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Great post!

What I end up doing when the addon won't work properly even after and especially after an update, I uninstall the addon and delete the folder in .../addon_data/plugin.video.cbc

Might seem extreme but it has resolved most issues when all else has failed.

Another thing I did to help along the addon on my hardware: I set up an advancedsettings.xml file to increase the cache. Performance is now improved overall on all streaming addons that I use. go figure. ymmv