Reply To: Problem streaming in 4K from my NAS

Paul,

My guess is that Kodi is buffering the video into the memory (RAM) faster than it is being watched and there might not be any cap on it, so it’s filling up all the available RAM on the device so it causes it to lock up.

Take a look at this tutorial I did about Kodi’s hidden cache settings… https://kinkeadtech.com/how-to-fix-kodi-buffering-with-hidden-cache-settings/

Now, you will probably want to set yours different since you’re having the opposite problem as most people. Most people have issues because Kodi is not buffering enough to keep playback steady. But your Kodi is probably buffering too much, filling up your RAM.

Check the Settings > System Information page in Kodi while the video is playing and watch your RAM usage to see how much RAM you have available and what you should cap it at (using the setting).

I hope this helps!