heating optimization

src/components/home/ContentItem.tsx

@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ const ContentItem = ({ item, onPress }: ContentItemProps) => {
                 style={[styles.poster, { backgroundColor: currentTheme.colors.elevation1, borderRadius: posterRadius }]}
                 contentFit="cover"
                 cachePolicy="memory-disk" // Use both memory and disk cache
-                transition={200} // Add smooth transition
+                transition={0} // Disable transition to reduce GPU work
                 placeholder={{ blurhash: PLACEHOLDER_BLURHASH } as any}
                 placeholderContentFit="cover"
                 allowDownscaling
+                priority="low" // Deprioritize decode for long lists
                 onLoad={() => {
                   setImageLoaded(true);
                   setImageError(false);
@@ -183,7 +184,6 @@ const ContentItem = ({ item, onPress }: ContentItemProps) => {
                   setImageError(true);
                   setImageLoaded(false);
                 }}
-                priority="normal" // Increase priority for better loading
                 recyclingKey={item.id} // Add recycling key for better performance
               />
             ) : (
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     borderRadius: 12,
     overflow: 'hidden',
     position: 'relative',
-    elevation: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 2 : 0,
+    elevation: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 1 : 0,
     shadowColor: '#000',
     shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 1 },
-    shadowOpacity: 0.1,
+    shadowOpacity: 0.05,
-    shadowRadius: 2,
+    shadowRadius: 1,
     borderWidth: 0.5,
     borderColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.12)',
     marginBottom: 8,

src/components/home/HeroCarousel.tsx

@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ const HeroCarousel: React.FC<HeroCarouselProps> = ({ items, loading = false }) =
             source={{ uri: item.banner || item.poster }}
             style={styles.backgroundImage as ImageStyle}
             contentFit="cover"
-            blurRadius={Platform.OS === 'android' ? 12 : 20}
+            blurRadius={Platform.OS === 'android' ? 8 : 12}
             cachePolicy="memory-disk"
-            transition={200}
+            transition={0}
-            priority="high"
+            priority="low"
           />
           <LinearGradient
             colors={["rgba(0,0,0,0.45)", "rgba(0,0,0,0.75)"]}
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ const CarouselCard: React.FC<CarouselCardProps> = memo(({ item, colors, logoFail
             source={{ uri: item.banner || item.poster }}
             style={styles.banner as ImageStyle}
             contentFit="cover"
-            transition={300}
+            transition={0}
             cachePolicy="memory-disk"
           />
           <LinearGradient
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ const CarouselCard: React.FC<CarouselCardProps> = memo(({ item, colors, logoFail
               source={{ uri: item.logo }}
               style={styles.logo as ImageStyle}
               contentFit="contain"
-              transition={250}
+              transition={0}
               cachePolicy="memory-disk"
               onError={onLogoError}
             />
@@ -360,11 +360,11 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     height: CARD_HEIGHT,
     borderRadius: 16,
     overflow: 'hidden',
-    elevation: 6,
+    elevation: 2,
     shadowColor: '#000',
-    shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 6 },
+    shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 2 },
-    shadowOpacity: 0.3,
+    shadowOpacity: 0.15,
-    shadowRadius: 12,
+    shadowRadius: 4,
   },
   skeletonCard: {
     width: CARD_WIDTH,

src/components/player/AndroidVideoPlayer.tsx

@@ -515,8 +515,8 @@ const AndroidVideoPlayer: React.FC = () => {
         clearInterval(progressSaveInterval);
       }
       
-      // IMMEDIATE SYNC: Reduce sync interval to 5 seconds for near real-time sync
+      // HEATING FIX: Increase sync interval to 15 seconds to reduce CPU load
-      const syncInterval = 5000; // 5 seconds for immediate sync
+      const syncInterval = 15000; // 15 seconds to prevent heating
       
       const interval = setInterval(() => {
         saveWatchProgress();
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ const AndroidVideoPlayer: React.FC = () => {
                   playWhenInactive={false}
                   ignoreSilentSwitch="ignore"
                   mixWithOthers="inherit"
-                  progressUpdateInterval={250}
+                  progressUpdateInterval={1000}
                   bufferConfig={{
                     minBufferMs: 15000,
                     maxBufferMs: 50000,

src/components/player/VideoPlayer.tsx

@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ const VideoPlayer: React.FC = () => {
         clearInterval(progressSaveInterval);
       }
 
-      // IMMEDIATE SYNC: Reduce sync interval to 5 seconds for near real-time sync
+      // HEATING FIX: Increase sync interval to 15 seconds to reduce CPU load
-      const syncInterval = 5000; // 5 seconds for immediate sync
+      const syncInterval = 15000; // 15 seconds to prevent heating
 
       const interval = setInterval(() => {
         saveWatchProgress();

src/hooks/useMetadata.ts

@@ -870,8 +870,8 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
         });
       };
       
