Okie dokie! Not sure exactly where to start but since switching EPG providers from Vipers to Acid Jesus on my Shield TV STB I have been experiencing all types of freezing, stuttering, looping and stream drops making live streams almost impossible to watch. I've changed and tinkered with every conceivable setting in both Android and Kodi using Easy Advanced Settings, Ares Wizard and changing all types of settings within Kodi's Player settings including switching to 5G WiFi. Some settings have worked better than others but the bottom line was it was still happening and I felt like my options were limited on what to do next, a factory reset or an uninstall and reinstall of Kodi. Dreading both of those options I decided to try one last thing, completely remove the EPG and try streaming without it. So I switched from Remote Path to Local, Cleared Data and the streams are a lot more stable.
I'm not sure what the interconnection between the two are as I stated in a previous post that I thought the EPG was just the guide data and not anything related to the actual stream data but for some reason removing the EPG has seemed to resolved the issue.
Which leaves me back to my original post and question. How does the data in the EPG effect the stream coming from the IPTV provider? And why would it cause all these issues?
I'm not sure what the interconnection between the two are as I stated in a previous post that I thought the EPG was just the guide data and not anything related to the actual stream data but for some reason removing the EPG has seemed to resolved the issue.
Which leaves me back to my original post and question. How does the data in the EPG effect the stream coming from the IPTV provider? And why would it cause all these issues?