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Kodi (former XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.
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Kodi 22 "Piers" Alpha 1
Prerelease, Developer
Team Kodi
August 29, 2025
·
2 min read
So, here we go once again - development (and developers) never actually sleep, so we're pleased to present the first public preview of our next significant release: Kodi v22, "Piers".
This is a major release, so, as you'd expect, it comes with many new features. However, it is also an Alpha release, so there's a very good chance that something won't work the way it's intended to. As such, please be aware that installing this will most likely break things, which is kind of the point of releasing it: please raise Github issues with full debug logs to help us resolve any regressions you wonderful testers come across.
So, all that aside... what's actually changed?
Video/audio
Upgraded to FFmpeg 7
Audio book chapter support
Movie Versions/Extras full redesign
Movie Sets support setting info and artwork
Better stream selection
Automatic cleaning of cached images/artwork
Blu-ray multi-episode support
New Blu-ray episode selection menu
Blu-ray episodes now have their own progress, media info and artwork
Library import/export now handles Blu-ray episodes
Episode ranges are now supported and shown in the library
Movie Versions/Extras are now supported for Blu-ray discs
PVR
New Recently Added Channels (plus new widget)
New Providers window (requires skin support)
New Custom Timers
Improved channel groups
Improved saved searches
Improved recording functionality
Improved EPG search
1-minute EPG resolution (requires skin support)
Games
Shader support (from Google Summer of Code 2017/2019)
Improved mouse and keyboard support
New scaling methods, including integer scaling
Fixed aspect ratio for some emulators
Fixed some micro-stuttering issues
GUI
Reduced memory usage for single- and dual-channel textures
Improved performance and memory usage on OpenGL and OpenGLES
Improved large texture image quality with better performance on slow devices
Implemented front-to-back rendering for better performance (OpenGL(ES) only)
Network
Improved SMB GUI settings
Support for SMBv2.0 devices lacking SMBv2.1 features such as "large MTU"
Fixed connecting to Windows SMB servers with no password
Drastically improved performance at listing large SMB directories
Platforms
Windows/Xbox
Initial Windows ARM64 desktop support
Python 3.13 on Windows/Xbox
Enabled XAudio2 sink for Windows desktop (was previously only on Xbox)
Enhanced Video Super Resolution feature with 10-bit SDR support (Intel and Nvidia) and HDR10 (Nvidia)
Android
Enabled file sharing to other apps and players
Improved channels on the home page
Upgraded to Android 15
Minimum Android version is now 7.0
Android support for 16KB page size
LG webOS
New unified media pipeline
Linux
HDR passthrough on OpenGL (was previously only on OpenGLES)
Support for the Wayland Color Management protocol, therefor supporting HDR on Wayland with compatible compositors
Make Kodi work on systems using a Turkish locale
Peripherals
Improved OSMC Remote support
Improved Pulse-Eight CEC Adapter support
Improved Flirc support
Known issues
Scanning for new content will fail if local NFO files are present (fixed for Alpha 2)
Filesystems that use milliseconds can trigger a rescan
Prerelease, Developer
Team Kodi
August 29, 2025
·
2 min read
So, here we go once again - development (and developers) never actually sleep, so we're pleased to present the first public preview of our next significant release: Kodi v22, "Piers".
This is a major release, so, as you'd expect, it comes with many new features. However, it is also an Alpha release, so there's a very good chance that something won't work the way it's intended to. As such, please be aware that installing this will most likely break things, which is kind of the point of releasing it: please raise Github issues with full debug logs to help us resolve any regressions you wonderful testers come across.
So, all that aside... what's actually changed?
