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michaeljc70 · (This post was last modified: 2019-12-25, 02:20 by michaeljc70.)

I moved from using PIs to Firestick 4ks a couple months ago. I am using the same setup (copied my userdata) running 18.5. When I went into data monitoring on the Firestick, it said I used over 100GB this month (just for the Kodi app) and over 70 GB last month.

I am trying to figure out how this could happen. I don't do any streaming (even Pandora) in Kodi except maybe a movie trailer once or twice a month. Of course it hits the internet for new media, but that should be very little data. Could the Firestick be wrong? Any idea how I can track this down? I have minimal add-ons installed for what I need. Is there a way to monitor data usage in Kodi?

The PIs could have been using as much data, but I didn't have any way to monitor it (that I know of).

**pkscout** · 2019-12-25, 03:08

I'm assuming your media is on some external server and not on the firestick. If so, anytime you watch a movie, TV Show, or listen to music the Firestick probably thinks you're "streaming" because the media isn't on the device. If you're watching 1080p content, it would take long to get the that level of usage in a month.

michaeljc70 · (This post was last modified: 2019-12-25, 04:12 by michaeljc70.)

(2019-12-25, 03:08)pkscout Wrote: I'm assuming your media is on some external server and not on the firestick. If so, anytime you watch a movie, TV Show, or listen to music the Firestick probably thinks you're "streaming" because the media isn't on the device. If you're watching 1080p content, it would take long to get the that level of usage in a month.

It is on a NAS. Most is 480p or 720p. The Kodi was pulling from a NAS. The Kodi data usage was almost as much as YouTube TV. If it doesn't know the difference between an SMB share and the internet, that would explain it. It would also be kind of sad that Amazon can't differentiate.