Kodi 22.0b2-Piers

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 Control.ResetGrouplist() to reset the last focused item in a grouplist
• 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.GetDatabaseName method and Database.Type enum
• Added VideoLibrary.SetSourceContent method
• Added PVR.GetPlayableBroadcasts method
• Added GUI.OnSkinUnloading, GUI.OnSkinLoaded and GUI.OnSkinLoadFailed notifications
• 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.