Install Kodi 14.0 Beta 2 in Linux Mint 17 Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 based distro via PPA
Install Kodi 14.0 Beta 2 in Linux Mint 17 Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 based distro via PPA
Kodi is a new name for project XBMC, Kodi feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater. Currently Kodi can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: Kodi can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox. More than 50 software developers have contributed to Kodi, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
Main changes in Kodi 14.0 till now:
- Improvements for Audio playback and International keyboard layout.
- PVR: American PVR users will be happy to learn that Kodi 14 introduces support for ATSC sub-channels.
- Updated several PVR add-ons to include fixes done
- SSA Subtitle fixes
- Added settings for preferred Bluray playback method. "play main movie", "show disc menu" or "show simplified menu"
- Fix non loading of external subtitles for ISO files and Bluray directories
- Fix for importing some add-on modules that depended on other modules
- A lot more small fixes and tweaks.
- Faster channel switching for PVR
- Support for sub-channels in PVR
- Update sqlite which brings some improved library speed
- Add support for DSD audio
- Add mouse support in Bluray menus
- Aad support for EGL/GLESv2 when using X11
- Support for the Freescale i.MX6 SystemOnChip
- Improved MusicBrainz matching from tags
- Ability to choose between auto-update, notify or off for updating add-ons. This is a global setting for all add-ons.
- Extend JSON-RPC which is used for by a variety of services and remotes
- VP9 video codec now uses software multi-threading. This codec has no hardware support yet.
- Simplifying and improving core code.
- Choose to disable/notify/auto-update when add-on updates are available.
- Improvements to the GUI skinning engine
- Extended JSON-RPC interface
- Countless smaller and larger bug-fixes throughout the program and vast improvements in every area. This should improve memory usage, stability, speed and user friendliness.
- Add-ons are still compatible up to the Frodo/Gotham versions (excluding skins)
- FFmpeg upgrade, this means Kodi will now be capable of playing back h.265 (also known as HEVC) and VP9 video codecs and 4K video.
- Better UPnP compatibility between Kodi clients or third-party applications
- Massive speed boost with scanning library or doing a clean.
- Changed the Touch skin be a re-designed re-Touched skin. This of course only applies for touch enabled devices.
- Update sqlite which brings some improved library speed
- Add support for DSD audio
- Add mouse support in Bluray menus
- Add support for EGL/GLESv2 when using X11
- Support for the Freescale i.MX6 SystemOnChip
- International keyboard layout: it's now possible to change the layout to some well of the well known ones, like QWERTY and AZERTY.
- Auto update add-ons: You can set it to always auto-update, so you never have to worry about not being up-to-date. Second option is to let you notify you when there are updates available.
- Ability to increase font size in Confluence skin
- Ability to choose between auto-update, notify or off for updating add-ons. This is a global setting for all add-ons.
- Extend JSON-RPC which is used for by a variety of services and remotes
- VP9 video codec now uses software multi-threading. This codec has no hardware support yet.
- Simplifying and improving core code.
- Improvements to the GUI skinning engine
- Countless smaller and larger bug-fixes throughout the program and vast improvements in every area. This should improve memory usage, stability, speed and user friendliness.
- Add-ons are still compatible up to the Frodo versions.
- Skins are partially still compatible, however to fully function they will need to be updated to latest changes.
To Install Kodi 14.0 Beta 2 in Linux Ubuntu (13.04, 13.10, 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr), Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
Because it is available via the XBMC Unstable PPA, installing Kodi 14.0 “Helix” Beta 2 on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivative system is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the xbmc package. Like this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc
Optional, to remove kodi, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
sudo apt-get remove xbmc
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