Kodi full disk caching configuration for potentially slow, remotely mounted filesystems

advancedsettings.xml

<!--
    This configuration will tell Kodi to cache:
      * without size limit
      * 40 times more data than the minimum required
      * on disk (rather than in RAM)
      * even for local filesystems (so NFS, any FUSE-based filesystems are covered)

    Copy this file in ~/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml (or merge it with the existing one)
-->

<advancedsettings>
  <cache>
    <memorysize>0</memorysize>    <!-- Number of bytes used for buffering streams in memory. Default: 20971520 (which is 20M)
                                       When set to 0 the cache will be written to disk instead of RAM -->
    <buffermode>1</buffermode>    <!-- Choose what to buffer:
                                         0) Buffer all internet filesystems (like "2" but additionally also ftp, webdav, etc.) (default)
                                         1) Buffer all filesystems (including local)
                                         2) Only buffer true internet filesystems (streams) (http, etc.)
                                         3) No buffer -->
    <readfactor>40.0</readfactor> <!-- This factor determines the max readrate in terms of readbufferfactor * avg bitrate of a video file.
                                       This can help on bad connections to keep the cache filled.
                                       It will also greatly speed up buffering.
                                       Default value 4.0. -->    
  </cache>
</advancedsettings>