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Originally Posted by thabear04
I was on youtube and was going to try this one out.
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There are different caches in play here. Don't get them confused..
There's the Android FireOS app cache, which can be cleared via the FireOS main menu at System\Applications\Manage All Applications\ navigate to the app and click on it, and select the Clear Cache option. (Never select the Clear Data option) That only deals with the Android OS and it's app cache, and has nothing to do with the message you're getting during playback.
There's also KODI's various cache folders. Many plugins and such will have their own cache folders to use for plugin updates and other functions. This is the type of cache that is cleared by maintenance apps like in your Youtube vid. But that's different than the cache full message you receive when playing a video.
That's the third kind of cache, the video buffering cache only used during video playback. After playback is over this cache is cleared automatically. KODI will download enough of the video to ensure continuous playback before starting. It calculates the rate at which you're downloading, and knows how much of the video it needs to download, and that's how it gives you the little buffering percentage. By default you should very rarely see a message about the cache being full. But if you've installed what's called an advancedsettings.xml file, it changes the parameters of the video cache settings. Usually people use it incorrectly though, and it causes the cache full messages. That was why I ask if you'd installed a custom xml file or used a maintenance app that did.