Thema: Mediacenter Kodi (XBMC)

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It’s certainly been a few rough-and-tumble months, but we’re pleased to announce the release of Beta cycle for Kodi 14.0 Helix.

This release brings many updates and changes, not the least of which being the name of the software. For those of you curious, we’ve now taken the top 10 or so vote getters in the logo vote and submitted them to doghousemedia to see how they might pull the best qualities out of all of them and combine those qualities into the best possible logo for the organization. As we continue down this path, we’ll do our best to keep you updated.

With that said, let’s take a look at some of the features that come with Beta.

Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-beta-1-springs-forward/

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Changelog

The Next Generation of Video Codecs:

To begin, Kodi has been updated to use FFmpeg 2.4.3 For users, this means Kodi will now be capable of playing back h.265 (also known as HEVC) and VP9 video codecs. This could result in dramatically smaller video files sizes with exactly the same level of quality. A 40 GB file could be compressed to 20 GB. A 1 GB file could be compressed to 500 MB without any loss in perceivable quality. Users with particularly large libraries or interest in 4K video may be especially likely to appreciate this update. Software support for the VP9 video codec is also included.
The caveat to this update is that it is entirely software based. This means most low power systems, such as those operating Android or iOS, may struggle compared to the heftier HTPCs or Intel NUCs and ZOTAC ZBOXes that are running desktop and laptop processors.

Library Improvements:

The Kodi Library is getting improvements both coming in and going out. On the input side, library scanning is receiving a massive speed boost, which should make the initial scan on Android and iOS devices quite a bit more spiritedly.
On the output side, work continues, slowly but surely, on UPnP. Kodi is now significantly more compatible with servers like PlayOn and MediaBrowser, as client-related bugs have been dealt with. Further, communication between Kodi UPnP clients and Kodi UPnP servers continues to improve with proper or additional support for categories like date added, ratings, votes, and artwork, along with sorting for those new categories. UPnP search functions are also slowly working their way into Kodi.

More User Control Over Kodi:

Two new features have been introduced with Kodi that should give users even more control over how the software works. First, users can now prevent add-ons from updating without a forced update, prevent add-on update notifications, or simply continue to work with add-ons auto-updating as they do today. To change add-on update settings, visit the Add-ons folder in System Settings, if you are using Confluence, click left with your keyboard or remote to open the side panel, where a number of options exist, including the option to hide any add-ons that aren’t expected to work in your region.
Second, in the past the virtual keyboard on the screen that users of tablets and remote controls are forced to deal with has always been set to the western standard QWERTY style. It is now possible to change the layout to a variety of other language options. To do so, visit the International section of the Appearance folder in System Settings and select Keyboard layouts. (Pro-tip: If you are an English speaker living in the US, Australia, or New Zealand, you can also select a version of English that better suits your spelling style from the Language portion of the International section.)

Android, iOS, and embedded:

On the Android side, hardware playback improvements continue, including more and better support for various chipsets, improved fast forward and rewind capability, as well as 4K support for the AMLogic s802 chipset. On the iOS side, Airplay, which was fairly substantially broken by the update to iOS 7, appears to be almost entirely fixed on every platform save Android, which lacks certain software support, making Airplay playback only partially fixed on that platform. Additionally, support for the Freescale i.MX6 SystemOnChip has been added.
Furthermore, for you tablet users, we’ve now replaced the ageing Touched skin with the improved Re-Touched skin, which includes a number of tweaks to bring it more in line with the features Kodi has to offer.

Windows, OSX, and Linux:

All three platforms continue to see improvements in audio playback and a reduction of many audio-related bugs that have been plaguing the platforms for a long time. Windows also sees improvement in DXVA video playback.

PVR:

American PVR users will be happy to learn that Kodi 14 introduces support for ATSC sub-channels. All users of PVR may be happy to learn that all PVR windows have been rebuilt to be better and more efficient.

