Kodi 18.0 Released With Reworked Wayland Platform, Retroplayer Gaming Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Kodi 18.0 Released With Reworked Wayland Platform, Retroplayer Gaming Support

Kodi 18.0 "Leia" is now available as one of the biggest releases ever for this open-source, cross-platform multimedia/HTPC software...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Kodi-18.0-Released

[higuita]

finally i can put my netflix on the raspberry pi!! for a good vacation tvbox

[RussianNeuroMancer]

For Kodi running as a session, I can choose Wayland in the setting or I have to edit some config file?

[x4mer]

In case others run into the same issue......

My Linux systems with updated v18 Kodi on them, would no longer play anything when selecting a TV show from the EPG. I'm using Mediaportal TV server for my TV backend. I ended up having to change the config on the kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver plugin to use TSReader with RTSP enabled. This combo would never work for me before, so I had always used ffmpeg. Oddly, now it's the only setting that works after the v18 update.

[GaryTheGravelGuy]

It also includes h.265 HEVC decoding via vaapi if available.

[spike411]

finally i can put my netflix on the raspberry pi!! for a good vacation tvbox

Not sure about that. IIRC even Odroid-C2 was barely capable of decrypting/decoding 720p Netflix streams.

[memeka]

For those hoping for Netflix on rpi... I don’t think so. DRM protected streams are not decoded in hardware, but in software.
rpi3 overclocked might handle 720p, Odroid C2 should be ok with 720p, but I don’t think they can do 1080p. Certainly not the rpi.
1080p probably works on Odroid XU4 or rk3399 based boards, I doubt any other.

[torsionbar28]

I still don't like the stupid name 'Kodi'. They had a surprising amount of brand recognition with XBMC. Not so much with this dopey new moniker.

[baka0815]

Does Amazon Prime work with inputstream on Linux now? This didn't work on v17 and I had to install chrome.
I would love to drop chrome and use internal means if possible.

[pal666]

DRM protected streams are not decoded in hardware, but in software

what is the point of drm then?