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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 v22 master branch plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.
Compared to the v22 "Piers" master branch, this build includes:
Added features
- GSoC 2020, Game Metadata for Discord Rich Presence support (xbmc#21286)
- GSoC 2021, Achievements (xbmc#22652)
- Kademlia (disabled) (xbmc#23696)
Added fixes
- Game loop fix (xbmc#25460)
- Two Android joystick fixes (xbmc#25179)
- Fixed black screen in some games on LibreELEC (report, temporary fix)
Add-ons
The build also bundles some game-related add-ons to improve quality of life for testers.
- Includes all 84 controller profiles from the controller topology project
- Includes VFS add-ons for compressed ROMs
- Includes repos for game add-ons: AKL IAGL, libretro buildbot cores, Steam Launcher
- Includes repos for skins: Arctic Fuse, Confluence ZEITGEIST, OSMC Skin
- Includes service.games.discord.richpresence
Discussion
Forum thread:
Changelog
- Added "Get More" button in video filter dialog (xbmc#26869)
- Added more Stretch Modes, including Integer Scaling (xbmc#26951) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
- Removed Hardware Integer Scaling (xbmc#26906)
- Fixed RetroPlayer GUI zoom issue (xbmc#26849) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
- Fixed Video Shaders (xbmc#26961) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
- Keyboard/mouse improvements in the Player Viewer (xbmc#26876, xbmc#26879)
Kodi builds
- Windows x64: Coming soon!
- macOS x64: kodi-20250719-b2149ca0-retroplayer-22alpha1-x86_64.dmg
- macOS ARM64: Coming soon!
- Android ARM: kodi-20250719-b2149ca0-retroplayer-22alpha1-armeabi-v7a.apk
- Android ARM64: kodi-20250719-b2149ca0-retroplayer-22alpha1-arm64-v8a.apk
LibreELEC 13 builds
- Generic-GL x86_64: LibreELEC-Generic-gl.x86_64-13.0-retroplayer-20250719-b2149ca0.img.gz
- RPi 2/3: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-13.0-retroplayer-20250719-b2149ca0.img.gz
- RPi 4: LibreELEC-RPi4.aarch64-13.0-retroplayer-20250719-b2149ca0.img.gz
- RPi 5: LibreELEC-RPi5.aarch64-13.0-retroplayer-20250719-b2149ca0.img.gz
- RockPi 4 Plus: LibreELEC-RK3399.arm-13.0-retroplayer-20250719-b2149ca0-rock-pi-4-plus.img.gz
- ODROID-C2: LibreELEC-AMLGX.aarch64-13.0-retroplayer-20250719-b2149ca0-odroid-c2.img.gz
- Other platforms: Ask in the discussion thread
Donations
- ENS: eigendude.eth