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Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-release-candidate-arives/

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Whats new:>>

Bump FFmpeg to 2.4.4
Fix problem with setting content on new and existing video sources
Fix spinner in video settings for choosing hardware or software decoding
Fix recording history in PVR
Separate sort order in PVR window for each directory
Fix PVR preview video scaling for AMLCodec on Android
Fix restart option on Win 8.1
Fix crashes on certain Intel GPU when playing video
Fix crashes on certain videos on Android 5.0 devices (Nexus Player and ADT-1)
Fix LPCM (audio/L16) streaming via UPnP
Use correct art type when appending art to item lists
Fix python PIL package on Windows that caused crash on weather add-on
Updated GUI translation files

Quelle & weitere Infos und DL : http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-release-candidate-3/

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone! We are proud to announce the release of Kodi 14.0, which comes with a new name, a new logo, and a wide variety of new features, but underneath the new coat of paint remains the same software we all love.

A detailed changelog for Kodi 14 can be found under milestones on our code repository, should you be interested. With that said, let’s take a look at some of the features that come with Kodi 14.0.

Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-unwinds/

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Fixes

* Fix incorrect video screensize on Android AML devices
* Fix: potential segfault when silencing audio
* Fix: do not skip streaminfo if format is not know.
* Fix: DXVA flickering on AMD
* Fix: prevent possible over-flow in ALSA
* Fix: possible sorting problems in library
* Fix: possible problem in library navigation
* Fix: don’t scroll text when it’s set to not do it
* Fix: scroll text if it’s too long on spinner controls
* Fix: don’t overlap PVR search labels
* Fix: bug in DLNA client string on iOS
* Fix: updated several PVR add-ons
* Fix: remember played state of video when started from recently added
* Fix: correct vsync on OSX
* Fix: broken keyboard input
* Fix: prevent crash on circular dependencies of add-ons
* Fix: large file support on Android
* Fix: random exiting on Android x86 builds (Nexus Player for example)

Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-1-helix-bugfix-release/

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Whats new:>>

* Fix: Application stopped responding on Windows
* Fix: Gap-less playback on MP3
* Fix: Playback of rtmp protocol
* Fix: Scanning of newly added episodes
* Fix: Fix multipath source scanning
* Fix: Loading external subtitles in some cases
* Fix: packaging of PIL module on Android. This fixes some script error when using weather add-on
* Fix: Fix video playback on all platform after refresh rate change
* Fix: Various bugs that were present in PVR add-ons.
* Feature: Bump OSX SDK to 10.10

Weitere Infos und DL ->  https://kodi.tv/kodi-14-2-helix-beta-1-some-more-fixes/

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Die Entwickler der freien und plattformübergreifenden Media-Center-Software Kodi (früher XBMC) haben die erste Alpha der kommenden Version 15.x "Isengard" veröffentlicht.

Zwei Monate nach der Veröffentlichung von Kodi 14.0 ("Helix") steht die erste öffentliche Alpha-Version des kommenden Kodi 15.0 alias "Isengard" zum Download bereit. Die Anspielung auf Mittelerde hat sie im Wesentlichen einem Besuch des Kodi-Artworkers da-anda in Neuseeland zu verdanken.

Die funktionalen Neuerungen der Alpha sind noch überschaubar: Zu den wichtigen zählt das adaptive Suchen in Audio/Video-Inhalten (Skip Steps). Nun kann man die Schrittweiten und die Verzögerung beim Wechseln zur nächsten Sprungstufe konfigurieren und über die advancedsettings.xml sogar eigene Stufen definieren.

Außerdem wird Kodi 15 externe Untertitel bei der Wiedergabe über UPnP AV/DLNA unterstützen, verbessert den Umgang mit Untertiteln für Hörgeschädigte bei Live-TV (Closed Captions) und beherrscht auf einigen Android-Geräten nun den neuen Videostandard HEVC/H.265. Neben den bisher in Python geschriebenen Add-ons sollen sich künftig auch binäre Add-ons in Kodi einbinden lassen.

Die meisten anderen Änderungen zielen auf mehr Stabiliät. Außerdem haben die Entwickler Sonderlocken abgeschnitten und die verwendeten SDKs aktualisiert. Das hat zur Folge, dass Mac-Nutzer für Kodi 15 mindestens OS X 10.7 (64 Bit) benötigen, auf Apples Mobilgeräten (Jailbreak erforderlich) läuft Kodi 15 ab iOS 5.1, Android-Nutzer benötigen 4.2 (Jelly Bean MR1). Bereits im Januar hatte das Kodi-Team die Entwicklung für das Apple TV 2 eingestellt, hier ist mit dem aktuellen Kodi 14.1 Schluss.

