22.0b2-PiersPre-release
v22.0b2-Piers
Added 7
- Enabled screenshots for HDR content
- Added full RetroAchievements support
- Added ability to remember which emulators are used per-game and per-folder
- Added Fairchild Channel F emulation
- Added advanced setting to ignore folder names within archives
- Added SVG image support
- Added $MAP[] XML syntax for key/value lookup tables
Changed 5
- Upgraded FFmpeg to v9.0.1
- Upgraded Libbluray to v1.5.0
- Improved Blu-ray episode handling
- Improved Blu-ray movie playlist selection
- Change ReplayGain PreAmp settings to be centered at 0 dB instead of 89 dB
Fixed 8
- Fixed pixel format detection for AV1 content
- Fixed fullscreen playback dimensions on 50 Hz TVs
- Fixed FPS detection of MPEG Transport Streams (.ts / .m2ts)
- Fixed loss of the HDMI video signal when playing certain content
- Fixed skip accuracy when paused
- Fixed playback when moving Kodi between screens on Windows
- Fixed tonemapped (HDR->SDR) colorimetry
- Fixed Dolby Vision playback on Android with PGS subtitles
From Kodi
Changelog
Video
- Upgraded FFmpeg to v9.0.1
- Fixed pixel format detection for AV1 content
- Fixed fullscreen playback dimensions on 50 Hz TVs
- Fixed FPS detection of MPEG Transport Streams (.ts / .m2ts)
- Fixed loss of the HDMI video signal when playing certain content
- Fixed skip accuracy when paused
- Fixed playback when moving Kodi between screens on Windows
- Fixed resuming MPEG Transport Streams with H.264 video on Android
- Fixed VC-1 regression causing heavy stuttering on Android TV
- Fixed "sync playback to display" setting for some embedded (GBM) platforms
- Fixed crash when using add-on video codecs with some embedded (DRMPRIME) platforms
- Fixed possible memory leak with video codec binary add-ons
Blu-ray
- Upgraded Libbluray to v1.5.0
- Improved Blu-ray episode handling
- Improved Blu-ray movie playlist selection
- Improved speed of Blu-ray disc detection
- Fixed possible crash when selecting "Blu-ray menu" while choosing a Blu-ray playlist
- Fixed stale metadata on playlist item transition
HDR
- Enabled screenshots for HDR content
- Fixed tonemapped (HDR->SDR) colorimetry
- Fixed stale HDR metadata shown for video info
- Fixed Dolby Vision playback on Android with PGS subtitles
- Fixed HDR transfer PQ logic on webOS
- Fixed playback of HDR10 HEVC Main 10 content on macOS
- Fixed playback of sources with bad HDR light metadata
Bookmarks / Chapters
- Fixed bookmark not cleared when playback finished
- Fixed chapter skipping during DVD playback
- Fixed displayed time and chapter after a chapter jump
- Fixed two chapters being created in the first 1 second
3D
- Fixed delayed switch when changing 3D mode
Audio
- Change ReplayGain PreAmp settings to be centered at 0 dB instead of 89 dB
- Fixed errors in M2TS parser for DTS/TrueHD and LPCM content
- Fixed MPEG-TS fast probe breaking DTS/DTS-HD audio metadata
- Fixed possible loss of audio when playing HDR with passthrough audio
- Fixed distorted sound on webOS
- Fixed skipping first track after playing last track with "repeat all" enabled
Subtitles
- Improved automatic selection of different languages
- Fixed possible desync of external subtitles when seeking
- Fixed issue with external subtitle searching and HTTP:// paths
- Fixed subtitles not appearing after backward chapter or large seek
- Fixed system-level crash on LG webOS when subtitles are displayed
- Fixed removal of subtitles with URL-encoded paths
PVR
- Fixed "smart select" in Guide window
- Fixed possible loss of video when switching PVR channels on embedded platforms
- Fixed wrong reminder types displayed in timer settings dialog
- Fixed resolution of items only carrying item path, no tag
Games
- Added full RetroAchievements support
- Added ability to remember which emulators are used per-game and per-folder
- Added error message when compressed savestates from v23 are loaded in v22
- Added Fairchild Channel F emulation
- Improved RetroAchievement support
- Fixed broken audio with some emulators
- Fixed discarding audio frames at the beginning of a stream
- Fixed in-game rumble not working
- Fixed torn frames on some Linux-based platforms
- Fixed emulators using the previous emulator's system/save directories
- Fixed possible crash when connecting/disconnecting controllers
