[latino156]

I tried enabling logging in xbmc to see what triggers the cleansing, but what do I need to look for exactly in the log?

just post it on xbmclogs.com and I'll tell you Just make sure you have "Enable debug logging" on and have restarted xbmc

awww, I just reverted back to Frodo (also bc of superior handling of subtitles).

Also, is it possible to add an option to hide this progress at all? especially when watching a video is quite annoying. Although I don't know if that is something that needs to be hidden in XBMC itself, this option is not available in xbmc (Frodo and Gotham).

Unfortunately it's not possible to hide it, but it shouldn't clean or scan during playback nevertheless. There's a setting in the add-on for it ("Pause on playback")

OMG! I assumed that meant that it would actually pause the playback!
Ok, this will solve my problem then (wife whining about the cleaning displayed :p
Thanks!