Strange Kodi issue with all PC based mini PC's...

[a007fan]

Hi there
I have tried a few versions of the windows based mini pc's, even the v1900 which is more powerful and with a 8GB RAM config and still I get the same issue on Kodi:
- I define zero cache as I have done on many Android TV boxes so that it will buffer all streams including local LAN ones (all my movies sit on my main PC which sits about 20 meters away)
- the buffering works very well with all internet streams no issues there.
- the problem starts with the local shared files. Then all hell breaks loose. The movie will eventually stutter and freeze even though there is plenty of buffer already!
I have looked hard everywhere and even plugged a separate more powerful wifi dongle with gain antenna and still nothing. It happens mostly on 1080p movies but with Android I never had this issue and the box was connected exactly the same way using the same PC as NAS source for all local LAN movies.
So what I have done is change the Kodi cache settings back to "0" where only internet streams get buffered. This way, I am able to watch the movies on my LAN but every now and then they will reach spots where the total data being transferred wirelessly is large or if there is a sudden wireless interference and so the movie will stop until buffer is reached again and resume so yes it isn't ideal but at least this way I am able to access my movies.
Has anyone encountered such an issue? It is really frustrating especially considering I have tried this with the Voyo PC with 64GB SSD and 2 GB RAM but also with the V1900 chip with 8 GB Ram and 128 GB ssd.
Tnx for any help.

[Cylon1978]

Hello.

I had the same on an android neo box but indeed its also giving problems on the mini pc.
Please create a file called: advancedsettings.xml
Enter the following info (with a text editor) and put that file in the following directory: C:\Program Files\Kodi\userdata\
Large mkv files might still give problems but in general things should be better..

(make sure its saved as "advancedsettings.xml" and not "advancedsettings.xml.txt")

<advancedsettings>
<network>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<cachemembuffersize>157286400 </cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>40</readbufferfactor>
<curlclienttimeout>500</curlclienttimeout>
<curllowspeedtime>500</curllowspeedtime>
</network>
</advancedsettings>

[a007fan]

Hi there
Tnx. Even though have tried similar settings in the past, I went ahead and tried yours. It still didn't work. On heavy movie (avg 12 mb/s) it will stutter every now and then and esven freeze and then continue back even though I cn see that there is cache still available . It's like if something in the system reaches some kind of bottleneck.
Again when I was on Android it never happened.
Any other ideas? Anyone? It can't be that we are the only ones having this issue.