- Fixed analog triggers in Dreamcast emulators
Library
- Added advanced setting to ignore folder names within archives
- Improved video version functionality
- Improved crossfading of images
- Fixed showing artwork for movie series
- Fixed crash when exiting while a directory is still loading
- Fixed outdated watched/in progress status of movies/TV shows
- Fixed TV show details being lost after a metadata refresh
- Fixed sorting library items with Nordic (æ/ø/å/ä/ö) accents
- Fixed display of empty TV shows
- Fixed incomplete removal of movies when setting source content to "None"
- Fixed scraping items with a
{tvdb}tag in the filename - Fixed several bugs for .rar archive handling
- Fixed sort order of movies with versions
- Fixed slow scanning for imports/exports of actor thumb and TV show art
- Fixed incorrect name and information shown for BDMV files
- Fixed inability to play trailers when a Blu-ray ISO has been played at least once
UI
- Added SVG image support
- Fixed jerky vertical scrolling of long text
- Fixed swizzle detection on some OpenGL platforms
- Fixed deadlock on shutdown when the PlayerProcess dialog is open
- Fixed resolution changing for some embedded platforms
- Fixed monitor selection hidden on some multi-monitor systems
- Fixed showing CPU/GPU temperature on M5 systems
Skinning
- Added
$MAP[]XML syntax for key/value lookup tables - Added
Control.ResetGrouplist()to reset the last focused item in a grouplist - Fixed unmatched
[TABS]handling - Fixed overshooting items in fixed lists by one item
- Fixed possible error loading TTF fonts
- Fixed using custom fonts without a "family_name" field
- Fixed several glitches in font rendering on Windows
- Fixed screensaver bug when updating the active skin
- Fixed error logging when loading a skin
- Fixed stale images after weather update
Peripherals
- Enhanced CEC support, especially for Pulse-Eight CEC adapters
- Upgraded libcec to v8.1.6
- Changed controller handling from the Linux Joystick API to Udev
- Fixed memory leak when unplugging devices
- Fixed sorting of keyboard layouts
- Fixed handling of "guide" button on some remotes
- Fixed unconfirmed changing of peripheral settings
Network
- Upgraded Samba to v4.24.4
- Improved SMB stability over poor connections
- Fixed crash when scanning NFS folders with # or ; in the directory name
- Fixed loss of network/database services when logging off the master profile
- Fixed browsing files via HTTP, HTTPS, and WebDAV if the server requires authorization
- Fixed handling of spaces in WebDAV paths
- Fixed sorting UPnP items by date
- Fixed MySQL escaping for strings with %
JSON-RPC
- Added
Database.GetDatabaseNamemethod andDatabase.Typeenum - Added
VideoLibrary.SetSourceContentmethod - Added
PVR.GetPlayableBroadcastsmethod - Added
GUI.OnSkinUnloading,GUI.OnSkinLoadedandGUI.OnSkinLoadFailednotifications - Added ability to set TV show trailer
- Added ability to get game sources via
Files.GetSources - Extended full BCP 47 language support over JSON-RPC
- Improved JSON-RPC error reporting
- Fixed missing "status" field in
Video.Fields.TVShow - Fixed consistency bug for versions returned by
Files.GetDirectory - Fixed live stream metadata when playing a PVR radio channel
Python
- Upgraded Python to v3.14.7
- Upgraded Pillow to v12.3.0
- Added
xbmc.getDevicePowerStatus() - Added
xbmc.getCecAdapterNames() - Added
xbmc.getDatabaseName() - Added
xbmcgui.ControlVideoWindow - Fixed
xbmcgui.ControlButton.setLabel()having no effect on the item's font
Profiles
- Fixed database stability and add-on enable/disable after profile switch
- Fixed deleting the currently active profile
Android
- Fixed possible crash on exit
- Fixed asking for local network access permission
- Fixed launching playlists with Android intents
Developers
- Dropped p8-platform dependency
- Raised minimum macOS deployment target to 10.15
- Improved running Kodi in iOS and tvOS simulators
- Fixed building with GCC 15
- Fixed building with generators other than Visual Studio
- Fixed documentation glitches and broken dark mode
Known issues
- If Kodi is provided without our patched TagLib 2.3.1, Matroska tagging is degraded back to v21
Download link
You can get Beta 2 from here. Select your platform of choice, and look in the "Prerelease" section.