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I have this installed on another PC and it already looks polished and feels snappy. Feels more like a RC.

So, here we go once again - development (and developers) never actually sleep, so we're pleased to present the first public preview of our next significant release: Kodi v22, "Piers". This is a major release, so, as you'd expect, it comes with many new features. However, it is also an Alpha release, so there's a very good chance that something won't work the way it's intended to. As such, please be aware that installing this will most likely break things, which is kind of the point of releasing it: please raise Github issues with full debug logs to help us resolve any regressions you wonderful testers come across. So, all that aside... what's actually changed? Video/audio Upgraded to FFmpeg 7 Audio book chapter support Movie Versions/Extras full redesign Movie Sets support setting info and artwork Better stream selection Automatic cleaning of cached images/artwork Blu-ray multi-episode support New Blu-ray episode selection menu Blu-ray episodes now have their own progress, media info and artwork Library import/export now handles Blu-ray episodes Episode ranges are now supported and shown in the library Movie Versions/Extras are now supported for Blu-ray discs PVR New Recently Added Channels (plus new widget) New Providers window (requires skin support) New Custom Timers Improved channel groups Improved saved searches Improved recording functionality Improved EPG search 1-minute EPG resolution (requires skin support) Games Shader support (from Google Summer of Code 2017/2019) Improved mouse and keyboard support GUI Reduced memory usage for single- and dual-channel textures Improved performance and memory usage on OpenGL and OpenGLES Improved large texture image quality with better performance on slow devices Implemented front-to-back rendering for better performance (OpenGL(ES) only) Network Improved SMB GUI settings Support for SMBv2.0 devices lacking SMBv2.1 features such as "large MTU" Fixed connecting to Windows SMB servers with no password Drastically improved performance at listing large SMB directories Platforms Windows/Xbox Initial Windows ARM64 desktop support Python 3.13 on Windows/Xbox Enabled XAudio2 sink for Windows desktop (was previously only on Xbox) Enhanced Video Super Resolution feature with 10-bit SDR support (Intel and Nvidia) and HDR10 (Nvidia) Android Enabled file sharing to other apps and players Improved channels on the home page Upgraded to Android 15 Minimum Android version is now 7.0 Android support for 16KB page size LG webOS New unified media pipeline Linux HDR passthrough on OpenGL (was previously only on OpenGLES) Support for the Wayland Color Management protocol, therefor supporting HDR on Wayland with compatible compositors Make Kodi work on systems using a Turkish locale Peripherals Improved OSMC Remote support Improved Pulse-Eight CEC Adapter support Improved Flirc support Known issues Scanning for new content will fail if local NFO files are present (fixed for Alpha 2) Filesystems that use milliseconds can trigger a rescan If you love life on the bleeding edge of new, you can get Alpha 1 from here. Select your platform of choice, and look in the "Prerelease" section. Again, though, please: expect some breakage, don't use this as your daily installation unless you know how to get things working again, and please share your experiences back with us so we can really get going on those bugs. And take a backup first! As usual, in the full spirit of open source, you can see what's changed since v21.2 here. View the full article

That's a known issue and I believe there's a workaround mentioned in the thread but that should be fixed in the next release. If you mention the issue there someone should be able to assist.

Hi, thanks for the link. I was able to test it without any problems. The DS Player is integrated into Kodi, so the lights turn off and on again as desired at start and end – everything works perfectly. The only thing that's not quite right is the aspect ratio: It always runs in full screen mode instead of 21:9.

@MidnightWatcher is correct. External players don't pass the chapter changes through kodi’s code like the internal player.

FWIW, one of the Kodi developers is working on a more recent release that allows you to integrate madVR into Kodi directly. It's still a work in progress obviously but I'm guessing it may allow you to use the credits trigger (and still use madVR, which I presume is why you're using MPC-HC as an external player). I wouldn't recommend installing it over your existing Kodi install, however, but install on another PC if possible and test it out first before making any switch. https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=223175&page=547

The credits trigger only work if using Kodi's built-in videoplayer. PSE doesn't communicate directly with external players like MPC-BE or mpv.

Does the movie you're watching have chapters? The last chapter is what triggers the credit lights.

Hello, I have a problem with MPC-HC. To explain: I'm using a PC with MadVR and Kodi Omega. I use MPC-HC as an external player – it basically works. I've also integrated the PSE add-on and configured it so that the lights go out when the movie starts and come back on during the credits. When I start the movie via Kodi, the lights turn off as intended, but they don't turn back on during the credits. Can anyone help me with this?

Are you asking where you can download trailers? Here is where I get mine. They're VERY large but good quality, though you'll need to likely download to know which are Green trailers. https://www.digital-digest.com/movies/

thank you, i just added time to my video thank you for your help

There are 3 ways to handle what you are asking for. I don't think I would recommend an action file for what you are asking for, unless you are playing the audio file on another device. If that is the case, I would recommend option 3 with just the image. Here are the options in order of difficulty. Option 1 - I think you can select an audio file as a file in the video module. The visuals associated with it may vary from system to system, so you may get flickering or a generic background. Option 2 - Change the audio file to a video and add it as a video module. Option 3 - Add a slideshow module and add an image, which can just be black, to a folder within your slideshow content, set your audio file as the music and set the time for the module to be just longer than your audio file.

Hello All, I wanted a action to pause a sequence for a moment so the sound can be times properly , help appreciated

Awesome. Glad you got it working.

In the end, this is what worked for me. Release v7.3.0+alpha.5 · anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube · GitHub

The updated file is also in the alpha of the latest version in the repo.

Hopefully, I will try to give the python file a try in the next days and see if it works

I think the https option has been there for a long time and that they are now just removing the http option. I think there's a good chance you are correct and the update is tied to a new app version, which sends the instructions to the bridge.

It's August 2nd and I haven't added the updated python file yet as I wanted to see if the action files would now cause an error or just fail to trigger the Philips Hue lights. It's still working at the moment, so perhaps the change is being rolled out somehow. I do see an update for the Philips Hue app in the Google Play Store but I've set it up to no longer auto update (both in the Play Store and within the app itself). Maybe the new app version implements the change / updates the bridge firmware?

The way that they implemented the https is a bit strange. They require that the security certificate be passed to the hue prior to submitting the api web request. Getting the Hue lights to work in PreShow is already difficult for most people. Even if I provide instructions for how to do it, I think it would end creating more confusion and get me into more tech support than I can handle for it. My current solution should be considered temporary, but that may not change how to proceed. The issue is that the https link gives a security error, which is what PreShow will see instead of connecting to the bridge. The current fix is to ignore that error, so that the https works like a standard http link and passes calls to the bridge. Ultimately, people will probably have to change the http to https in their action files. At some point I'll go in and see if I can add code into PreShow to handle passing the security certificate to make it easier for people. I'm not sure if that will require additional changes to your action files or not at this point.

Thanks Matt. Will this be a temporary fix until we figure out how to update the action files or can this be applied as a permanent fix?