(2014-10-10, 21:57)smera Wrote: Cache can be found at:
/Users/<your_user_name>/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata/
By default, Mac OS X 10.7 hides the user's Library folder, which is where XBMC's userdata folder and logs are stored. There are a few ways to get around this:
While in the Finder, click on the "Go" menu and hold down ⌥ Option, then select Library.
You can use programs such as TinkerTool to change the visibility of all or some hidden files/folders.
To permanently reveal the ~/Library folder, open up Terminal and run this command:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Note: Anytime there is an OS X update (e.g. from version 10.7.3 to 10.7.4) you will have to run this command again as the folder will be hidden again.
Cheers, mate.
That's where I thought it should be.
But it's definitely not there.
I'm running 10.9 and while the Library folder in <my name> is a lighter blue than the normal folder icons, you can just click on it as normal and get all the way to user data.
I put the advancedsettings.xml in there, so I know I'm in the right place.
But there is no
cache folder.
Or nothing similar.
I've gone through every cache I have in spotlight and have none associated with XBMC in any way.
All I have is:
.DS_Store
addon_data
advancedsettings.xml
Database
favourites.xml
guisettings.xml
keymaps
library
peripheral_data
playlists
profiles
profiles.xml
RssFeeds.xml
sources.xml
sources.xml.1412638322.xml
Thumbnails
upnpserver.xml
And in the above folder - the xbmc one that contains user data, all I have is:
.DS_Store
.setup_complete
addons
media
sounds
system
userdata
XBMCHelper.conf
See what I mean?
I'm at a loss, especially as the non iPlayer streams were buffering.
btw -
does iPlayer buffer for you? and
does the cache rise in the codec options during playback when you press 'o'?
Also, when this non-iPlayer stream is buffering when I look at Xbmc in Activity monitor, the network use is rising, but disk write and read is static (which shouldn't be the case if it was writing the buffered data to cache). I checked Ram in case it was still caching the buffer to ram, but no joy.
Annoyingly, I have 16 gig of Ram, and am using very little, so it would be no problem to buffer to ram.
Though I'm only using the 32bit version of xbmc (as when
I installed it a few days ago, the websites said use the 32 bit version. Was this right?)
Now a 32bit version only allocates a max of 4gig for each app (which is very annoying given Mac didn't bring out a 64-bit version of Final Cut Pro - after 7, they stopped the proper app, and bought out a 64-bit Final Cut X that is just a fancy windows movie maker. If it was 64-bit, I could keep a full HD 10 minute 10gig film all in my Ram while I edited. But I digress.)
But xbmc is only using 130 meg, so even with the 32-bit app, and the need to keep 3x the buffer allocated free, I should be able to buffer 1 gig to ram with no problems.
I tried that, but like the HDD (which I've reverted to) it made no difference for BBC iPlayer.
So I still can't find the cache, and I still get no buffering on iPlayer.
But does it buffer/cache for you?
Thanks for such a prompt response.