Available for download, Kodi 22 Piers Beta2. The build for this beta version will be available soon; it may still be unstable, so we recommend using it for testing purposes only.
You can see if install that Kodi v22 Piers version, the aesthetic changes are few and it seems a fairly continuous version in general. In any case, soon we will have versions available for Windows in 32 and 64bit compilations in addition to the compilations for Android in ARM V7A format of greater compatibility and ARM V8A for Shield TV or similar. In the following months this version will evolve, and we will inform you about its new features.
Download Kodi 22 Piers Beta2
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Download Kodi 22 Piers Beta 1 for Android
Alpha and Beta versions are not available on Google Play, so you’ll need to manually install the APK. Here’s a guide about how to install an APK on Android.
- Download Kodi 32-bit for Android, compatible with all TV boxes and Amlogic/Realtek
- Download Kodi 64-bit for Android, compatible with NVIDIA, Fire TV, and some Rockchip/Allwinner
Download Kodi 22 Piers Beta2 for Windows
- Download Kodi 64-bit for PC, compatible with any PC (Recommended)
- Download Kodi 32-bit for PC, compatible with very old PCs
Kodi 22 Piers Beta2 changelog
Video
- Upgraded FFmpeg to v9.0.1
- Fixed pixel format detection for AV1 content
- Fixed fullscreen playback dimensions on 50 Hz TVs
- Fixed FPS detection of MPEG Transport Streams (.ts / .m2ts)
- Fixed loss of the HDMI video signal when playing certain content
- Fixed skip accuracy when paused
- Fixed playback when moving Kodi between screens on Windows
- Fixed resuming MPEG Transport Streams with H.264 video on Android
- Fixed VC-1 regression causing heavy stuttering on Android TV
- Fixed “sync playback to display” setting for some embedded (GBM) platforms
- Fixed crash when using add-on video codecs with some embedded (DRMPRIME) platforms
- Fixed possible memory leak with video codec binary add-ons
Blu-ray
- Upgraded Libbluray to v1.5.0
- Improved Blu-ray episode handling
- Improved Blu-ray movie playlist selection
- Improved speed of Blu-ray disc detection
- Fixed possible crash when selecting “Blu-ray menu” while choosing a Blu-ray playlist
- Fixed stale metadata on playlist item transition
HDR
- Enabled screenshots for HDR content
- Fixed tonemapped (HDR->SDR) colorimetry
- Fixed stale HDR metadata shown for video info
- Fixed Dolby Vision playback on Android with PGS subtitles
- Fixed HDR transfer PQ logic on webOS
- Fixed playback of HDR10 HEVC Main 10 content on macOS
- Fixed playback of sources with bad HDR light metadata
Bookmarks / Chapters
- Fixed bookmark not cleared when playback finished
- Fixed chapter skipping during DVD playback
- Fixed displayed time and chapter after a chapter jump
- Fixed two chapters being created in the first 1 second
3D
- Fixed delayed switch when changing 3D mode
Audio
- Change ReplayGain PreAmp settings to be centered at 0 dB instead of 89 dB
- Fixed errors in M2TS parser for DTS/TrueHD and LPCM content
- Fixed MPEG-TS fast probe breaking DTS/DTS-HD audio metadata
- Fixed possible loss of audio when playing HDR with passthrough audio
- Fixed distorted sound on webOS
- Fixed skipping first track after playing last track with “repeat all” enabled
Subtitles
- Improved automatic selection of different languages
- Fixed possible desync of external subtitles when seeking
- Fixed issue with external subtitle searching and HTTP:// paths
- Fixed subtitles not appearing after backward chapter or large seek
- Fixed system-level crash on LG webOS when subtitles are displayed
- Fixed removal of subtitles with URL-encoded paths
PVR
- Fixed “smart select” in Guide window
- Fixed possible loss of video when switching PVR channels on embedded platforms
- Fixed wrong reminder types displayed in timer settings dialog
- Fixed resolution of items only carrying item path, no tag
Games
- Added full RetroAchievements support
- Added ability to remember which emulators are used per-game and per-folder
- Added error message when compressed savestates from v23 are loaded in v22
- Added Fairchild Channel F emulation
- Improved RetroAchievement support
- Fixed broken audio with some emulators
- Fixed discarding audio frames at the beginning of a stream
