Kodi 19 Released With Python 3 Transition Complete, AV1 Software Decode
Kodi 19.0 "Matrix" is now available for this popular open-source, cross-platform [home theater PC] solution.
Kodi 19.0 is represented by nearly five thousand commits since Kodi 18 and represents some big changes like finishing off the migration from Python 2 to Python 3. Kodi 19.0 also has many audio/video playback related improvements, AV1 software decoding is now supported, integer scaling is supported for those playing game emulators within Kodi, various theme/skin improvements, metadata scraper improvements, and new security improvements.
Because of many changes across supported platforms, the LibreELEC team is planning an initial release of LibreELEC 10.0 (based on Kodi 19) with stable support for x86, beta support for Rockchip/Allwinner ARM, and alpha support for the Raspberry Pi 4. Raspberry Pi 2/3 support will be added in LibreELEC 10.2, and support for Raspberry Pi 0/1 will be dropped.
(Score: 2) by dltaylor on Monday February 22 2021, @08:53AM (1 child)
Maybe they're too busy creating some awful mess of a new UI to work on the kinds of performance issues you experience.
I've used VLC for a long time, simply to work around various OS' silly restrictions, but on an Nvidia Shield, I usually use Kodi. It has better access to my stored media, nicer visualizations, and usable plug-in system.
I'll have to wait a while to deploy 19 until the LibreELEC folks get a stable version for my Pi 4 (I may set up a test bed for the alpha, if I can help them out), but that means that the Python 3 issues should have been reduced by the x86 deployment.
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 22 2021, @12:38PM
>> Maybe they're too busy creating some awful mess of a new UI
To be fair to VLC, their Code of Conduct requires them to hire exclusively from the LGBTQUX community.