It is the season for giving, so, for those who want the latest and greatest, this is for you: hot on the heels of Kodi 22 "Piers" Alpha 1 (and Kodi 21.3 "Omega"), we present the perhaps predictably-titled Alpha 2.
Usual words - the step from 21 to 22 is a major release, but it's also an Alpha at this stage, so you're going to get some bugs as well as funky new features. That is, of course, a major part of the point of early release software: please raise GitHub issues with full debug logs to help us resolve any regressions you wonderful testers come across.
Okay, what's new in this version?
Video/audio
Upgraded to FFmpeg 8
Added HEIF/HEIC support
Fixed playing streams with more than 256 audio+video+subtitles tracks
Improved audio channel handling
Improved subtitle selection for "forced_only" subtitles
Library/Sources and Management
Added Season Plot
Added Movie/TV Show Original Language
Fixed bug in Alpha 1 where scanning fails if local NFO files are present
Improved Video Version importing
PVR
Fixed Daylight Saving Time switching issues
Weather
New Weather Skinning API
Various fixes and improvements for the Home widget and Weather window
Python
Upgraded to Python 3.13.7
Added ability to set available fanart
Platforms
Windows
Multiple Kodi instances can now be run simultaneously
Android
New dialog explaining microphone permission
macOS
Fixed high CPU usage in the background
LG webOS
Improvements for new Media Pipeline
Fixed very bright subtitles and GUI when playing HDR / DolbyVision content
Fixed subtitles sometimes not displaying
If cutting-edge software is your thing, you can get Alpha 2 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 Alpha 1 here and from v21.3 here.
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I have a friend that wants to watch the "scariest movie." I think scary is very subjective, so I figured I'd ask it here. What do you think is the scariest movie?
It is the season for giving, so, for those who want the latest and greatest, this is for you: hot on the heels of Kodi 22 "Piers" Alpha 1 (and Kodi 21.3 "Omega"), we present the perhaps predictably-titled Alpha 2.
Usual words - the step from 21 to 22 is a major release, but it's also an Alpha at this stage, so you're going to get some bugs as well as funky new features. That is, of course, a major part of the point of early release software: please raise GitHub issues with full debug logs to help us resolve any regressions you wonderful testers come across.
Okay, what's new in this version?
Video/audio
Library/Sources and Management
PVR
Weather
Python
Platforms
If cutting-edge software is your thing, you can get Alpha 2 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 Alpha 1 here and from v21.3 here.
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