Quelle : www.heise.de

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Whats new:>>

* Fix: Application stopped responding on Windows
* Fix: Gap-less playback on MP3
* Fix: Playback of rtmp protocol
* Fix: Scanning of newly added episodes
* Fix: Fix multipath source scanning
* Fix: Loading external subtitles in some cases
* Fix: packaging of PIL module on Android. This fixes some script error when using weather add-on
* Fix: Fix video playback on all platform after refresh rate change
* Fix: Various bugs that were present in PVR add-ons.
* Fix: Save weather location
* Fix: Fix filtering of foreign add-ons
* Fix: ftps handling
* Fix: use LastWrite instead of ChangeTime for file system on Windows
* Feature: Bump OSX SDK to 10.10

Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-2-helix-the-final-translation/

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In many ways, we could call Isengard the release that finally answers many of the oldest requests we have. With Alpha1 we introduced Skip Steps, which allow the user to more naturally and organically find the exact moment they are attempting to skip to in the show or movie, a request that’s existed since at least 2009. We also implemented external subtitle support over UPnP, another very old feature request. This month, we’ve added a few more.

Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-15-0-isengard-alpha-2/

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Changelog

Reworked add-on manger that should give a better overview
Chapter selection window that shows thumbs on where to skip to in the video
Easier to navigate audio and subtitle selection list
Addition of language add-ons which allow us to update the User-Interface text outside of regular releases
Expansion of international options like time and date format, temperature and speed units
Skip steps (step forward & backwards) improvements
Tuxbox removal. Users of Enigma2 boxes can use the VUPlus PVR add-on
Split PVR add-ons into separate projects which should allow updates through repo in the future
Fix season art scraping on newly added seasons
Immediately fetch updates from repository after Kodi version upgrade
Improvement of installing new skins selection
Remove legacy code pre-Frodo 11.0
Add jump to first unwatched in TV section
Remove certain codecs from our core code and made add-ons out of them. Audio encoders/decoders
Removal of AFP filesystem support
Windows DXVA HEVC hardware decoding support if driver and hardware support exist
Added adaptive seeking through audio and video playback, also know as “skip steps”
Android HEVC H.265 support for some chipsets
Improve webserver caching control
External subtitles over UPnP can be enabled through the settings section
Allow scanning of new sources and marking as watched during other library operations such as “update library”
Allow different sort orders for different sort methods
Start of integration binary add-ons and changing the build system around it
Improved CC (Closed Captions) support for Live TV
ffmpeg 2.6.2 update
Removal remaining SDL code which was used in some areas
Changed code to C++11
Variety of memleaks, segfaults, crashes and minor issues fixed
Rescrape season art for newly added seasons
Upgrade included webserver which should fix issues with remotes loosing connections
On Android the system now handles the volume
General improvements regarding code stability and performance in all areas
General code clean-up in all areas to simplify adding future features

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Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-15-0-isengard-beta-1/

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Here it is, the second beta build for Kodi 15.0; freshly baked and ready to be served! A little later than originally planned though, which we’ll explain later. Although we said that Kodi 15.0 a “clean-up” edition, we still managed to squeeze in a couple of really nice features. In total we had ~180 code change requests which were included since last beta release. All this sums up in a pretty big list of improvements and clean-up. As such we will only highlight some of the bigger changes.

Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-15-0-isengard-beta-2/

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Changelog

[favourites] handle pictures via showpicture builtin
[pvr] [libplatform] Bump pvr add-ons and libplatform
[gitigonre] Another android artifact
[pvr] fix CPVRChannelGroup::OnSettingChanged won't get called
CHG: [droid] add external storage path to initial status log
FIX: [droid] limit 4K to Shield TV + allow override
[pvr] bump add-ons to their Isengard branch
[pvr] fix: delete of empty group with an invalid id ends up in deleting the wrong group
FIX: [droid] fix volume handling
[pvr] sort equal client channel numbers by name if not sub-channels Fix Improvement
[omxplayer] Change in interlace state is not an error in log
FIX: [droid] fix crash when restarted by system
[videodb] fix yet some more query typos Fix
Added Lithuanian keyboard layout
[pvr] bump pvr.vbox to 1.3.4
[videodb] use GetNavCommon for tags Cleanup Fix
fixed: Don't do GetLength() off-thread is it may be (b)locked by a pending read()
[dvdplayer][fix] Initialize SelectionStream members.
[pvr] bump pvr.vbox to 1.3.3
[addons] force repository update in post-install/uninstall
[confluence] increase button group height in the PVR group manager dialog Fix
[pvr.wmc] Fix android lib name (fixes #16044) Fix
music library: don't force a rescan after update past version 35 if not needed Improvement

