Download Kodi 16.1 RC 1

Two weeks ago the final release of Kodi version 16.0 was released and the first successor is already ready. This cross platform media center software is developed for Windows, OS X, Linux, Android and iOS. In version 16.0, among other things, the switch from DirectX 9 to 11 has been made, support for 4:3 Non-linear Stretch has been added so that old TV series are also properly displayed and settings of the appearance of Kodi are now stored separately and no longer along with other system settings. Furthermore, functions can now also be assigned to remotes when a button is long-pressed and improvements have been made to the add-on manager. Version 16.1 also includes a modest collection of bug fixes.

Kodi 16.1 “Jarvis” – Release Candidate 1

Once a ‘final’ version is released some new bugs and/or problems usually appear out of nowhere, and this release is no exception. Even though tens of thousands of users were already testing the 16.0 version before release and we as team trying very hard to prevent any problems, as soon as millions start using the released version some problems we either did not think of or which we did not notice before popup. To counter some of these new issues, we’re bringing you this maintenance release candidate called 16.1 RC1 which has some additional fixes on top of the 16.0

This is still a release candidate; once enough users have verified that these improvements work out well, and we did not introduce any major regressions, we’ll be releasing it as final 16.1 version. To be safe just backup your user data (online manual) first.

It should be ok to just install this on top of your current Kodi 16.0 version. For the MySQL users out there; we never bump the database versions in our bugfix or maintenance releases – you can safely keep using it within your network.

Fixes done in this RC 1 version

• Fix possible lockup when entering EPG grid
• Fix possible problems with rendering on Windows
• Fix possible non working key presses after a key long press
• Don’t do a video chapter skip if there’s only one chapter
• Fix possible lock up by increasing timeout to let screensavers properly exit
• Fix render capture (bookmark images) on certain hardware with DXVA on Windows
• Fix problem in ZeroConfBrowser that could cause problems on exit
• Fix crash one OSX 10.7 when trying to resolve HDD names
• Fix possible crashes when using VAAPI and DXVA video rendering

The complete technical list can be found on our Github milestones.