[pulsar124]

Thanks pkscout for the new beta! I'll be testing it when I get home.

Thanks to both, pkscout and black_eagle, for cache related info. In my case, loading time should actually improve without cache, as I am reading my own images from a high performance local computer over gigabit ethernet, and caching involves writing, then reading from a fairly slow local SD card (where my CoreELEC is running).

I'll see if I can do something about CacheTexture function - thanks for the tip.

For the heck of it, I thought I'd try to put the Thumbnails directory in some weird place - I tried /dev/null and a write-protected directory. As expected, in both cases I saw no artwork when running the slide show. Yup, no easy workarounds here