Kodi 18 "Leia" has landed in the repo

ermo

I'm landing Kodi 18.1 Leia in the form of a "batteries included" build containing all official binary add-ons during the upcoming sync.

I'll be available during the sync and over the weekend to help mitigate any unforeseen issues that might arise -- in particular, I'm very much looking forward to hear people's experiences with their favourite (binary) add-ons.

Test away!

EDIT: (2019-05-02): Kodi 18.2 is now in.
EDIT: (2019-07-01): Kodi 18.3 is landing in -unstable as I write this.
EDIT: (2019-09-05): Kodi 18.4 landed in -unstable
EDIT: (2019-11-19): Kodi 18.5 landed in -unstable
EDIT: (2020-03-18): Kodi 18.6 landed in -unstable
EDIT: (2020-05-25): Kodi 18.7 landed in -unstable
EDIT: (2020-08-05): Kodi 18.8 landed in -unstable
EDIT: (2020-11-17): Kodi 18.9 landed in -unstable

Solarmass

Oh cool! This Friday?
So all official add-ons will be installed?

ermo

Solarmass This Friday?
So all official add-ons will be installed?

During the upcoming sync, yes.

The build uses the upstream binary add-on build target for building all of them, so barring any upstream (or yours truly) booboos all official binary add-ons will be included in the install, yes.

Solarmass

ermo The build uses the upstream binary add-on build target for building all of them, so barring any upstream booboos all official binary add-ons will be included in the install, yes.

It means that you don't have to download e.g. YouTube add-on, just enable it, right?

ermo

Solarmass It means that you don't have to download e.g. YouTube add-on, just enable it, right?

Exactly.

In fact, the YouTube add-on (and the companion inputstream.adaptive binary plugin) is confirmed to work on my own HTPC. YMMV.

Solarmass

What if there is an upstream add-on update available?

ermo

Solarmass What if there is an upstream add-on update available?

Nothing is stopping you from doing a local build of kodi if you really need the update?

FWIW, I'm still figuring out how I want to tackle this going forward.

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Thanks ermo for getting Kodi 18.1 to us Solus users, really appreciate it. Very excited to try it out!

Solarmass

ermo Nothing is stopping you from doing a local build of kodi if you really need the update?

Very unlikely I will do it 😀

Well, I mean right now I get notifications when add-ons updates are available and I can install them immediately.
But in Kodi 18.1 (Solus package) it will work differently: I assume via Software Center with some delay.

ermo

Solarmass Well, I mean right now I get notifications when add-ons updates are available and I can install them immediately.
But in Kodi 18.1 (Solus package) it will work differently: I assume via Software Center with some delay.

I'm only talking about the official binary add-ons -- normal add-ons will update like you're used to.

I've updated the OP with a link to official binary add-on build procedure which might help yield a better understanding of what they are.

Solarmass

I have a problem with subs after update. ☹️
Found this thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=335337

Solarmass

ermo I'm only talking about the official binary add-ons -- normal add-ons will update like you're used to.

Ok, maybe I am confused about the official binary add-ons/normal add-ons difference.

Solarmass

Found this Issue: Kodi 18.1 do not display DVB subtitles correctly on linux
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/15723

ermo

Solarmass Found this Issue: Kodi 18.1 do not display DVB subtitles correctly on linux
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/15723

I'm currently building kodi locally with the above patch. Will submit to the repo ASAP.

ermo

@Solarmass Kodi 18.1-r47 contains the patch you linked to and was landed in -unstable.

Bouquins

Hello, I installed Kodi in Solus Budgie and it works perfectly, way better than on my Windows computer. Tomorrow will be a day of formatting, installing Solus and use Kodi without all the bugs I encountered in Win version.
A big thank you!

Solarmass

Kodi 18 has games support now (built-in emulators). But looks like emulators are not included for linux version 😕

ermo

Solarmass Kodi 18 has games support now (built-in emulators). But looks like emulators are not included for linux version 😕

Have you checked out the included binary add-ons?

Solarmass

@ermo unfortunately today fix didn't solve the problem with subs

ermo

Solarmass unfortunately today fix didn't solve the problem with subs

Well shit. I'm currently away from home. I'll rip a DVD when I get home and test it over the weekend.

Solarmass

ermo Well shit. I'm currently away from home. I'll rip a DVD when I get home and test it over the weekend.

I've tried to reinstall it with a clean profile - same white rectangle instead of subs. Flatpak version works fine btw.
Tested on another PC: no problem.

Solarmass

ermo Have you checked out the included binary add-ons?

Well, I don't see Emulators category.

To get the game emulator addons, browse to Addons > Download > Install from Repository > Kodi Addon-Repository > Game Addons > Emulators
You will see a listing of available game addon emulators for your system. You will need at least one emulator for each system you're interested in playing.

From Getting Started with Kodi Retroplayer
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=340684

Game emulator addons are available in the Kodi repository for Windows, OSX, Android and LibreElec users.

Game emulator addons are available in the Kodi nightly ppa for Linux users. You can download the game addons individually using these commands: