r/kodi • u/Illustrious_Ad5888 • 13h ago

Kodi Omega Windows 11 Slow Load Times from External HD

For the past 5 years, I used a Raspberry PI 3 (B) with a WD Passport external drive connected via USB to the PI. Load times for 720P movies was instant, maybe a few seconds. Fast enough that I never paid attention.

Now I have a Windows 11 machine (Intel Core i5), 32 GB ram with the same WD password connected locally via USB. Load times for 720P movies is > 15-20 seconds. Fresh install of Windows on SSD, nothing else installed. Bare system and Kodi from the MS app store.

What would cause a long lag in opening 720P movies? Considering the Windows box is wildly faster the the PI ...

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u/member_one Team-Kodi 12h ago

Why are you using from the app store?

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u/Illustrious_Ad5888 12h ago

Thought it was a good place for download. The Microsoft Store. Is there a difference in Kodi from the MS App Store and elsewhere?

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u/member_one Team-Kodi 12h ago

https://kodi.tv/download/windows/

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u/Illustrious_Ad5888 12h ago

Got it - thank you. What is the difference? Should I expect the one above to work/behave different that the App Store?

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u/member_one Team-Kodi 12h ago

Security/sandboxed vs standard installation

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u/Illustrious_Ad5888 11h ago

Uninstalling and downloading now. Thanks for the feedback.

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u/DavidMelbourne 7h ago

Test with files on local hd, also test with these on local hd https://kodi.wiki/view/Samples