Kodi 19.1 - high temp & high CPU usage in idle (RB Pi 3B)

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Hi,
I have OSMC installed on Raspberry Pi 3B and it’s the latest version (Kodi 19.1)
Usually temps (I have metal case acting like a heatsink) were (before upgrade from Kodi 18) around 41C.
After upgrade to Kodi 19 temps are 47-48C.
On Idle (TV is off, Kodi is probably in one of shows folder showing list of episodes, nothing playing) it’s using 25% of cpu (one core) (kodi.bin process to be exact)

It’s almost minimal install of OSMC I have only:

  • few plugins (myepisodes, something for subtitles)
  • transmission (but nothing is being downloaded)

Is that normal ?

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40% cpu usage in idle on fresh installation of september-2022 version on my rpi3b…

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It could be normal as Kodi tends to have some background jobs running, like getting info for actors and shows, downloading posters and periodical scanning library for new files(if configured so).