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RetroPlayer 21.1 (2024-12-13)

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@garbear garbear released this 14 Dec 08:29
· 12 commits to retroplayer-21.1 since this release

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This is a custom build of Kodi by the lead developer for games in Kodi. It serves as the stable build for the developer's media center, and is shared here for others. It is based on the latest v21.1 release plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.

Compared to the "Omega" 21.1 release, this build includes:

Added features

  • GSoC 2017, Shaders on Windows (#86)
  • GSoC 2019, Shaders on OpenGL (#114)
  • GSoC 2020, Game Metadata for Discord Rich Presence support (xbmc#21286)
  • GSoC 2021, Achievements (xbmc#22652)
  • Kademlia DHT (xbmc#23696)
  • Donation tab in settings (xbmc#26035)
  • Nearest neighbor image scaling support (xbmc#24395)

Added fixes

Known Issues

  • Many multipass shaders are not rendered correctly (report)

Add-ons

The build also bundles some game-related add-ons to improve quality of life for testers.

Discussion

Forum thread:

Changelog

Fixes

  • Fixed $VAR[] and $INFO[] usage in <controllerdiffuse> tag (xbmc#26090)
  • Fixed delay in all context menus with file items (xbmc#26033)

Improvements

  • Update QR codes on donations tab to include campaign (kodilove) / source (qr-logo and qr-popcorn)
  • Backported C++20 support
  • Backported NDK 27

Features

Screenshots

Kodi screenshot of donations page with K logo:

Screenshot 2024-12-03 at 11 58 44 AM

After 7s, it fades into the popcorn QR code, which links to the same URL with no QR process interruption:

Screenshot 2024-12-09 at 8 13 24 PM

Kodi builds

LibreELEC 12.0.1 builds

Coming soon!

Donations