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Please help me stop my baby from crying because kodi keeps buffering (ttrpg.network)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The toddler loves having Kodi full of all their faves but I haven’t been able to iron out all the buffering I’m getting streaming from my mini-pc NFS mounted shares to the pi4 libreelec hooked up via Ethernet in the living room. Everything is wired, so I wouldn’t think that would be an issue but here I am about to put down a couple hundred dollars for a Synology router that looks like the monolith from 2001. Is this going to do the trick, you think? Is there another router recommended to keep a distributed little homelab (any 10tb spread between various usb hdd, raspberry pi’s and mini PCs all hosting a variety of containers and services) running smoothly? Budget I’m hoping to keep under 300 and lower the better but happy toddler and buttery smooth streaming over lan is the priority.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I have a similar setup but my nfs server is not a mini pc.

You could try diagnosing if it's the network or if your mini pc is too busy (maybe out of disk i/o?).

If that's too hard, temporarly stop all other programs on the mini pc. Does it help?

Does streaming something from the internet to kodi work without freezes? If it's ok, then network is likely not the issue

Last but not least, does playing the same video from an USB stick work smoothly? If not, maybe the quality is too high or the video is x265

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Before getting all crazy and changing the setup why don’t you try Wi-Fi. Yes Wi-Fi. Your cable might only be 100mbit and your WiFi may be faster.

Wi-Fi 5 can theoretically transmit data at speeds of up to 3.5 Gbps. And obviously WiFi 6 and 7 are even faster.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

All these answers are wrong you want Stremio.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried reading to your kid instead

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well maybe don't post about how your kid crys when they can't watch TV. And maybe you should have solicited advice from your pediatrician.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Your poor kid

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Sorry you seem to not be getting it https://lemmy.world/comment/11720780

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to assume you don't have kids.

Unless you've had kids you don't understand that it is practically impossible to complete even the most basic tasks unless your child is distracted.

Staying on top of household duties while managing a child is challenging enough, but then add on work, study, and every other responsibility.

I've never met a single parent who shares your opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do have a young child, and where does op state they are a single parent. Yes throwing screens in front of kids is the easiest way for you to ignore them and do what you have to do, but it's not recommended and it's bad for their development.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I didn't mean OP was a single-parent. I meant I haven't met any parents.

In any case, are you telling me you haven't ever let your kid watch TV because you were too busy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nope, no tv, no phone, no tablet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How old?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

7 months, crawling and standing they can't be left alone for more than a few seconds or they will pull themselves up and fall.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That is a complex setup. What's wrong with Jellyfin?

Also doing media streaming from a RPI is not going to work well. Go with a old minipc as they are cheaper anyway

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

? Not particularly. I have an intel mini pc hosting jellyfin and a few drives via nfs and samba in one room along with the rest of my homelab. In the living room I need to get that media to the tv so I’m using a pi4 running libreelec atm to connect to those shares.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Change the baby for a dog. You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear. Baby is now a werewolf and howls loudly when Kodi is buffering.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

My bad, I apologize. Put it in the freezer for now and I'll shout out when I have clear instructions in a codeberg repo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I hear you need dark magic for that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Depends on the color of the dog.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Broth...er?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You made my wife cry

EDIT IRL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Same solution as with the baby. Sorry, gotta go hide from my wife before she reads this. I kind of like breathing.

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