Download Kodi 20.5

Version 20.5 of Kodi has been released. This cross-platform media center software is developed for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. In version 20.0, which is codenamed Nexus, we find av1 hardware decoding for Android and Linux, there is support for input stream via the av1 codec and ffmpeg has been updated to version 4.4. The changelog for this fifth update can be found below:

Input

• Reverted a number of controller changes that caused massive failures on Android devices. Input handling will now be the same as what was available in 20.3.

Android

• Some great detective work was done for a fix that meant Kodi would close the app during potential color mode changes.
• A backport that intends to bring Nexus inline with Omega behavior for AudioTrack on Android. This means that some device users will need to add an extra setting to their AdvancedSettings.xml file. Details can be seen at https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24729.

Linux

• Branding colors have been added to the metainfo file so that they can be used by things like the Flathub store. Info about this can be seen at the Flathub blog post https://docs.flathub.org/blog/introducing-app-brand-colors/.

iOS/tvOS

• A change that wasn't actually in Kodi's codebase, but a fix nevertheless, means that the inputstream.ffmpegdirect addon is now available to the iOS/tvOS release debs.

… plus, of course, some behind-the-scenes fixes and updates for eg library versions.