- Fixed in-game rumble not working
- Fixed torn frames on some Linux-based platforms
- Fixed emulators using the previous emulator’s system/save directories
- Fixed possible crash when connecting/disconnecting controllers
- Fixed analog triggers in Dreamcast emulators
Library
- Added advanced setting to ignore folder names within archives
- Improved video version functionality
- Improved crossfading of images
- Fixed showing artwork for movie series
- Fixed crash when exiting while a directory is still loading
- Fixed outdated watched/in progress status of movies/TV shows
- Fixed TV show details being lost after a metadata refresh
- Fixed sorting library items with Nordic (æ/ø/å/ä/ö) accents
- Fixed display of empty TV shows
- Fixed incomplete removal of movies when setting source content to “None”
- Fixed scraping items with a {tvdb} tag in the filename
- Fixed several bugs for .rar archive handling
- Fixed sort order of movies with versions
- Fixed slow scanning for imports/exports of actor thumb and TV show art
- Fixed incorrect name and information shown for BDMV files
- Fixed inability to play trailers when a Blu-ray ISO has been played at least once
UI
- Added SVG image support
- Fixed jerky vertical scrolling of long text
- Fixed swizzle detection on some OpenGL platforms
- Fixed deadlock on shutdown when the PlayerProcess dialog is open
- Fixed resolution changing for some embedded platforms
- Fixed monitor selection hidden on some multi-monitor systems
- Fixed showing CPU/GPU temperature on M5 systems
Skinning
- Added Control.ResetGrouplist() to reset the last focused item in a grouplist
- Fixed possible error loading TTF fonts
- Fixed using custom fonts without a “family_name” field
- Fixed several glitches in font rendering on Windows
- Fixed screensaver bug when updating the active skin
- Fixed error logging when loading a skin
- Fixed stale images after weather update
Peripherals
- Enhanced CEC support, especially for Pulse-Eight CEC adapters
- Upgraded libcec to v8.1.6
- Changed controller handling from the Linux Joystick API to Udev
- Fixed memory leak when unplugging devices
- Fixed sorting of keyboard layouts
- Fixed handling of “guide” button on some remotes
- Fixed unconfirmed changing of peripheral settings
Network
- Upgraded Samba to v4.24.4
- Improved SMB stability over poor connections
- Fixed crash when scanning NFS folders with # or ; in the directory name
- Fixed loss of network/database services when logging off the master profile
- Fixed browsing files via HTTP, HTTPS, and WebDAV if the server requires authorization
- Fixed handling of spaces in WebDAV paths
- Fixed sorting UPnP items by date
- Fixed MySQL escaping for strings with %
JSON-RPC
- Added Database.GetDatabaseName method and Database.Type enum
- Added VideoLibrary.SetSourceContent method
- Added PVR.GetPlayableBroadcasts method
- Added GUI.OnSkinUnloading, GUI.OnSkinLoaded and GUI.OnSkinLoadFailed notifications
- Added ability to set TV show trailer
- Added ability to get game sources via Files.GetSources
- Extended full BCP 47 language support over JSON-RPC
- Improved JSON-RPC error reporting
- Fixed missing “status” field in Video.Fields.TVShow
- Fixed consistency bug for versions returned by Files.GetDirectory
- Fixed live stream metadata when playing a PVR radio channel
Python
- Upgraded Python to v3.14.7
- Upgraded Pillow to v12.3.0
- Added xbmc.getDevicePowerStatus()
- Added xbmc.getCecAdapterNames()
- Added xbmc.getDatabaseName()
- Added xbmcgui.ControlVideoWindow
- Fixed xbmcgui.ControlButton.
setLabel() having no effect on the item’s font
Profiles
- Fixed database stability and add-on enable/disable after profile switch
- Fixed deleting the currently active profile
Android
- Fixed possible crash on exit
- Fixed asking for local network access permission
- Fixed launching playlists with Android intents
Developers
- Dropped p8-platform dependency
- Dropped Java as a built-time dependency
- Raised minimum macOS deployment target to 10.15
- Improved running Kodi in iOS and tvOS simulators
- Fixed building with GCC 15
- Fixed building with generators other than Visual Studio
- Fixed documentation glitches and broken dark mode
Known issues
- If Kodi is provided without our patched TagLib 2.3.1, Matroska tagging is degraded back to v21