HOW-TO:Modify the video cache

This page describes three advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to maximize the video playback cache. You can use all or just a couple of these settings to see significant improvements in cache performance, should you require it (most users will not require these modifications). This can help with intermittent network issues, buffering, reduce how long the network is tied up, and sometimes improve battery life.

Steps
If you don't already have an advancedsettings.xml file, it's very simple to make. Kodi uses this file for advanced settings and features that normal users shouldn't modify without first knowing what they do, as well as for experimental features, etc.

Example 1
All three options enabled, using local hard drive for cache.


 * advancedsettings.xml

Example 2
Only cache size changed, using 100MB of RAM for cache (which requires 300MB of free RAM).


 * advancedsettings.xml

Example 3
Two options enabled, using 50MB of RAM for cache (which requires 150MB of free RAM), and cache both internet, LAN, and local content.


 * advancedsettings.xml

Example 4
A safe setting for most devices with 1GB of RAM that should help most users "on the edge". All protocols get cached, cache rate fills up pretty much as fast as possible, and cache size is 150MB, using 400MB of ram total.


 * advancedsettings.xml