---  a/xbmc/cores/omxplayer/OMXPlayer.cpp       2012-09-23 00:24:51.000000000 +0100
+++  b/xbmc/cores/omxplayer/OMXPlayer.cpp       2012-09-23 10:38:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -1182,10 +1182,14 @@
         continue;
       }

-      // always yield to players if they have data
       if((m_player_audio.HasData() || m_CurrentAudio.id < 0)
       && (m_player_video.HasData() || m_CurrentVideo.id < 0))
-        Sleep(0);
+        {
+          if(65537 > m_State.fscache_bytes > 32768)
+            Sleep(50); // Yield 50ms to give almost empty filecache time
+          else         // to fill before our next read from it.
+            Sleep(0);  // Always yield to players if they have data.
+        }

       DemuxPacket* pPacket = NULL;
       CDemuxStream *pStream = NULL;
@@ -3849,12 +3853,16 @@
   XFILE::SCacheStatus status;
   if(m_pInputStream && m_pInputStream->GetCacheStatus(&status))
   {
+    state.fscache_bytes = status.forward;
     state.cache_bytes = status.forward;
     if(state.time_total)
       state.cache_bytes += m_pInputStream->GetLength() * GetQueueTime() / state.time_total;
   }
   else
+  {
     state.cache_bytes = 0;
+    state.fscache_bytes = 0;
+  }

   state.timestamp = m_av_clock.GetAbsoluteClock();

---  a/xbmc/cores/omxplayer/OMXPlayer.h 2012-09-23 09:12:44.000000000 +0100
+++  b/xbmc/cores/omxplayer/OMXPlayer.h 2012-09-23 10:39:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@
       recording     = false;
       demux_video   = "";
       demux_audio   = "";
+      fscache_bytes = 0;
       cache_bytes   = 0;
       cache_level   = 0.0;
       cache_delay   = 0.0;
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@
     std::string demux_video;
     std::string demux_audio;

+    int64_t fscache_bytes; // number of bytes currently cached in filesystem.
     int64_t cache_bytes;   // number of bytes current's cached
     double  cache_level;   // current estimated required cache level
     double  cache_delay;   // time until cache is expected to reach estimated level