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This is a custom build of Kodi by the lead developer for games in Kodi. It is based on the latest v21.0 release plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.
Compared to the "Omega" 21.0 release, this build includes:
Added features
- GSoC 2017, Shaders on Windows (#86)
- GSoC 2019, Shaders on OpenGL (#114)
- GSoC 2020, Game Metadata for Discord Rich Presence support (xbmc#21286)
- GSoC 2021, Achievements (xbmc#22652)
Added fixes
- Fixed black screen in some games on LibreELEC (report)
- Android joystick fixes (xbmc#24604)
- Shader fixes from https://github.com/KOPRajs/xbmc/tree/video-shaders-v4
Known Issues
- Android joystick fixes break remotes (discussion)
- Many multipass shaders are not rendered correctly (report)
Add-ons
The build also bundles some game-related add-ons to improve quality of life for testers.
- Includes all 80 controller profiles from the controller topology project
- Includes VFS add-ons for compressed ROMs
- Includes InputStream Adaptive for IAGL
- Includes add-on repos for: AKL, Arctic Fuse, IAGL, libretro buildbot cores, Steam Launcher
- Includes service.games.discord.richpresence
Discussion
Forum thread:
Changelog
- Tagged version 1.0.0 of the Controller Topology Project (https://github.com/kodi-game/controller-topology-project)
- Removed Arctic Fuse dependencies
- Reduced uncompressed install size by 12MB
Kodi builds
- Windows x86: KodiSetup-20240505-f89e5812-retroplayer-21-x86.exe
- Windows x64: KodiSetup-20240505-f89e5812-retroplayer-21-x64.exe
- macOS x64: kodi-20240505-f89e5812-retroplayer-21-x86_64.dmg
- macOS ARM64: kodi-20240505-f89e5812-retroplayer-21-arm64.dmg
- Android ARM: kodi-20240505-f89e5812-retroplayer-21-armeabi-v7a.apk
- Android ARM64: kodi-20240505-f89e5812-retroplayer-21-arm64-v8a.apk
LibreELEC 12.0.0 builds
- Generic x86_64: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-retroplayer-20240505-f89e5812.img.gz
- RPi 2/3: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-12.0-retroplayer-20240505-f89e5812.img.gz
- RPi 4: LibreELEC-RPi4.aarch64-12.0-retroplayer-20240505-f89e5812.img.gz
- RPi 5: LibreELEC-RPi5.aarch64-12.0-retroplayer-20240505-f89e5812.img.gz
- Rockchip RK3399 (RockPi 4 Plus): LibreELEC-RK3399.arm-12.0-retroplayer-20240505-f89e5812-rock-pi-4-plus.img.gz
Donations
- ENS: eigendude.eth