Kodi 17.0 Krypton released. Here’s how to install Kodi on Ubuntu 16.10, ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint Systems. Kodi 17.0 (Krypton) brings updated default user interfaces, better organisation of settings, and many under-the-hood changes on VideoPlayer, Music Library, PVR, audio on Android, and thousands of small bugfixes and improvements to stability.
Kodi’s user interfaces receive a major revision in Kodi 17.0. Changes to the music library bring improved performance for tag scraping, support for mood and artist role tags, and increased browsing speed for larger libraries.
Linux Specific Changes
- Added new CMake based build system of Kodi and binary addons for Linux (as well as for BSD, OSX, and Windows)
- Added multi-architecture/distribution support to Kodi’s CMake build system for Linux
- Added support for HEVC Main 10 profile (10-bit) hardware video decoding via VAAPI if hardware support it
- Added support for VP9 hardware video acceleration via VAAPI if supported by display drivers
- Added support for EGL for X11 (which adds zero copy rendering for VAAPI)
- Added support for zero copy interface to FFmpeg for MMAL renderer on Raspberry Pi
- Added support for Clang compiler building of Kodi
- Added support for generating Debian packages with Kodi’s shiny new CMake/CPack system
- Added warning that GNU Build System (Autotools) will be removed soon as deprecated
- Improved multi-touch support, and improved touch and gesture support on Linux
- Improved support for UltraHD decoding / 4K resolution output when hardware supports it
- Improved OpenGL ES and EGL support (using Raspberry Pi as reference devices)
- Improved VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) support (requires VAAPI compatible hardware and drivers)
- Improved VDPAU (NVIDIA) Hardware Video Acceleration (requires VDPAU compatible hardware and drivers)
- Improved XvBA (AMD/ATI) Hardware Video Acceleration (requires XvBA compatible hardware and drivers)
- Improved OpenMAX Video Acceleration API support for Linux (using Raspberry Pi as reference hardware)
- Improved dedicated AMLCodec hardware accelerated video decoding support for Linux on Amlogic devices
- Improved AMD/Intel x86-64 64-bit (AMD64 / IA-64t CPU architectures) support under Linux
- Removed Wayland display server protocol support (as depended heavily on removed Boost C++ libraries)
Install Kodi 17.0 Krypton
Run the following commands in terminal to install Kodi on Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and other Ubuntu and Linux Mint Systems:
sudo apt update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kodi
Once installed, open Kodi from Ubuntu Systems.
Kodi 17.0 Krypton Released – Install Kodi On Ubuntu originally posted on Source Digit – Latest Technology, Gadgets & Gizmos.
