Use Kodi video cache setting for transcoding

resources/lib/PlexAPI.py

@@ -2281,7 +2281,6 @@ class API():
             'partIndex': self.part,
             'hasMDE': 1,
             'location': 'lan',
-            'mediaBufferSize': '16384',
             'subtitleSize': settings('subtitleSize')
             # 'copyts': 1,
             # 'offset': 0,           # Resume point

resources/lib/initialsetup.py

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import logging
 import xbmc
 import xbmcgui
 
-from utils import settings, window, language as lang, tryEncode
+from utils import settings, window, language as lang, tryEncode, \
+    get_advancessettings_xml_setting
 import downloadutils
 from userclient import UserClient
 
@@ -399,6 +400,16 @@ class InitialSetup():
         log.info("Initial setup called.")
         dialog = self.dialog
 
+        # Get current Kodi video cache setting
+        cache = get_advancessettings_xml_setting(['cache', 'memorysize'])
+        if cache is not None:
+            cache = str(cache.text)
+        else:
+            # Kodi default cache
+            cache = '20971520'
+        log.info('Current Kodi video memory cache in bytes: %s' % cache)
+        settings('kodi_video_cache', value=cache)
+
         # Optionally sign into plex.tv. Will not be called on very first run
         # as plexToken will be ''
         settings('plex_status', value='Not logged in to plex.tv')

resources/lib/playutils.py

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class PlayUtils():
                 quality={
                     'maxVideoBitrate': self.get_bitrate(),
                     'videoResolution': self.get_resolution(),
-                    'videoQuality': '100'
+                    'videoQuality': '100',
+                    'mediaBufferSize': int(settings('kodi_video_cache'))/1024,
                 }))
             # Set playmethod property
             window('plex_%s.playmethod' % playurl, value="Transcode")

resources/lib/utils.py

@@ -548,6 +548,40 @@ def __setSubElement(element, subelement):
     return answ
 
 
+def get_advancessettings_xml_setting(node_list):
+    """
+    Returns the etree element for nodelist (if it exists) and None if not set
+
+    node_list is a list of node names starting from the outside, ignoring the
+    outter advancedsettings. Example nodelist=['video', 'busydialogdelayms']
+    for the following xml would return the etree Element:
+
+        <busydialogdelayms>750</busydialogdelayms>
+
+    Example xml:
+
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+    <advancedsettings>
+        <video>
+            <busydialogdelayms>750</busydialogdelayms>
+        </video>
+    </advancedsettings>
+    """
+    path = tryDecode(xbmc.translatePath("special://profile/"))
+    try:
+        xmlparse = etree.parse("%sadvancedsettings.xml" % path)
+    except:
+        log.debug('Could not parse advancedsettings.xml, returning None')
+        return
+    root = xmlparse.getroot()
+
+    for node in node_list:
+        root = root.find(node)
+        if root is None:
+            break
+    return root
+
+
 def advancedSettingsXML():
     """
     Kodi tweaks
@@ -595,12 +629,11 @@ def sourcesXML():
 
     try:
         xmlparse = etree.parse(xmlpath)
-    except: # Document is blank or missing
+    except:  # Document is blank or missing
         root = etree.Element('sources')
     else:
         root = xmlparse.getroot()
 
-
     video = root.find('video')
     if video is None:
         video = etree.SubElement(root, 'video')

resources/settings.xml

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 	    <setting id="bestQuality" type="bool" label="30541" default="false" />
 	    <setting id="bestTrailer" type="bool" label="30542" default="true" />
 	    <setting id="force_transcode_pix" type="bool" label="30545" default="false" />
+	    <setting id="kodi_video_cache" type="number" visible="false" default="20971520" />
 	</category>
 
 	<category label="30544"><!-- artwork -->