[SOLVED] Kodi using almost all the RAM.

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(15th Dec, 2021 03:38 AM)gkusiak Wrote:  

(30th Nov, 2019 07:43 AM)f1vefour Wrote:  It's better to use zram vs a swap file on an SD card in my opinion.

what about on a USB3 flash drive? That's what I've recently moved my xbian to and it's quite responsive...except when it's not. (I'm trying to resolve this.)

From https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Modify_the_video_cache buffermode 2 doesn't look like a terrible idea for me, as I stream exclusively from Real Debrid (if I'm allowed to say that here - the kodi forums have deleted my posts when I mention which addon is my primary) and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation official app

So, my question is: do I go and make an advancedsettings.xml file that creates a cache appropriate to my host/network/connection, or do I simply fire up the zram package and let the linux gods handle things? or a simple advancedsettings AND zram?

RasPi 4 w/4GB, xbian(latest) on 64GB USB3 flash/thumb drive

Thanks in advance.

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Don't do it. It's a pity for the time you spend with it. In my experience the cache handling in Kodi is pure placebo, doesn't help at all. At least for me it's like that.