Kodi 22 Piers Beta2, presentada con múltiples mejoras y cambios

Disponible el nuevo Kodi 22 Piers Beta2. Pronto tendremos disponible la compilación de esta versión Beta, aún puede ser inestable y recomendamos usarla solo para pruebas.

Al instalamos esta nueva versión Kodi v22 Piers podemos ver que los cambios a nivel estético son pocos y parece una versión bastante continuista a nivel general. En todo caso tendremos versiones disponibles para Windows en compilaciones 64 y 32bit además de las compilaciones para Android en formato ARM V7A de mayor compatibilidad y ARM V8A para Shield TV o similares. En los siguientes meses, esta versión irá evolucionando e informaremos al respecto con sus novedades.

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Descargar Kodi 22 Piers Beta2 para Android

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Lista de cambios Kodi 22 Piers Beta2

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
Dropped Java as a built-time 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