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* faster library | * Added support for audio encoder codecs via a binary addons and move Vorbis, LAME, Flac and WAV audio encoders to addons | ||
* | * Added capability for Text-to-Speech screen readers addons for visual impaired | ||
* | * Improved the ability to extend Kodi's native Python API by writing C++ code generated via Groovy and SWIG | ||
* | * Improved Addons API for homebrew DIY RGB LED Ambilight clone client software such as Boblight | ||
* | * Improved Stereoscopic 3D rendering support (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, and Anaglyph) to Kodi's GUI skinning engine | ||
* | * Improved Stereoscopic 3D rendering support (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, and Anaglyph) for Subtitles when in 3D mode | ||
* | * Added support for HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) a.k.a. H.265 software video decoding | ||
* | * Improved support for H.264 (including Hi10P) multi-threaded video decoding when software decoder on CPU is used | ||
* | * Upgraded FFmpeg (libavcodec and libavformat) audio/video codec libraries to release version FFmpeg 2.2) | ||
* Removed FFmpeg from from the Kodi code tree, making it easier to compile/build separately | |||
* Improved network and file system reading when scanning files and searching for subtitles | |||
* Improved MusicBrainz tags support to the Music Library and Database | |||
* Improved and extended Smart Playlists functionality | |||
* Improved performance for SQL database queries for faster library browsing | |||
* Updated music, movies, tv shows, and music video scrapers for Kodi from the community | |||
* Added support for Planar Formats and PTS audio synchronization from player in ActiveAE | |||
* Improved the default cross-platform event driven active state machine pattern ActiveAE (Kodi's AudioEngine) | |||
* Improved ALSA sink for ActiveAE for Linux Desktop and generic Linux based Embedded Systems | |||
* Improved PulseAudio sink for ActiveAE for Linux Desktop | |||
* Improved OSS (Open Sound System) sink for ActiveAE for BSD, like FreeBSD and similar BSD Unix based systems | |||
* Improved AUDIOTRACK sink for ActiveAE for Amlogic | |||
* Improved Pi Audio sink for ActiveAE for Raspberry Pi | |||
* Improved DirectSound sink for ActiveAE for Windows | |||
* Improved WASAPI sink for ActiveAE for Windows | |||
* Improved CoreAudio sink for ActiveAE for Mac OS X and iOS | |||
* Improved Darwin sink for ActiveAE for Mac OS X and iOS | |||
* Improved CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) support for Pulse-Eight's LibCEC | |||
* Upgraded DVD-Video navigation and playback libraries (libdvdnav, libdvdread, and libdvdcss) | |||
* Upgraded SAMBA client to version 3.6.x for improved support for SMB and CIFS protocols | |||
* Updated community maintained translations to over 60+ languages to date for Kodi via Transifex Translation System | |||
* Improved MediaCodec API video decoding implementations support for Android 4.1 (API level 16) and later | |||
* Improved StageFright API video decoding implementations support for Android 4.0 (API level 14) | |||
* Improved the dedicated AMLCodec hardware accelerated video decoding support for AMLogic devices | |||
* Improved NEON (Advanced SIMD instruction set) CPU acceleration support for ARM architecture | |||
* Improved Kodi support for BSD (operating system) on FreeBSD, PC-BSD, and other similar BSD platforms | |||
* Added initial optional X11 support on EGL (EGL-X11) based systems on Linux, full-screen mode only | |||
* Added native XvBA accelerated video decoding for AMD/ATI GPUs on Linux | |||
* Improved ARM processor architecture (using WeTek Play and Raspberry Pi as reference devices) | |||
* Improved OpenGL ES and EGL support (using WeTek Play and Raspberry Pi as reference devices) | |||
* Improved VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) support (requires VAAPI compatible hardware and drivers) | |||
* Improved VDPAU (NVIDIA) Hardware Video Acceleration (requires VDPAU compatible hardware and drivers) | |||
* Improved OpenMAX Video Acceleration API support for Linux (using Raspberry Pi as reference hardware) | |||
* Improved dedicated AMLCodec hardware accelerated video decoding support for Linux on AMLogic devices | |||
* Improved AMD/Intel x86-64 64-bit (AMD64 / IA-64t CPU architectures) support under Linux | |||
* Upgraded SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) from version 1.2 to 2.0 for improved input-support on Linux | |||
* Removed dependencies of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) for windowing and event handling on X11 | |||
* Improved Apple VDADecoder Video Acceleration support for iOS (on iPad, iPhone, and iPod iDevices) | |||
* Improved Apple VDADecoder Video Acceleration support for (Mac) OS X | |||
* Improved DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) support (requires DXVA compatible hardware and drivers) | |||
* Upgraded Kodi for Windows and binary addons to compile with Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 by default | |||
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Revision as of 19:15, 20 April 2015
Kodi Development |
Releases |
See also: Category:Changelogs
Release history
This is a release history with condensed changelogs for the most important added or removed notable new features, functions, and changed in each stable version of Kodi.
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Red | Old releases |
Green | Current release |
Blue | Future releases |
Version | Release date | Codename | Significant changes | XBMC Live based on | |||
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1.0.0 | 29 June 2004 | N/A |
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N/A | |||
1.1.0 | 18 October 2004 | N/A |
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N/A | |||
2.0.0 | 29 September 2006 | N/A |
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N/A | |||
8.10 | 15 November 2008 | Atlantis |
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Ubuntu 8.10 | |||
9.04 | 6 May 2009 | Babylon |
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Ubuntu 9.04 | |||
9.11 | 24 December 2009 | Camelot |
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Ubuntu 9.10 | |||
10.0 10.1 |
18 December 2010 10 March 2011 |
Dharma |
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Ubuntu 10.04 | |||
11.0 | 24 March 2012 | Eden |
Main pages: XBMC v11 (Eden) changelog and Eden API changes
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Lubuntu 11.10 | |||
12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 |
29 January 2013 18 March 2013 3 May 2013 24 December 2013 |
Frodo |
Main pages: XBMC v12 (Frodo) changelog and Frodo API changes
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Lubuntu 12.10 | |||
13.0 13.1 13.2 |
4 May 2014 5 June 2014 17 August 2014 |
Gotham |
Main pages: XBMC v13 (Gotham) changelog and Gotham API changes
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Lubuntu 14.04 | |||
14.0 14.1 |
23 December 2014 1 February 2015 |
Helix |
Main pages: Kodi v14 (Helix) changelog and Helix API changes
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15.0 | TBA | Isengard |
Main pages: Kodi v15 (Isengard) changelog and Isengard API changes
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16.0 |