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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 upcoming v22 "Piers" Beta 1 release, plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.
Compared to the v22 Beta 1 release, this build includes:
Added features
- GSoC 2020, Captions for Discord Rich Presence support (xbmc#27089)
- GSoC 2021, Achievements (xbmc#22652)
- Kademlia (disabled) (xbmc#23696)
Added fixes
- Fixed rendering game video with transparency (xbmc#27912)
Add-ons
The build also bundles some game-related add-ons to improve quality of life for testers.
- Includes all 85 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 Open-Meteo for working weather out-of-the-box
- Includes service.games.discord.richpresence (disabled)
Discussion
Forum thread:
Changelog
- Fixed rendering game video with transparency on Windows (xbmc#27912)
- Renamed "1:1 PAR" to "square pixels" (xbmc#28270)
- Added P-UAE 2021 core (kodi-game/kodi-game-scripting#139, LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv#11214) (thanks @mczerski!)
Kodi builds
- Windows x64: KodiSetup-20260506-a53944d9-retroplayer-22beta1-x64.exe
- macOS ARM64: kodi-20260506-a53944d9-retroplayer-22beta1-arm64.dmg
- macOS x64: kodi-20260506-a53944d9-retroplayer-22beta1-x86_64.dmg
- Android ARM: kodi-20260506-a53944d9-retroplayer-22beta1-armeabi-v7a.apk
- Android ARM64: kodi-20260506-a53944d9-retroplayer-22beta1-arm64-v8a.apk
LibreELEC 13 builds
- Generic x86_64: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-13.0-retroplayer-20260506-4f671d55.img.gz
- RPi 2/3: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-13.0-retroplayer-20260506-4f671d55.img.gz
- RPi 4: LibreELEC-RPi4.aarch64-13.0-retroplayer-20260506-4f671d55.img.gz
- RPi 5: LibreELEC-RPi5.aarch64-13.0-retroplayer-20260506-4f671d55.img.gz
- ODROID-C2: See 2026-03-20 release
- Other platforms: Ask in the discussion thread
Donations
- ENS: eigendude.eth