No Need to Tweak Any Kodi Settings – Just Make Sure You’ve Got Bandwidth and Reliable Internet
Kodi buffering usually comes from the internet connection, not from Kodi: the stream needs more bandwidth, or a steadier connection, than you have. With Kodi you can turn your device into a media center for videos and music on your TV, laptop, phone or tablet, and one of the most frequent questions users ask is how to stop Kodi buffering.
Kodi’s video cache settings change how much video it buffers ahead, but they cannot add bandwidth, and programs that free up RAM do not either. Speedify adds bandwidth by combining internet connections, with no complicated steps inside Kodi.
Speedify gets you more bandwidth and a more reliable internet connection by combining two or more connections, such as Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular. On a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping.
How to Stop Kodi Buffering with Speedify
- Download Speedify on the computer, phone or tablet that runs Kodi (Windows, macOS, iOS or Android).
- Open Speedify and create a free account (the free tier includes 5 GB per month), or sign in.
- Give Speedify a second internet connection: on a computer, use Ethernet or Wi-Fi plus a phone shared over USB or Personal Hotspot; on a phone or tablet, keep Wi-Fi on and turn on cellular data.
- Connect. Speedify uses both internet connections at once, so Kodi gets the bandwidth of both.
- Open Kodi and play the video as usual.
Why You See Buffering on Kodi
Have to cope with minutes of buffering every time you want to watch a streaming video with Kodi? You are not alone. But, it isn’t Kodi’s fault that your video is buffering, nor your phone’s or laptop’s.
The real culprit is your internet connection. Streaming videos with Kodi requires a lot of data. Many internet connections just don’t have enough bandwidth to handle the request. Another possibility is that your ISP may be throttling video streaming traffic.
Kodi “Read Rate Too Low for Continuous Playback” Error
Kodi shows “Read rate too low for continuous playback” when the video arrives more slowly than it plays: the stream’s bitrate is higher than what the source, your network or the device’s storage can deliver. With online video, the usual cause is a slow or unsteady internet connection, or a busy server on the source’s side.
Try a lower-quality version of the video, plug the Kodi device into the router with Ethernet, and play the same video at another time of day to see whether the source is the problem. Kodi’s video cache settings, described on the Kodi wiki, control how much it buffers ahead. If your own connection is the bottleneck, a second internet connection combined with Speedify adds bandwidth; Speedify cannot speed up a slow source server.
Combine Internet Connections for Smoother Kodi Streaming
Speedify is a VPN app that combines connections, and you can use it on the device you’re using to stream videos with Kodi. Speedify is available for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and Linux.
Speedify’s connection combining lets you combine 2 or more internet connections at once. This gets you more bandwidth, a steadier internet connection and online privacy, all in one.
Speedify not only works for Kodi, but also for any website or internet dependent app. With two internet connections combined, Kodi videos can start faster and buffer less.
Keep Kodi Streams Running and Encrypted When a Connection Fails
Speedify goes beyond a faster internet connection: Speedify also keeps your connection reliable and secure.
Speedify monitors the quality of your connection in the background. If one of your connections becomes unstable, the app automatically reroutes all of your data through the other working connection(s). Once the lost connection is available again, Speedify starts to use it. You don’t have to do anything.
Speedify also works to encrypt all of your data, so you are protected on compromised Wi-Fi networks, and not even your ISP can see which sites and streams you open.
Thinking that Speedify is a VPN, so it’ll slow down your connection? With two or more connections, Speedify’s combining and error correction make your internet faster overall. On a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and can be a little slower.
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