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20.2.0
- Kodi visualization API update to version 4.0.0

Release notes​

Audio

• @fritsch has been working feverishly on Android-related audio issues over the past couple of months, and in combination with @thexai has introduced an algorithm to look to overcome some audio issues particularly aimed at Android devices. A summary is:
  Algorithm runs for 30 seconds to learn what is going on: during this time no corrections are done, but the internal m_disconAdjustTimeMs is updated to a new value whenever when the sync error is found to increase. After 30 seconds the learning stops and the final m_disconAdjustTimeMs is set as: m_disconAdjustTimeMs * 1.15 + 5.0.
  With firmware specialities for AudioTrack Write behaviour now kind of "well known" the systematic issue can be worked around easily. This helps users on affected system to not have to create an advancedsettings.xml for a manual fix.

Kodi "Matrix" 19.5 Release​

Release
Prof Yaffle
December 24, 2022·2 min read
Happy Holidays, everyone! To celebrate, here we have release 19.5. This release caps off the v19 Matrix development cycle - we are not intending anything further now until 20.0 "Nexus".
Without further fanfare, then I give you Kodi "Matrix" 19.5: more bug fixes, some backports, no real new features. Full changelog since 19.4 on Github, as usual.
Thanks, as always, to everyone who has helped us track down and fix any issues.
As this is a point release, there are no major changes since the previous version, and you should be fine to install this straight over the top of any existing Kodi 19.x installation - indeed, this will happen automatically on many platforms. However, as for all software installations, back up your userdata beforehand if you've any doubts or have anything you can't afford to lose (and definitely do this if you're going for a major version upgrade).
If you're interested, you can read the merged PRs here. If you want to read back on the full history of v19 itself, or of previous versions, you can find the corresponding articles in the relevant blog posts.
Android/Windows Store Deployment
For Android specifically, please note that we are unable to provide this update via Google Play. An updated Google requirement demands that apps now target API level 31 (Android 12) as a minimum, while Kodi v19 targets API level 29 (Android 10).
As such, we're unable to upload 19.5 to the Play Store, although 19.3 will remain available until 20.0 is available for the masses. However, for those who want the new release, 19.5 can be downloaded from our servers and installed manually.
More than that, though, for both the Play Store and Microsoft App store, there's simply too much throwaway work. With the final release of v20 "Nexus" extremely close, as well as difficulties with the Google Play store submission for v19, there is no practical possibility to do store submissions for 19.5 - as such, this release will NOT be released on either Google Play or the Microsoft App store. As always, we provide the packages for all platforms on the Kodi mirror website if you wish to install them on your device.

Estuary

• Fix: Home screen context menu fix for when there are more than 10 items in menu.
• Fix: Seekbar wouldn't disappear after 5 sec when using remote app e.g. Kore or JSON to pause Kodi.

Input

• Fix: English keyboard missing semi-colon.
• Fix: Chinese keyboard character now displaying correctly.

Music

• Fix: Artist discography export to NFO.

PVR

• New: Sort method for recordings based on season and episode.
• Fix: Crash when navigating an empty guide.
• Fix: Hiding/deleting channel group now working correctly.

UI

• Fix: Any Favourites for a restricted/locked media source are now hidden.
• Fix: Blu-ray ISO title and watched status now displayed correctly.
• Fix: Wrong language identified from subtitle name corrected.

Video

• Fix: EDL mute now working.
• Fix: ASS subtitles display now working correctly.

Android specifics

• Fix: Audio buffers adjusted.
• Fix: Various TrueHD stutter/dropout issues corrected.

Linux specifics

• Fix: Automatic play of DVDs.

MacOS specifics

• Fix: Mouse cursor positioning in full-screen.

Windows specifics

• Fix: Flickering with interlaced H.264 SD on AMD GPUs.
• Fix: Crash on unexpected network configuration (e.g. no MAC address obtained).

Xbox specifics

• New: Passthrough audio via WASAPI.
• Fix: Permission error preventing installation of Python add-ons.

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