-      // Check completion periodically
+      // Check completion less frequently to reduce CPU load
-      const completionInterval = setInterval(checkScrapersCompletion, 1000);
+      const completionInterval = setInterval(checkScrapersCompletion, 2000);
       
       // Fallback timeout after 30 seconds
       const fallbackTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
@@ -1039,8 +1039,8 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
         });
       };
       
-      // Check completion periodically
+      // Check completion less frequently to reduce CPU load
-      const episodeCompletionInterval = setInterval(checkEpisodeScrapersCompletion, 1000);
+      const episodeCompletionInterval = setInterval(checkEpisodeScrapersCompletion, 2000);
       
       // Fallback timeout after 30 seconds
       const episodeFallbackTimeout = setTimeout(() => {

src/hooks/useMetadataAnimations.ts

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export const useMetadataAnimations = (safeAreaTop: number, watchProgress: any) =
       // Use single progress value for all header animations
       if (headerProgress.value !== progress) {
         headerProgress.value = withTiming(progress, { 
-          duration: progress ? 200 : 150, 
+          duration: progress ? 150 : 100, 
           easing: easings.ultraFast 
         });
         }

src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ const HomeScreen = () => {
       let catalogIndex = 0;
       
       // Limit concurrent catalog loading to prevent overwhelming the system
-      const MAX_CONCURRENT_CATALOGS = 3; // Lower concurrency to reduce CPU/network spikes
+      const MAX_CONCURRENT_CATALOGS = 2; // Very low concurrency to reduce heating
       let activeCatalogLoads = 0;
       const catalogQueue: (() => Promise<void>)[] = [];
       
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ const HomeScreen = () => {
             activeCatalogLoads++;
             catalogLoader().finally(async () => {
               activeCatalogLoads--;
-              // Yield to event loop to avoid JS thread starvation
+              // Yield to event loop to avoid JS thread starvation and reduce heating
-              await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+              await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
               processCatalogQueue(); // Process next in queue
             });
           }
@@ -605,14 +605,7 @@ const HomeScreen = () => {
 
   // Add memory cleanup on scroll end
   const handleScrollEnd = useCallback(() => {
-    // Clear memory cache after scroll settles to free up RAM
+    // No-op; avoid clearing image memory cache here to prevent decode thrash/heating
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      try {
-        ExpoImage.clearMemoryCache();
-      } catch (error) {
-        // Ignore errors
-      }
-    }, 1000);
   }, []);
 
   // Memoize individual section components to prevent re-renders
@@ -765,7 +758,6 @@ const HomeScreen = () => {
           showsVerticalScrollIndicator={false}
           ListHeaderComponent={memoizedHeader}
           ListFooterComponent={ListFooterComponent}
-          onMomentumScrollEnd={handleScrollEnd}
           onEndReached={handleLoadMoreCatalogs}
           onEndReachedThreshold={0.6}
           scrollEventThrottle={32}

src/services/imageCacheService.ts

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ class ImageCacheService {
   private cleanupInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
 
   constructor() {
-    // Start cleanup interval every 10 minutes
+    // Start cleanup interval every 30 minutes (less churn)
     this.cleanupInterval = setInterval(() => {
       this.performCleanup();
-    }, 10 * 60 * 1000);
+    }, 30 * 60 * 1000);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ class ImageCacheService {
       // Update access tracking
       cached.accessCount++;
       cached.lastAccessed = Date.now();
-      logger.log(`[ImageCache] Retrieved from cache: ${originalUrl.substring(0, 50)}...`);
+      // Skip verbose logging to reduce CPU load
       return cached.localPath;
     }
 
     // Check memory pressure before adding new entries (more lenient)
     if (this.cache.size >= this.MAX_CACHE_SIZE * 0.95) {
-      logger.log(`[ImageCache] Skipping cache due to size limit`);
+      // Skip verbose logging to reduce CPU load
       return originalUrl;
     }
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ImageCacheService {
       this.currentMemoryUsage += estimatedSize;
       this.enforceMemoryLimits();
 
-      logger.log(`[ImageCache] ✅ NEW CACHE ENTRY: ${originalUrl.substring(0, 50)}... (Cache: ${this.cache.size}/${this.MAX_CACHE_SIZE}, Memory: ${(this.currentMemoryUsage / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)}MB)`);
+      // Skip verbose logging to reduce CPU load
       return cachedImage.localPath;
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error('[ImageCache] Failed to cache image:', error);
@@ -231,12 +231,7 @@ class ImageCacheService {
     this.enforceMemoryLimits();
     this.enforceMaxCacheSize();
 
-    // Clear Expo image memory cache periodically
+    // Avoid clearing Expo's global memory cache to prevent re-decode churn
-    try {
-      ExpoImage.clearMemoryCache();
-    } catch (error) {
-      // Ignore errors from clearing memory cache
-    }
 
     const finalSize = this.cache.size;
     const finalMemory = this.currentMemoryUsage;