# Kodi 22.0b2-Piers — v22.0b2-Piers - Product: Kodi (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kodi) - Vendor: XBMC Foundation - Date: 2026-08-31 - Version: 22.0b2-Piers - Original notes: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/22.0b2-Piers - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kodi/releases/22.0b2-piers - Labels: Pre-release What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **changed** — Upgraded FFmpeg to v9.0.1 - **fixed** — Fixed pixel format detection for AV1 content - **fixed** — Fixed fullscreen playback dimensions on 50 Hz TVs - **fixed** — Fixed FPS detection of MPEG Transport Streams (.ts / .m2ts) - **fixed** — Fixed loss of the HDMI video signal when playing certain content - **fixed** — Fixed skip accuracy when paused - **fixed** — Fixed playback when moving Kodi between screens on Windows - **changed** — Upgraded Libbluray to v1.5.0 - **changed** — Improved Blu-ray episode handling - **changed** — Improved Blu-ray movie playlist selection - **added** — Enabled screenshots for HDR content - **fixed** — Fixed tonemapped (HDR->SDR) colorimetry - **fixed** — Fixed stale HDR metadata shown for video info - **fixed** — Fixed Dolby Vision playback on Android with PGS subtitles - **fixed** — Fixed bookmark not cleared when playback finished - **fixed** — Fixed chapter skipping during DVD playback - **changed** — Change ReplayGain PreAmp settings to be centered at 0 dB instead of 89 dB - **added** — Added full RetroAchievements support - **added** — Added ability to remember which emulators are used per-game and per-folder - **added** — Added Fairchild Channel F emulation - **added** — Added SVG image support - **changed** — Upgraded libcec to v8.1.6 - **changed** — Upgraded Samba to v4.24.4 Kodi Splash v22.0 Piers Beta ##### 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 af _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/22.0b2-Piers]_