How to fix Kodi Playback Failed Check log Error with simple steps

When you are using Kodi you may come across various errors with a pop-up message. One such error is called as “Kodi playback failed”. Mostly, you will get the Kodi playback failed error. Now let us see the steps how to fix Kodi playback failed error.

Reference: http://kodierror.com/playback-failed-check-log/

How to fix Kodi Playback failed error?

In general, Playback is defined as the process of playing or streaming the content on Kodi. So the possible reason for playback failed error can be occurred due to the following reasons.

• Kodi can’t access the content (or) The content is restricted
• Kodi can’t stream the contents due to the cache issues

  1. Unlock access to Geo-restricted Content

  Geo-restricted content means that the video content will be restricted to a particular country or a Geolocation. For example, if you want to stream the UK Live TV Channels from the US, then it would probably throw the error message like Playback failed error. Because the one who hosts those files will limit the access to the particular countries. So if you try to stream it from a US IP address, then it will get blocked suddenly.

  2. Clearing the Cache Memory

  Even if the Kodi gets access to the content, it won’t be able to stream for any of the following reasons.
  • It has an unsupported file format.
  • It will be having a poor response from the server where the files are hosted.
  • Changing of the m3u links.
  • Improper python scripts present in the addon.
  On the other case, let us assume that the Kodi managed to fetch the content but not able to play it. In that case, your Kodi must have fetched something that’s not playable. These contents are stored in the Kodi cache memory. So you have to clear cache on Kodi. Apart from that, we should also consider clearing the cache files dumped in the device that runs Kodi.

  3. Check the log file

  This is the suggestion given in the popup error message. “Check the log for more information” is the common message Kodi throws for most of the issues. You must check the log file to solve the issue.