HOW-TO:Modify dirty regions

Enabling dirty regions can help speed up the GUI in XBMC and decrease the demand on your CPU and GPU. For more information see: http://xbmc.org/theuni/2011/06/19/working-with-dirty-regions/

Using dirty regions requires a pre-Eden nightly build of XBMC.

1. Create a text document and save it as advancedsettings.xml (or edit the existing one if you've already made it)

2. Cut and paste the following into your new advancedsettings.xml file:

<advancedsettings>
 <gui>    
   <algorithmdirtyregions>1</algorithmdirtyregions>
 </gui>
<advancedsettings>

3. Place your advancedsettings.xml file in your userdata folder.

4. Done!

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