Linux:kodi disconnections

There are several multimedia streaming servers for Linux. The one I liked most of all was madsonic but I don't care for the fee structure. I have moved on to Kodi which seems to be encoding anything and everything that minidlna (Readymedia) wasn't.

However, one problem I have had is that after 10-12 minutes or so of watching a stream on my Samsung Bluray player it would disconnect and I'd have to restart.

I found the simple answer was to assign a static IP address to my player. My guess is that every time there was some sort of DHCP event, it would cause the player to stop. I don't know if this is just a Samsung issue or more wide spread but I have seen many people complain about frequent disconnects while viewing.

You'll have to look in the manual for your device on how to configure a static IP but it's not difficult. If you can compile Kodi then you can probably configure your player.

I hope this little hint helps someone and will remind me next time it happens.