High cpu usage

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Hi,

just got osmc setup on the Pi2. I used htop to check cpu usage, and for last 12 hours Kodi has been taking a constant 40% cpu...

I have my 2TB hdd plugged into my router, and I am using osmc to access my collection over samba. Could this be causing high cpu usage?

Dan

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I assume you mean the 40% cpu is being used by kodi.bin ?

Does it drop if you reboot or does it go straight back to 40% ?

The two things in Kodi that are likely to use CPU when “idle” are addons performing activities in the background or Skin animations. Is there anything animating/moving on the screen, even scrolling text ? If so, 40% would be typical, and you might see about 20% with nothing on the screen moving.

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Yes Kodi. bin, I will check whats happening on the screen. Thanks

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Ok found the cause… id some how accidentally activated the debug logging (shows ram usage, etc in top left of screen)

Since switching that off, back down to 15% and less :slight_smile: