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KODI 20 RC 2, available for download and install

Kim by Kim
12/19/2022
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We already have available for download the final official version of Kodi 20 “Nexus”. With this new update we jump version with the best integrated.

This new version Kodi v20 Nexus have few changes at the aesthetic level as we can appreciate, and it seems a fairly similar version in this aspect. Internally, we have the official changelog published for more details. In any case, we have versions available for Windows in 32 and 64bit compilations in addition to the compilations for Android in ARM V7A format for greater compatibility and ARM V8A for Shield TV or similar.

    • SOME ADD-ONS DON’T WORK WITH THIS VERSION, downgrade and install KODI 18.9 to solve problems.
  • You can compare this SoC with our recommended TV-Box models to know alternatives.

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Download KODI 20 Nexus RC 2

  • Download installer Kodi v20 Nexus installer for Windows 64 bit, recommended for any PC.
  • Download installer Kodi v20 Nexus for Windows 32 bit, for very old PCs.
  • Download apk Kodi v20 Nexus for Android 32 bit ARM V7A, compatible with all the TV-Box.
  • Download apk Kodi v20 Nexus for Android 64 bit ARM V8A, only NVidia, Realtek and some Rockchip SoC’s.
  • NOTE DOWNLOAD: there are browsers that block EXE and APK download, use right click “Save link as”, then in the download tab below click on the little arrow above next to “Discard” and select SAVE.
  • KODI is also officially available on Google Play if your device allows it.

Changelog

Video

  • AV1 hardware decoding for Android
  • AV1 hardware decoding for Linux via VAAPI
  • Inputstream support for AV1 codec
  • Upgraded to FFMPEG 4.4
  • Continue watching TV shows, seasons, movie sets and PVR recordings folders

Add-ons

  • Added color picker dialog
  • Added color button setting
  • Added video HDR type info to the video list item
  • Function for removing orphaned dependencies recursively
  • New id3 tag metadata stream support for PVR Radio add-ons
  • Added skin timers
  • Added skip border infill
  • Added speed for movement and resizing controls
  • Added diffuse fading animation effect

Scrappers

  • TheSportsDB, TMDB TV Shows, TV Maze and TVDB v4 scrapers have been updated

GUI

  • Independent volume setting for GUI sounds
  • Password reveal button in keyboard dialog

Input

  • Added Steam Deck built-in controller support

Subtitles

  • Added new font style settings such as border size/color, background type/color/opacity, shadow color/opacity, and blur
  • Added support to display subtitles with dynamic positions which make use of position tags
  • Added underlined and strikethrough text style support
  • Added a new wide color palette in color settings
  • Added a new setting to change text alignment for closed caption subtitles for a better reading
  • Added a new setting to override subtitles metadata like style and position
  • Improved font size matches the point/pixel proportion
  • When Kodi is in windowed mode subtitles are always displayed correctly
  • Improved VPlayer for better reading of multiline text
  • Improved SAMI format to better support multiple languages
  • Improved TX3G format to support multiple styles, colors and alpha channel
  • ASS/SSA subtitles are displayed without flickering
  • Improved image-based subtitle rendering to keep a better aspect ratio
  • Added support to the WebVTT subtitle format type
  • Improved font list setting – the actual names of the fonts are listed
  • Added support to OpenType font type
  • Improved calibration window, so it’s possible to also reset the calibration settings
  • Subtitle settings can be changed while in playback without side effects

PVR

  • Channels and Recordings can be sorted by provider
  • Read-only recordings supported
  • EPG Search: added Saved Searches, including a new Estuary PVR Home Screen widget
  • Channel Manager: added an option to refresh all channel logos
  • Settings: added an option to specify which data to delete when resetting the PVR database
  • Automatic cleanup of cached PVR images
  • Performance improvements, especially for a large number of channels
  • Added option to browse available PVR client add-ons from PVR settings

Skinning

  • Added a new Color Picker window dialog to allow displaying a color list
  • Improved image control to support reading dynamic $INFO data to “colordiffuse” tag
  • Improved Player Process Info window – new information has been added and grouped by context
  • New media flags for HDR videos: detect, store and process the type of HDR in a video file
  • Skinners can define modal dialogs if their visibility depends on Boolean condition evaluation
  • Deprecation of old infolabels with the introduction of new generic ones

Estuary/Estouchy

  • Estuary PVR Home Screen: new widget for timers
  • Estuary PVR Home Screen: added percentage played progress bars to Recent Channels and Recent Recordings widgets
  • Estuary PVR Home Screen: change the default click action to open the Guide window
  • Estuary PVR Home Screen: new widget for saved searches
  • Estuary Music Home Screen: extend context menu functionality
  • Estuary Music Home Screen: added ability to play albums directly from home screen
  • Estuary Video Home Screen: extend context menu functionality
  • Improve display of EDL markers on the default skin
  • Show titles when “Flatten Hierarchy” setting enabled
  • Added play button to start playback of many different items shown on the home screen

Games

  • Savestate manager for Retroplayer with captions describing the state of the game
  • In-game Port Setup dialog to change between game controllers

Platform Specifics

  • UNIX Family Platforms:
    • Implement WS-Discovery (SMB discovery) for *ix platforms (Android/Linux/Apple)
  • iOS/TVOS:
    • Improved Siri Remote handling
    • Improved “Now Playing” info
  • macOS:
    • Initial support for M1 native including native windowing/input handling
    • Extend GameController support to OSX
    • Add speech to text service implementation
  • Linux:
    • Added ACES/Hable Tonemapping for GLES
    • More BiCubic Shaders for GLES
    • Pipewire support
    • Linux GBM: ability to set HDR Output
  • Windows:
    • New setting to use 10-bit swapchain for SDR videos
    • Improved DXVA2 (HW video decoding) performance
    • A new setting to set the peak luminance for a display

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