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Will show the quality select dialog each time a video is played

Will show the quality select dialog each time a video is played Best

Automatically choose the best quality

Automatically choose the best quality Lowest

Automatically choose the lowest quality

Automatically choose the lowest quality Custom

Allows setting a maximum bandwidth in Mbit/s



The code will choose the highest stream up-to & including this value

A good starting value for this is 1/10th your internet down speed.

Eg. Your down speed is 50mbit, then set this to 5mbit.

Allows setting a maximum bandwidth in Mbit/s The code will choose the highest stream up-to & including this value A good starting value for this is 1/10th your internet down speed. Eg. Your down speed is 50mbit, then set this to 5mbit. Bypass

Skips the quality select altogether

You can still force a quality via context menu (see below)

Skips the quality select altogether You can still force a quality via context menu (see below) Disabled

Same as bypass but also removes the context menu option

Context Menu

You can also access the quality dialog via the context menu on the videos themselves.

(Context menu can be accessed by Long Press on select button, or C on a keyboard)

This allows easily switching to a different quality just for a single video.

Notes

The quality it shows is what is listed in the playlist it downloads.

It hasn't actually parsed each stream to get the real quality.





Some services may advertise a 60fps stream, but it is actually 50fps.

I suspect this is because their video platform is set to 60fps, but their source stream is 50fps. Even the bandwidth value may sometimes differ slightly.

Once the content is playing, you can press 'O' on keyboard to see the real quality. Once the content is playing, you can press 'O' on keyboard to see the real quality.





Remember - this feature is just in my add-ons.

It's not a Kodi feature so don't expect to see it in other add-ons.

How it works

It first downloads the playlist file and grabs the available bandwidths.

It also grabs any further information if it is provided (frame rate, resolution).







For Inputstream, this is the maximum and minimum bandwidth.

For ffmpeg, it sets the Kodi Internet Bandwidth limitation setting.



Before changing the settings, it grabs the current settings.

It then waits for playback to begin and then reverts the settings back to their original values. Once a quality has been selected, it will set the correct settings to force the quality in Kodi.For Inputstream, this is the maximum and minimum bandwidth.For ffmpeg, it sets the Kodi Internet Bandwidth limitation setting.

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