Video/audio
Upgraded to FFmpeg 7
Audio book chapter support
Movie Versions/Extras full redesign
Movie Sets support setting info and artwork
Better stream selection
Automatic cleaning of cached images/artwork
Blu-ray multi-episode support
New Blu-ray episode selection menu
Blu-ray episodes now have their own progress, media info and artwork
Library import/export now handles Blu-ray episodes
Episode ranges are now supported and shown in the library
Movie Versions/Extras are now supported for Blu-ray discs
PVR
New Recently Added Channels (plus new widget)
New Providers window (requires skin support)
New Custom Timers
Improved channel groups
Improved saved searches
Improved recording functionality
Improved EPG search
1-minute EPG resolution (requires skin support)
Games
Shader support (from Google Summer of Code 2017/2019)
Improved mouse and keyboard support
New scaling methods, including integer scaling
Fixed aspect ratio for some emulators
Fixed some micro-stuttering issues
GUI
Reduced memory usage for single- and dual-channel textures
Improved performance and memory usage on OpenGL and OpenGLES
Improved large texture image quality with better performance on slow devices
Implemented front-to-back rendering for better performance (OpenGL(ES) only)
Network
Improved SMB GUI settings
Support for SMBv2.0 devices lacking SMBv2.1 features such as "large MTU"
Fixed connecting to Windows SMB servers with no password
Drastically improved performance at listing large SMB directories
Platforms
Windows/Xbox
Initial Windows ARM64 desktop support
Python 3.13 on Windows/Xbox
Enabled XAudio2 sink for Windows desktop (was previously only on Xbox)
Enhanced Video Super Resolution feature with 10-bit SDR support (Intel and Nvidia) and HDR10 (Nvidia)
Android
Enabled file sharing to other apps and players
Improved channels on the home page
Upgraded to Android 15
Minimum Android version is now 7.0
Android support for 16KB page size
LG webOS
New unified media pipeline
Linux
HDR passthrough on OpenGL (was previously only on OpenGLES)
Support for the Wayland Color Management protocol, therefor supporting HDR on Wayland with compatible compositors
Make Kodi work on systems using a Turkish locale
Peripherals
Improved OSMC Remote support
Improved Pulse-Eight CEC Adapter support
Improved Flirc support
Known issues
Scanning for new content will fail if local NFO files are present (fixed for Alpha 2)
Filesystems that use milliseconds can trigger a rescan
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| 9 reviews, Showing 1 to 5 reviews |
Best Media Center I ever used. Lots of functions.
Access to lots of cool and useful tools such as the
Photo Add-on "500pix" or "Big Picture". View world
photos of big events, beautiful nature, etc.
Play your music with all kinds of visualizations, album art, and more.
Video Add-ons are easy to install if you go by the directions, like from this place...
http://www.wirelesshack.org/top-best-working-kodi-video-add-ons.html
Step by step instructions on how to install from Repositories.
Or this place... http://www.htpcbeginner.com/best-kodi-addons-2016/
Just be careful of which add-ons you install.
Play your videos with or without subtitles and music with cool visualizations.
The main settings are in SYSTEM/SETTINGS, then Appearance, Audio, Video, etc.
Access to lots of cool and useful tools such as the
Photo Add-on "500pix" or "Big Picture". View world
photos of big events, beautiful nature, etc.
Play your music with all kinds of visualizations, album art, and more.
Video Add-ons are easy to install if you go by the directions, like from this place...
http://www.wirelesshack.org/top-best-working-kodi-video-add-ons.html
Step by step instructions on how to install from Repositories.
Or this place... http://www.htpcbeginner.com/best-kodi-addons-2016/
Just be careful of which add-ons you install.
Play your videos with or without subtitles and music with cool visualizations.
The main settings are in SYSTEM/SETTINGS, then Appearance, Audio, Video, etc.
Review by Kool-Believer on
Jun 21, 2016 Version: 16.1 Jarvis
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Straight from your forum I have this problem with the new OTT TV BOX with the 4X CPU Cortex-A9r4 & 8X GPU Mali-450:
"This time after the 15.0 release it became clear that for several devices using an Amlogic chipset there was a change in firmware that caused Kodi to not function properly and only show a zoomed in or only used part of the screen."
"This time after the 15.0 release it became clear that for several devices using an Amlogic chipset there was a change in firmware that caused Kodi to not function properly and only show a zoomed in or only used part of the screen."
Review by JDLewan on
Oct 10, 2015 Version: KODI 15.2
OS: Other Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 5/10
After reading the last review I tried out XBMC and must admit it has come a very long way since it began. As an HTPC app it is incredible. There are many built in functions and lots of addons you can download within XBMC. You can even download and install skins with the click of a button. Adding different video feeds is a just click of a button away. It really is incredible how far this program has come. It also supports DLNA file sharing although video support is very basic and only offers a few video formats. If you haven't tried XBMC in a while, check it out.
Review by Specter on
Jul 15, 2012 Version: 12.0 alpha 3
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
XBMC has come a long way since the last round of comments in late 2009, and I just couldn't let it sit there with a out of date 'out of 10' rating. It's a mature product with a strong following of users and programmers and has a very active forum, so it deserves a better score.
In my opinion it's the best media centre application of it's type.
In my opinion it's the best media centre application of it's type.
Review by The Mariner on
May 3, 2012 Version: 11
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Beautiful to look at and very ambitious in scope. Looks very promising. Unfortunately I was hoping that since it had Xbox origins, it would play HD DVD format, but it won't. I still have about 30 HD DVDs that I was hoping to view with this. I have an Xbox external disc drive, but no media player that will play it.
Review by ricoman on
Dec 24, 2009 Version: 9.11
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
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