Kodi is one of those applications that cannot be missing from my tablet or Smart TV because it allows me to enjoy audiovisual content to the fullest. Even with traditional television, since it allows TNT to be recorded. Despite all the effort I put into the app and how much I love trying new addons to find the best ones, my Kodi still works fine But this has its own quirks: I strictly follow a series of best practices to avoid lags, cuts, and ultimately a bad experience.
In fact, here is my first tip to check Kodi performance: In the Settings option you can see the consumption of RAM and CPU in real time, which can be the first alarm signal if we find that it consumes a lot of our device. That being said, here are my tips for keeping Kodi running smoothly.
Always up to date and better without beta
To avoid any problems, I make sure I have Kodi and installed add-ons have been updated to their latest version. Yes, sometimes updates can have some bugs (in this case having the ‘Backup’ addon is essential), but having the latest version is a guarantee of having security fixes and errors, which, by therefore, provides better performance.
And another recommendation: I like to experiment, but on the Kodi that I use every day, I avoid betas because they usually contain errors and they do not shine with their stability
I delete add-ons that I don’t use
I mentioned it above: I love trying new add-ons and getting carried away by the recommendations, but having too many add-ons have harmful consequences to performance since they consume resources.
So it’s a good idea to take a look at the list from time to time and clean out the ones that have been installed just in case but are rarely used. Plus, it’s very simple: just go to settings and ‘Add-ons‘ > ‘Updated‘ > ‘All” to see the complete list. Once we touch the one we want to delete, the option of ‘Uninstall‘ with a trash can icon (Note that the ‘auto-update’ option also appears, which should always be enabled).
Goodbye to unused user profiles
The policy of Deleting what you don’t use also applies to these profiles of users that we have there and never enter. Of course, while the impact of excessive add-ons is notable, the impact of having many profiles is much less. But it’s better that everything is clean and with the bare minimum.
To view and delete profiles we will go to settings and there we will enter ‘Profiles‘ > ‘Profiles‘. With a long press on the profile that is not used you can either load it or delete it.
I clear the cache and do maintenance with EZ Maintenance
Clearing the cache is essential to improve the performance of the device, but unfortunately Kodi does not allow you to do this natively. But no problem: you can install add-ons like OpenWizard or Better yet, EZ Maintenance, a true Swiss army knife of maintenance.
We are before a most complete complement which not only serves to clear the cache (it can be scheduled), but also has backup and restore options, buffer enhancements… and so on. Here you have the address to install it (https://peno64.github.io/repository.peno64) and the steps to follow.
Better interface with own skins
This might be a cold shower for those who like customization, but in my case it wouldn’t be the first or second time I’ve had issues because of a third-party skin. So to avoid me trying to find out where the problem is, I always install Kodi’s own skins. You can see them in the settings, in ‘Interface’ > ‘Skins’.
If it doesn’t work as expected, reset the settings
Sometimes it happens that you are not very clear about what you have done but an application no longer works as before, it could be that you have installed things that do not work well, but also that you have changed the settings . Unfortunately, Kodi also doesn’t have the option to reset everything to initial point (there is the drastic option of deleting the application and reinstalling it), so you have to proceed step by step.
However, the problems usually lie in the add-ons and registry sections. You can find all this in the settings, in the section ‘System‘ and go section by section by selecting the last option.
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