Hi - new OpenELEC user here. I just got an Intel NUC (DCCP847DYE) to use with OpenELEC. I have another Window 7 PC with serverwmc/WMC and mediabrowser3 server set up with all my media. The NUC is connected to the same switch as my windows PC via gigabit ethernet. NUC has 2gb ram and 32GB mSATA ssd where OpenELEC is installed.
I installed the latest 5.0.5 version of OpenELEC via a USB drive to the ssd with no problem. OpenELEC boots up and is very responsive. I enable PVR in settings, enable the pvr.wmc add-on and configure the IP address to point to the windows PC. The addon connects, downloads the EPG and everything looks fine (the epg is viewable, I can see my channels, and I can see my recorded TV folder/contents). The problem is when I try to play a channel or a recorded TV file. When I click play, there is 20-30 seconds where I get the "Working" notification and then the program begins playing, but only for 2-3 seconds before stopping to buffer for another 5-10 seconds, then play for another 2-3 seconds and then buffer for 5-10 seconds, rinse, repeat. Bottom line is both live TV and recorded TV is impossible to watch as it is constantly buffering. I also installed the mediabrowser add-on and I'm having the exact same buffering issues over the network.
Given that the reviews of the NUC had several people saying that the box works great for an OpenELEC build, I have to think that there is some setting/configuration problem I'm missing. The boxes are connected to the same switch via gigabit lines so there shouldn't be a streaming problem. I also verified that it wasn't the line that was the problem by installing Kodi/pvr.wmc on a different Windows 7 laptop and connecting it to the same ethernet jack as the NUC was connected to, and that setup was able to connect to the serverwmc box and stream live/recorded TV with no noticeable delay. Also, I checked the logs on the Windows 7 ServerWMC program, and saw the OpenELEC box requesting and connecting to the channels and recordings properly and there were no warnings or errors in the logs that I could see. I have also tried reinstalling OpenELEC to the ssd, as well as creating a full OpenELEC USB install to run it off the USB drive, but I still ran into the same issues.
One other thing I tried was testing the network connection between the computers outside of the Kodi environment - I opened the OpenELEC machine on the network through windows explorer from my windows 7 media server PC and copied video files directly to the OpenELEC SSD....the transfer went at 11-13MB/s (nice and fast), finishing a 3GB 1080p movie file in
I installed the latest 5.0.5 version of OpenELEC via a USB drive to the ssd with no problem. OpenELEC boots up and is very responsive. I enable PVR in settings, enable the pvr.wmc add-on and configure the IP address to point to the windows PC. The addon connects, downloads the EPG and everything looks fine (the epg is viewable, I can see my channels, and I can see my recorded TV folder/contents). The problem is when I try to play a channel or a recorded TV file. When I click play, there is 20-30 seconds where I get the "Working" notification and then the program begins playing, but only for 2-3 seconds before stopping to buffer for another 5-10 seconds, then play for another 2-3 seconds and then buffer for 5-10 seconds, rinse, repeat. Bottom line is both live TV and recorded TV is impossible to watch as it is constantly buffering. I also installed the mediabrowser add-on and I'm having the exact same buffering issues over the network.
Given that the reviews of the NUC had several people saying that the box works great for an OpenELEC build, I have to think that there is some setting/configuration problem I'm missing. The boxes are connected to the same switch via gigabit lines so there shouldn't be a streaming problem. I also verified that it wasn't the line that was the problem by installing Kodi/pvr.wmc on a different Windows 7 laptop and connecting it to the same ethernet jack as the NUC was connected to, and that setup was able to connect to the serverwmc box and stream live/recorded TV with no noticeable delay. Also, I checked the logs on the Windows 7 ServerWMC program, and saw the OpenELEC box requesting and connecting to the channels and recordings properly and there were no warnings or errors in the logs that I could see. I have also tried reinstalling OpenELEC to the ssd, as well as creating a full OpenELEC USB install to run it off the USB drive, but I still ran into the same issues.
One other thing I tried was testing the network connection between the computers outside of the Kodi environment - I opened the OpenELEC machine on the network through windows explorer from my windows 7 media server PC and copied video files directly to the OpenELEC SSD....the transfer went at 11-13MB/s (nice and fast), finishing a 3GB 1080p movie file in