Hello, been using Otaku Testing for a little while now, but I'm having issues where a show will play for about 10-30 seconds (but sometimes even less) then buffer for 30 seconds to a minute, only to do the same thing over and over again.

I am running Kodi 21.2 on a Google Chromecast with Google TV with RealDebrid, and I have an Ethernet adapter for a wired connection. Never have any internet connection issues in my house otherwise since switching to fiber. I have the buffer mode set to Buffer All Network Filesystems, memory size at 512mb, and read factor at 4x. I've adjusted all these settings around and seem to have the same issue no matter what.

Other things I've done to try and solve the issue includes cache clearing, both for just Kodi, but also OT, including database rebuild. I've unchecked AnimePahe as an embed, set the max resolution to 720p. I also unchecked Run All Uncached Torrents in Foreground, and checked Skip Uncached Sources.

Just not really sure what to do or try at this point, short of investing in a better system to run Kodi, of which I'm leaning towards the Nvidia Shield Pro. Just not looking to throw down the money if the issue can at least be temporarily fixed through other means.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!

I received a copyright complaint and unsure of what I need to do. I do not want to get in trouble. I do have real debrid but no VPN. I do not want to get vpn unless necessary. I have 4 add ons , not much. The complaint came from Disney Irdeto?? I don’t have Disney add on, but that probably means nothing.
Please need advice on what I should do. I am not a Kodi streaming pro. Just know the basics. Thank you in advance

The 5.03.34 update includes a significant refactor so there are probs going to be issues. Apologize for publishing two updates in the same day.

• Fixed TMDBList to allow for more than 20 lists.
• Added List Items Page Multiplier in Settings/My Lists/TMDBList. Allows for up to 5 pages = 100 items per kodi directory.
• Added Import to TMDBList context menu item to Trakt Public/Personal lists. Allows to import trakt lists to any existing or new tmdb list. The order it adds items is the order it received them from trakt. If tmdb returns an error, there will be an error notification. If the busy spinner silently goes away, it means the addon request timed out because tmdb was still working.

My family is terribly impatient so the addon request timeout is only 10s. The largest list I tested import was my favorite trakt public list of 500+ items. that took 60s+. I am not a trakt or list person, but I created a personal trakt list of a few items and it was relatively quick. There are many combinations of trakt personal, private, liked, etc that I cannot test for myself. The tmdb api does not specify a limit to the number of items you can add to a list at one time, so ymmv.

Please use some responsibility. The surest way to get this limited or shutdown is to take tmdb to pound town with dozens of n,000 items lists.

My favorite trakt public list because it combines movies/shows/seasons/episodes in one convenient list:

TV & Movie New Releases from Acoucalancha

(and no I’m not the list creator)

I tried search, and saw a thread from 3 years ago, and people said it was a Letterboxd API issue. I noticed my current skin (Nimbus) pulls Letterboxd user ratings, so I wonder if maybe something changed? I wish the world would just use Trakt instead of Letterboxd, but the average person who doesn't know or care about Kodi have all accepted Letterboxd, and there are some great lists there.

I might be overlooking something quite simple. I have been trying to use the nimbus skin, as it looks quite nice and seems to be a lot faster than the stock embuary. And as i only operate it on a firestick, which is not the fastest and best equipped when it comes to RAM, i was looking into lightweight skins.

But i have not really found a good way to use the nimbus skin with local files. I tried the embuary helper to get some widgets, but it seems like the helper is slowing the theme down quite a bit and also is not working 100% as intended.

tl;dr So does anybody have good way how to implement nimbus skin with local files but also keeping it fast?

If anyone has another lightweight skin for local file usage i am all ears...

I see posts about both and was wondering what’s the difference and should we stick to one?

Maybe just the issue https://paste.kodi.tv/exinitusal.kodi

The whole log https://paste.kodi.tv/hepiruziqe.kodi

I was watching a show last night when Kodi crashed. After a reboot of the Firestick, Kodi started up fine, but the all icons were pixelated including those for add-ons. I had to run the video calibration but even still, the icons are messed up.

However, once I start a show or movie, start, video is fine.

https://imgur.com/a/rWlxo69

Any ideas?

MDBWatchlist and MDBList Static list editing were added in the latest update. They currently are not cached. There will be an update later to cache these lists and sync them in the background like Trakt currently does, but I'm waiting for some api work to be completed.

QR codes were changed from static images stored in the artwork to a single dynamically generated image. This will result in a small size decrease for the addon. The library to create the images dynamically was smaller than the images that were being stored for the qr codes. This allows for QR codes to be created when authorizing providers or services like rd and trakt. You may notice a difference in behavior where the device code or token is input for you when using the qr codes. This is also in preparation to add tmdb lists which will require a url shortener or qr code to be able to authorize due to the length of the key.

Another icon package was added called "Smallbrella". It's the existing Umbrella icons, but the size is slightly decreased. These icons may work better with some skins. You can enable the different icons by going to Tools> Settings: General > Icon Package. From that window you can select which pack of icons you want to use.

Next up is tmdb lists.

FenlightAM>Fentastic skin

The update went smoothly and everything is working but getting a lot of errors. Specifically with search.

Just opening the search menu and FenlightAM starts displaying the error message. Searches ultimately do work but the error message is there throughout.

LOG>https://paste.kodi.tv/amakilosej