Kodi LEIA 18.7 is here
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Kodi "Leia" 18.7 Release
You may have noticed that we've adopted a RERO approach to Kodi - release early, release often. Our aim is to fix problems more quickly, and then get those fixes out into the wild equally as quickly. This might mean some issues escape alongside the bug fixes, but, overall, it should mean better software, sooner, and without the disruption of a major version bump.
So, with no further fanfare: another release in the Kodi 18.x "Leia" cycle. The usual rules apply: bug fixes, not new features or functionality; most will be invisible, but will be much-appreciated if you're been suffering from a problem we've managed to address.
You can find full details of closed pull requests on GitHub, so explore that if you want the details, but TL;DR...
Audio
Fix to not reset user-set volume (Android)
Fixes around multi-channel audio track support
Playback/Display
Fixes to Bluray subtitle language recognition
Fix playback of bus-encrypted bluray discs
Improved library handing for plugins if media source is removed
Use JNI instead of NDK for MediaCodec (Android)
Further work on maximum width and height/vertical-shift (Android)
Fixes around realtime handling of TS streams
Interface/Look-and-feel
Fix for watch icons not showing when content type is not set (Estouchy)
Fix navigation in skinsettings (Estuary)
Fix crash in favourites dialog
Apply safe area insets to Kodi GUI (iOS)
Fixes around focus after touch action
Improvements around dialog/toast handling
Fixed behaviour when accessing locked media sources
Music
Fixes around library handling of "isalbumartist" field
Fixes around expansion of .ISO images to avoid GUI freezes
Ensure album artist isn't blanked out when scraping
Build System
Fix downloading dependencies from mirrors (Windows)
Library updates - bump gnutls (3.6.11.1) and nettle(3.5.1)
PVR
Fix EPG corruption when new channels are added during startup
Network
Improvements around handling of proxy credentials
Fix for proxy empty fields (proxy, username, password)
Addons-
Fix crash if an incompatible VFS addon is present
Fix display of title for compressed package directories
Fixes around addon settings folder naming
Subtitles
Fixes around decoding of HTML escape characters
Fix around SMI (SAMI) subtitles and quoted start tags
Profiles
Fixes for issues related to switching profile
Fixes to saving of lock preferences (master lock, lock video windows, etc.)
Other/General
Add "Swiss German" and "Portuguese (Brazil)" to language codes
Fix to guard against assert in tinyxml
Fix stack overflow when trying to find NFO files in a RAR file
Implement range checking in URIUtils::resolvePath
Implement support for extended local headers in ZIP files used by some scrapers.
You may have noticed that we've adopted a RERO approach to Kodi - release early, release often. Our aim is to fix problems more quickly, and then get those fixes out into the wild equally as quickly. This might mean some issues escape alongside the bug fixes, but, overall, it should mean better software, sooner, and without the disruption of a major version bump.
So, with no further fanfare: another release in the Kodi 18.x "Leia" cycle. The usual rules apply: bug fixes, not new features or functionality; most will be invisible, but will be much-appreciated if you're been suffering from a problem we've managed to address.
You can find full details of closed pull requests on GitHub, so explore that if you want the details, but TL;DR...
Audio
Fix to not reset user-set volume (Android)
Fixes around multi-channel audio track support
Playback/Display
Fixes to Bluray subtitle language recognition
Fix playback of bus-encrypted bluray discs
Improved library handing for plugins if media source is removed
Use JNI instead of NDK for MediaCodec (Android)
Further work on maximum width and height/vertical-shift (Android)
Fixes around realtime handling of TS streams
Interface/Look-and-feel
Fix for watch icons not showing when content type is not set (Estouchy)
Fix navigation in skinsettings (Estuary)
Fix crash in favourites dialog
Apply safe area insets to Kodi GUI (iOS)
Fixes around focus after touch action
Improvements around dialog/toast handling
Fixed behaviour when accessing locked media sources
Music
Fixes around library handling of "isalbumartist" field
Fixes around expansion of .ISO images to avoid GUI freezes
Ensure album artist isn't blanked out when scraping
Build System
Fix downloading dependencies from mirrors (Windows)
Library updates - bump gnutls (3.6.11.1) and nettle(3.5.1)
PVR
Fix EPG corruption when new channels are added during startup
Network
Improvements around handling of proxy credentials
Fix for proxy empty fields (proxy, username, password)
Addons-
Fix crash if an incompatible VFS addon is present
Fix display of title for compressed package directories
Fixes around addon settings folder naming
Subtitles
Fixes around decoding of HTML escape characters
Fix around SMI (SAMI) subtitles and quoted start tags
Profiles
Fixes for issues related to switching profile
Fixes to saving of lock preferences (master lock, lock video windows, etc.)
Other/General
Add "Swiss German" and "Portuguese (Brazil)" to language codes
Fix to guard against assert in tinyxml
Fix stack overflow when trying to find NFO files in a RAR file
Implement range checking in URIUtils::resolvePath
Implement support for extended local headers in ZIP files used by some scrapers.
18.7 Leia Seems very sluggish at first. Channel switching a little slow. I did reset all, and now it seems better.andkaal
18.7 LEIA is Not working very well.
I would stick with 18.6. or 18.4 Leia It seems better for me. Maybe it's me. I'm not telling anyone load this new Kodi. Just giving info. that it's out.. Just letting everyone know. andkaal
Still Using 18.0 and the Only Problem is staying Connected but, But, BUTT, That is just the ISP and Streams getting Interrupted by Over Usage...?!?
Remember there are Thousands and Millions Staying Home as Schools are Closed and Jobs are Lost = Many on Internet...!
Remember there are Thousands and Millions Staying Home as Schools are Closed and Jobs are Lost = Many on Internet...!
