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Kodi v16 (Jarvis) changelog

NOTICE: Kodi v15 (Isengard) final has not been released yet, never mind v16 (J*). As such, this condensed changelog is a placeholder containing chamges to the current Kodi mainline. It is a very much a work in progress, this is only listing new features and functions commited to the master branch after Isengard branching, and many many many things are subject to change.

INCOMPLETE: This page or section is incomplete. Please add information or correct uncertain data which is marked with a ?

See also: Kodi v16 (J) FAQ, J API changes, and Releases

Placeholder for Kodi Wiki copy of the Kodi v16 (J*) condensed changelog for the release with a summery of the most important features and functions as well as other key changes.

Changelog

Live TV and PVR (Personal Video Recorder)

• Added support to PVR API for Scheduling Recordings of TV Shows / TV Series (EPG based DVR Timers)
• Added possibility for series recordings to Kodi's PVR API for improved DVR capabilities
• Improved speedup reading EPG from database
• Initially bumped the PVR Addon API version to 2.0.0 for Kodi v16 (J)
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Add-ons Framework, API, and Manager

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GUI Engine (Skinning Engine)

• Added option to conditionally include files to allow skinners to conditionally include a file
• Added hooks for TvTunes Addon in Confluence
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Platform Independent Playback

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Library

• Added support for the MusicBrainz "ARTISTS" tag in id3v2, ape, xiph for music files
• Added ability to fetch season year from video database based on first aired episode
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Web Scrapers

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AudioEngine

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Other

• Added ability to open the SmartPlayListEditor for a given playlist
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Android Specific

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BSD Specific

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Linux Specific

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iOS Specific

• Moved iOS 8.4 SDK and Xcode 6.4 IDE which added support for iOS 8.4
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OS X Specific

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Windows Specific

• Updated rendering system on Microsoft Windows platforms to DirectX 11 and Direct3D 11 native support [1]
• Added support for caching font vertices on GPU side (requires Windows 8 and DirectX 11 device drivers)
• Added support for hardware based Stereoscopic 3D (requires Windows 8 and DirectX 11 device drivers)
• Added support for interleaved Stereoscopic 3D mode on Windows platforms (requires DirectX 11 device drivers)
• Added support for checkerboard Stereoscopic 3D mode on Windows platforms (requires DirectX 11 device drivers)
• Improved DXVA/DXVA2 rendering and decoding on Windows (when using DirectX 11 device drivers)
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