[globo.com] Fetching entire video before playback?

[Former user]

Hi,

Most globo.com streams (from a globo.tv+ subscription) frequently stop to buffer multiple times during playback for me. I've tried increasing my video cache per the kodi wiki: http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Modify_the_video_cache

But it hasn't helped. Would it be possible to add a mechanism to fetch/pre-cache/download the streams before playback to avoid interruptions?

[Vitor Hirota]

Can you tell me in what quality the video is being downloaded?

The plugin was changed to play the m3u playlist, in which the quality should be automatically throttled according to your network.

If it's stopping too frequently, it might be due to a higher quality (like 720p).

To my knowledge, pre-fetching the entire video is beyond the plugin functionality (and purpose).

If you confirm it is trying to get the 720p, I'll rollback the change so you can chose it manually to a lower quality.

[Sleiman Zubidi]

It happens to me all the time! Is there any way of choosing SD instead of HD? The previous version had this option in the settings, but is not there anymore. Is very annoying to watch anything if it pauses for buffering every 2 minutes. The add-on is useless for me since version 1.5, please put the SD option back.

[Lucas Andrade]

@sleimanzublidi, I've added an option to set the bandwidth limit.

[Sleiman Zubidi]

@lucasrokam , Thanks man! I'll try the latest version.

[Lucas Andrade]

I'll change it to resolved cause download before playback isn't needed anymore.