2014-07-20, 23:35
The subject of Fire TV memory issues and path substitution solutions have been discussed earlier in this thread. Ned also referred readers to the Texture Cache Maintenance Utility.
As someone who has owned and prepared Apple TV's for friends and family for years, I must admit that I never once heard about memory problems on their ATV's.
I just love the Fire TV as a replacement for the Apple TV, and I have encouraged everyone to upgrade if they can afford the $99.
Many have -- and are very pleased with the improved experience!
Yet, in just the last month, my Dad and now two friends have called saying that were getting "Low Memory" warnings from their Fire TV. None of these users play their own media through the FTV... and my two friends don't have the slightest idea how to even create a download path. All thought it made sense to "CLEAR DATA" after clearing the cache proved insufficient. And although their memory issues were solved by choosing to "clear data," others were created.
The Fire TV is my first android device and I am confused. Is the Fire TV different from the Apple TV in the way it handles data?
Why does the memory issue appear to be discussed only for the FIRE TV?
Short of setting up a path substitution or using the Texture CMU (tasks that are somewhat complicated for the novice user to handle), or resetting XBMC totally, is there any other way to more easily ease the memory "Blotation" that seems to be occurring? I don't get it…. My two friends who have only had their Fire TV's for 3 weeks said they just watch movies -- yet their XBMC memories were almost 5 GB when they eventually reported they could not even boot to XBMC.
Given this sample, does it not logically follow that ALL users will eventually find themselves in this predicament -- the timeframe depending upon frequency of use?
I'm sorry if my understanding of all this is elementary when it should be more advanced.
Any help is appreciated.
As someone who has owned and prepared Apple TV's for friends and family for years, I must admit that I never once heard about memory problems on their ATV's.
I just love the Fire TV as a replacement for the Apple TV, and I have encouraged everyone to upgrade if they can afford the $99.
Many have -- and are very pleased with the improved experience!
Yet, in just the last month, my Dad and now two friends have called saying that were getting "Low Memory" warnings from their Fire TV. None of these users play their own media through the FTV... and my two friends don't have the slightest idea how to even create a download path. All thought it made sense to "CLEAR DATA" after clearing the cache proved insufficient. And although their memory issues were solved by choosing to "clear data," others were created.
The Fire TV is my first android device and I am confused. Is the Fire TV different from the Apple TV in the way it handles data?
Why does the memory issue appear to be discussed only for the FIRE TV?
Short of setting up a path substitution or using the Texture CMU (tasks that are somewhat complicated for the novice user to handle), or resetting XBMC totally, is there any other way to more easily ease the memory "Blotation" that seems to be occurring? I don't get it…. My two friends who have only had their Fire TV's for 3 weeks said they just watch movies -- yet their XBMC memories were almost 5 GB when they eventually reported they could not even boot to XBMC.
Given this sample, does it not logically follow that ALL users will eventually find themselves in this predicament -- the timeframe depending upon frequency of use?
I'm sorry if my understanding of all this is elementary when it should be more advanced.
Any help is appreciated.
