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This is a custom build of Kodi by the lead developer for games in Kodi. It serves as the stable build for the developer's media center, and is shared here for others. It is based on the latest v21.1 release plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.
Compared to the "Omega" 21.1 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)
- Kademlia DHT (xbmc#23696)
- Donation tab in settings (xbmc#26035)
- Nearest neighbor image scaling support (xbmc#24395)
Added fixes
- Fixed black screen in some games on LibreELEC (report, temporary fix)
- Android joystick fixes (xbmc#25176, xbmc#25177)
- All fixes for v21.2 so far
- All fixes for LibreELEC 12.0.2 so far
Known Issues
- 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 game add-on repos for: AKL IAGL, libretro buildbot cores, Steam Launcher
- Includes skin repos for: Arctic Fuse, Confluence ZEITGEIST
- Includes service.games.discord.richpresence
Discussion
Forum thread:
Changelog
Fixes
- Fixed $VAR[] and $INFO[] usage in
<controllerdiffuse>tag (xbmc#26090) - Fixed delay in all context menus with file items (xbmc#26033)
Improvements
- Update QR codes on donations tab to include campaign (
kodilove) / source (qr-logoandqr-popcorn) - Backported C++20 support
- Backported NDK 27
Features
- Included current RetroPlayer GL hardware rendering progress! (xbmc#26091, kodi-game/game.libretro#129)
Screenshots
Kodi screenshot of donations page with K logo:
After 6s, it fades into the popcorn QR code as a reward for the user:
Kodi builds
- Windows x86: KodiSetup-20241213-a87fd750-retroplayer-21.1-x86.exe
- Windows x64: KodiSetup-20241213-a87fd750-retroplayer-21.1-x64.exe
- macOS x64: kodi-20241213-a87fd750-retroplayer-21.1-x86_64.dmg
- macOS ARM64: kodi-20241213-a87fd750-retroplayer-21.1-arm64.dmg
- Android ARM: kodi-20241213-a87fd750-retroplayer-21.1-armeabi-v7a.apk
- Android ARM64: kodi-20241213-a87fd750-retroplayer-21.1-arm64-v8a.apk
LibreELEC 12.0.1 builds
- Generic x86_64: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-retroplayer-20241213-a87fd750.img.gz
- RPi 2/3: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-12.0-retroplayer-20241213-a87fd750.img.gz
- RPi 4: LibreELEC-RPi4.aarch64-12.0-retroplayer-20241213-a87fd750.img.gz
- RPi 5: LibreELEC-RPi5.aarch64-12.0-retroplayer-20241213-a87fd750.img.gz
- Rockchip RK3399 (RockPi 4 Plus): See 2024-08-24 release
- Other platforms: Ask in the discussion thread
Donations
- ENS: eigendude.eth