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Editorial note: this blog post has been delayed for technical reasons, so the release is already available.
Time marches on for Kodi 21 "Omega", we are here with the third Beta release!
This is a major release, so, as you'd expect, it comes with many new features. However, with a core change to FFmpeg 6.0, there is a very good chance that some regressions may occur. As such, please be aware that installing this will most likely break things, and we'd really like your help at that point to identify the problems and get them fixed. Please raise Github issues with full debug logs to help us resolve any issues you wonderful testers come across.
First, we'd like to make a few targeted announcements.
Android users
Many users may still be on the Kodi testing track for their Android devices. It's far easier to leave the testing track from a 'phone-based device, but be aware that if your device is on the testing track, we will be continuing to deploy Beta 3 releases over the next week or so. If you wish to opt out of the testing group, one way you can is by visiting the following link Google Play - Kodi testing track. From here, you can opt out for your Google Play account. This is the best (and possibly only) way to opt out on many Android TV devices (e.g. Nvidia Shields).
With that said, for those adventurous types who would like to help us with testing, you can use the same link to opt in for a Google Play account.
Skin Developers
An API bump has been made for Kodi 21's testing cycle. See the following PRs for details:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/23926
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/23862
This will require changes and submissions to the Omega branch for skins for those who submit to the Kodi repository. Reach out on the forums if you have any questions/concerns.
Please note, https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/23927 has been merged shortly after Beta 2, and all skins will need to update the GUI version number to be available in Omega repos for any builds (including nightlies) after Beta 2.
The following forum thread has the skinning change info for Omega: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=372280&pid=3174566#pid3174566
And now, for the list of changes for Beta 3.
Build/Dependencies
swig4.2.0General
readbufferfactors, the buffer filling thread caused high CPU usage and introduced stutter by itself.JSON-RPC
Music
Platform Specifics
Android:
iOS/tvOS
Linux:
webOS
Windows:
Pictures
Scraping
.nomediafiles can now be used to exclude folders inside a TV show: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24330Skinning
UPnP
Known Issues
You can see open issues on our tracker at https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues. However, to call out a couple of specifics, please be aware of the following if you're planning on upgrading:
We continue to march forward to what we hope will be a successful v21 Omega release in the new year.
If you love to live on the bleeding edge, you can get Beta 3 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.
There is always a great deal more changes/fixes/updates than what we can highlight in these reports, so as usual you can see a fuller list of what has been merged between v21 and v20 here. For a more targeted look at the changes made since v21 Beta 2, you can see those changes here.
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