question about quality streams

[stargatesuite]

Hello everyone! I regularly use Kodi as my media player and have some streams I view from it. I have noticed that especially with 1080p links, I end up with green pixelation and artifacts. When I drop down to 720p this barely happens. I have adjusted the player's acceleration settings and such, but then playback gets choppy. I am curious if the streams weren't properly encoded, so they play back poorly, or is my media player (an android box using KODI) is the issue. Thanks in advance!

[davexnet]

You're accessing these streams directly from your Android box streamed to the TV?
You could try accessing the same streams from the PC and check the quality there

[stargatesuite]

Good idea. I don't have Kodi on my laptop and have been using Stremio on my laptop. That will definitely answer "is it a quality stream issue or a hardware issue."

[Sviests]

It is also possible that the problem is with streams being too big to handle for the players unless you increases cache (delay).
Try increasing the "Network Cache" in Kodi options (there's a how to in their wiki). The stream may get a few second delay,but that way you'll avoid all the glitches you're experiencing.
For example, if the 1080p stream has a bitrate of 10Mbit/s and the network cache set is only 3Mbit (VLC,etc Default) no wonder why you are getting glitches/green pixels/freezes/etc.

[stargatesuite]

So I noticed that on my laptop, the video playback is flawless. However on lesser quality streams, regular 1080p, not x264 or x265, the audio gets staticy. Sviests, I will look into your suggestion. With these higher quality links, there could be the issue you mentioned. Thanks for your suggestion!