Download Kodi 14.0 Beta 4

The development of Kodi is in full swing and the fourth beta release has now been released. Kodi is the new name for XBMC Media Center and this cross platform media center software is developed for Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, AppleTV and the Raspberry Pi. Version 14.0, codenamed Helix, contains no major changes other than the new name, but is referred to by the developers as a stability release. New is, among other things, a newer version of ffmpeg, which now also makes it possible to play h.265 files. The changelog for beta 4 can be found below.

Changes in Kodi 14.0 beta 4

• [Rebrand] replace all XBMC artwork with new logo
• IMX6: Use correct Method for deletion
• [rebrand] droid: splash layout and color
• [release] bump to 14.0 beta4
• [repo] change repo URLs to use mirrors.kodi.tv
• musicdb: fix no songs being shown in years node
• [osx] – re-enable yadif deinterlacer
• [omxplayer] Fix for EAC3 pass through
• [omxplayer] Fix for out of sync after trick play
• [linux] systemd-coredumpctl was renamed to coredumpctl fixes(#15547)
• Add mk3d to video extensions and enable double cache
• dvdplayer: update dropping stats after every call to decode
• SysInfo: show CPU frequency as “XXXX MHz” instead of “XXXX,00MHz”
• dvdplayer: fix race in UpdateClockMaster
• [Keyboard Layouts] Add Polish QWERTY
• [jenkins] – refactor jenkins scripts to centralize the decision for
• Fix namespace typo
• Samba fixes
• [AE/CA] – fix regression introduced in the enumeration refactor – handle “hackintosh” audio devices with “digital” in the name as digital devices
• [win32] Update python package to 2.7.8
• jobs: fixed segmentation fault when thumbnail loader abort
• [Fix] Some manually activated subs were not shown on resume.
• fixed compilation error with undefined ARRAY_SIZE
• [depends] ffmpeg: define make threads if number of cpu cores detection fails – fixes native building on some ARM platforms
• do show addons that are installed and broken