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Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-15-0-isengard-rc-1/

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Changelog

• Fix endless loop in PVR section which causes high CPU load
• Fix crash on opening conext menu item
• Fix sorting by episodes
• Don’t try to use hardware decoding for h264/10bit video files (don’t confuse with h265/10bit)
• Fix playback of certain HEVC files
• Avoid freezing/deadlock in peripheralmanager
• Fix genres in smartplaylists
• Fix grouping by artists in smartplaylists
• Fix video calibration for Android
• Make sure to download the OBB file when Play Store doesn’t
• Some other technical changes….

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Weitere Infos und DL -> http://kodi.tv/kodi-15-0-isengard-rc-2/

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Changelog

Kodi 15.0 Features:

A new chapter selector window - Allows you to visually browse and select chapters from mkvs and other containers that support chapters.
Adaptive seeking (aka Skip Steps) - The more times you press a button to seek in a period of time, the larger the jump forward or backward will be.
Audio and Subtitle Lists - For content that includes multiple audio and subtitle choices, you can select from a full list of choices, rather than manually searching through a spinner.
Language Add-ons and Expanded International Preferences - Now language translations aren't dependent upon release, but get regularly updated to all users as the add-ons themselves update. Additionally, you now have total control over date, time, temperature and more displayed formats.
Improved Add-on Manager - The add-on manager has now been reworked to help make finding the add-ons you are looking for easier.

Other improvements include:

FFmpeg 2.6.3 update
Improved Closed Captioning support in Live TV
Fixed music video queuing
Allow scanning of new sources and marking as watched during other library operations such as "update library"
Windows DXVA HEVC hardware decoding support if driver and hardware support exist

Changes from 14.2 to 15.0 include:

Minimal 10.7 Lion 64-bit required on Mac OSX
Minimal iOS 5.1 required and ATV2 support discontinued
Minimum Android 4.2 Jelly Bean MR1 required on Android
Ubuntu 12.04 support dropped in PPA
On Android the system now handles the volume instead of Kodi
Removed the need for root/SU on Android. Some hardware/firmware might not like that. Please contact your hardware supplier
Removal of Tuxbox support. Users of Enigma2 boxes can use the VUPlus PVR add-on
Removal of AFP filesystem support
Remove legacy code pre-Frodo 11.0
Vast amount of possible memory leaks, segfaults, crashes and minor issues have been fixed
General improvements regarding code stability and performance in all areas
General code clean-up in all areas to simplify adding future features

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Changelog

Fixes done in this RC 1 version

    • Flush renderbuffers when flushing video player
    • Fix broken network.bandwidth setting
    • [pvr] fix stuttering introduced
    • Unsigned apps are not working on jailbroken iOS5.1 devices
    • Add installed languages to the list of possible stream languages
    • Ensure that file descriptor for logfile is NULL’ed
    • [pvr] fix holding lock while querying backend
    • Fixes a crash when trying do delete a file in filemanager
    • Reimplement Cocoa_GetVolumeNameFromMountPoint
    • [guilib] update label color for sliderex controls
    • CProgressJob: fix crash in DoModal
    • [pvr] fix missing return in CGUIWindowPVRBase::OnBack
    • FFmpeg: Bump to 2.6.4
    • Handle startup splash as regular window
    • [ios] – fix linkage for VTB framework for ios < 6 – fixes vtb on ios
    • [ios] – fix broken native keyboard on ios 5.1.1 devices
    • fix wrong navigation in SmartPlaylistEditor.xml

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Quelle & Download : http://kodi.tv/kodi-15-1-isengard-release-candidate/

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