the 8 secs post buffer up could help, it did for my friend.

you can also copy/paste this and put in /userdata/advancedsettings.xml you will probably have to create the file, notepad is fine. this is what I used for my friend:


<advancedsettings>

<pvr>
<minvideocachelevel>75</minvideocachelevel>
<minaudiocachelevel>75</minaudiocachelevel>
<cacheindvdplayer>true</cacheindvdplayer>
</pvr>

<network>
<readbufferfactor>20.0</readbufferfactor>
</network>

</advancedsettings>


also try press 'o' while the stream is running and monitor vq: its located after the framerate fr:59.940 and the buffer, keeping 75% data in the buffer does not give it time to reach 0 but only if the buffering is very short like very tiny stops ie the vq/buffer drops to 0 then rises to 99% again fast.
for the guy I know it kept it not falling below 20% and fluctuating up and down which is fine.

the other option has been mentioned, try a vpn.

[pod77]

I do to i have the buffering issue i hope they fix it soon

It would be helpful if you post your setup and what channels you are having buffering issues with. Is it all channels or certain ones? Are you running wireless or hard wired??

[retiredguy]

Try CNN or Fox News...using windows pc Kodi 15.2 Using Stalker Client NFPS 0.84. Using Datho VPN and tried every region in US. Have been buffering since it all came back..Unwatchable
I changed the advanced settings as suggested but did not work.

[tuxen]

I just tried 4-5 mins each, works fine here. cnn still running.
if you have longer buffering than half a second to a second the file will not work. :/

EDIT: btw. I am not using any advancedsettings.xml file.

[pod77]

Try CNN or Fox News...using windows pc Kodi 15.2 Using Stalker Client NFPS 0.84. Using Datho VPN and tried every region in US. Have been buffering since it all came back..Unwatchable
I changed the advanced settings as suggested but did not work.

Just checked both and zero buffering.. Using the STB emulator and the setup is wireless. Also not using a VPN.

[tuxen]

no vpn either here.

[daddyrat50]

I am curious to location of the world these that says they having no buffering, every channel buffering now and unwatchable with a vpn. mine was working good in early morning hours just turned it back on and all freezing and dont say its my internet connection either cause it isnt done did all the tests.

[pod77]

I am curious to location of the world these that says they having no buffering, every channel buffering now and unwatchable with a vpn. mine was working good in early morning hours just turned it back on and all freezing and dont say its my internet connection either cause it isnt done did all the tests.
I'm in the north east, been watching for 4 hrs without even a hiccup. Maybe try a different VPN? The server has been running flawless today so there's got to be another issue going on. Also the more people using an ISP provider throughout the day seems to cause issues for people with buffering it seems like.. So maybe that's the issue? Less people were on this morning when you were using it???

[retiredguy]

OK ...Restarted pc and kodi of course.....deleted cache..only 5 files...but were 131 packages and deleted them and it seems to have corrected the problem some...still having some quick spurts of buffering but very watchable.

thx

[XBMC-Hodge93]

I have no problem with the sd but the hd i do and i am.running kodi on my android phone

[jrbill1991]

Even with VPN it's buffering like crazy the new HD channels on kodi. The SD channels and the Pac 12 channels (HD) are the only that it's fine.

[pod77]

Even with VPN it's buffering like crazy the new HD channels on kodi. The SD channels and the Pac 12 channels (HD) are the only that it's fine.
Just checked my Kodi setup.. Running wireless and checked both cnn and fox and both are running without any issues. I have been reading that some have been having issues with buffering on the new HD channels using Kodi.. But I haven't had any issue yet. Running Kodi 16.0 RC3

[jrbill1991]

Just checked my Kodi setup.. Running wireless and checked both cnn and fox and both are running without any issues. I have been reading that some have been having issues with buffering on the new HD channels using Kodi.. But I haven't had any issue yet. Running Kodi 16.0 RC3

Well, I already tried everything. I really don't know why channels from other addons here with the same video quality works fine and this new channels from iptv66 don't.

As I said, even the pac 12 channels (and they're 720p) from iptv66 works great, except this new ones.

[pod77]

Well, I already tried everything. I really don't know why channels from other addons here with the same video quality works fine and this new channels from iptv66 don't.

As I said, even the pac 12 channels (and they're 720p) from iptv66 works great, except this new ones.
You can't compare other addons to this service unless they are going to the same server this service is... The addon that you are using that works is most likely hosted in a different part of the world so comparing YouTube or anything else has no bearing on it...

[jrbill1991]

You can't compare other addons to this service unless they are going to the same server this service is... The addon that you are using that works is most likely hosted in a different part of the world so comparing YouTube or anything else has no bearing on it...

And the Pac 12 channels on this same server? They are 720p too and works great.

[pod77]

And the Pac 12 channels on this same server? They are 720p too and works great.

What I'm saying is you had said"everything. I really don't know why channels from other addons here with the same video quality works fine and this new channels from iptv66 don't. "
You can't compare others addons or service to this service as they are most likely hosted in different parts of the world. Many of us tested the new HD channels and have zero issues so there has to be something else going on

[jrbill1991]

What I'm saying is you had said"everything. I really don't know why channels from other addons here with the same video quality works fine and this new channels from iptv66 don't. "
You can't compare others addons or service to this service as they are most likely hosted in different parts of the world. Many of us tested the new HD channels and have zero issues so there has to be something else going on

I understand. I hope it's something on the server. I'm from Brazil, maybe it's something they have to fix for people from some countries.

[jrbill1991]

I did one more try, this time on a STB Emulador on my Android Box.

Same problem, freezing a lot the HD channels.

I don't know what else to do.

[Jack123]

Same issue, since the maintenance on the 25th of April, all the HD channels are not watchable either audio is not synced or buffering
Ad channels work perfect as before
Kodi 15.2 stalker client