{"id":46109,"date":"2024-04-08T09:09:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=46109"},"modified":"2025-04-02T06:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:11:02","slug":"kodi-21-omega-released-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/kodi-21-omega-released-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodi 21 &#8220;Omega&#8221; Stable Officially Released! [How to Install]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kodi-icon-feature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34893\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kodi-icon-feature-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kodi-icon-feature-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kodi-icon-feature-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kodi-icon-feature-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kodi-icon-feature-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kodi-icon-feature.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After more than a year of development, Kodi media player 21, code-name &#8220;Omega&#8221;, is finally released!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kodi.tv\/article\/kodi-21-0-omega-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kodi 21<\/a> is a new major release. It&#8217;s now <b>based on FFmpeg 6.0<\/b>, that features Radiance HDR image support, VAAPI decoding and QSV decoding for 10\/12bit 422, 10\/12bit 444 HEVC and VP9, MediaCodec decoder, and various other exciting new features, see <a href=\"https:\/\/ffmpeg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ffmpeg.org<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p>For macOS, the release supports HiDPI (retina) displays using its native implementations for window displays. And, it fixed crash on speech recognition activation, improved window resizing when moving (or fallback when display disconnected) from one display to another, and implemented <code>Hotkeycontroller<\/code> for media keys.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For Windows, it added DXVA Video Super Resolution upscaler, that&#8217;s supported NVIDIA &#8220;RTX Video Super Resolution&#8221; and &#8220;Intel Video Super Resolution&#8221;, fixed blue\/pink washed out colors on 10-bit displays. And, now it shows 119.88Hz and future higher fractional refresh rates correctly.<\/p>\n<p>For Linux, the release allows Pipewire to properly identify HDMI for passthrough usage, adds xkb compose and dead-keys support for Wayland, and platforms using libinput\/evdev.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support LG webOS TV.<\/li>\n<li>Support <b>M3U8<\/b> playlist files<\/li>\n<li>New in-game window to view which game port each player&#8217;s controller is currently connected to.<\/li>\n<li><b>AVIF<\/b> images support<\/li>\n<li><b>HDR10 for Android<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Support to use font collection (.ttc) to subtitles<\/li>\n<li>Xbox support for HDR10 passthrough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46110\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game-700x370.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game-700x370.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game-300x159.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game-768x406.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game-1536x812.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game-1320x698.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi21-game.webp 1910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Kodi 21 in Ubuntu &amp; other Linux<\/h3>\n<p><b>UPDATE: For those who prefer the native .deb package, I&#8217;ve made an <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/01\/ppa-kodi-21-2-ubuntu-24-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a>, but so far for Ubuntu 24.04 only!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kodi provides official packages available to download at its website via the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/kodi.tv\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Kodi<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Linux, it&#8217;s a Flatpak package that works in most Linux Distributions. <b>Linux Mint 21<\/b> and <b>Fedora 38\/39\/40<\/b> (with 3rd party repository enabled) can search for and install it from either Software Manager or GNOME Software.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46114\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi-in-gnomesoftware.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46114\" class=\"size-large wp-image-46114\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi-in-gnomesoftware-700x450.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi-in-gnomesoftware-700x450.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi-in-gnomesoftware-300x193.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi-in-gnomesoftware-768x494.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kodi-in-gnomesoftware.webp 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kodi Flatpak package in Fedora GNOME Software<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For <b>Ubuntu, and other Linux<\/b>, follow the steps below one by one to install the app as Flatpak package:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal, then run command to enable Flatpak support:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><i>For other Linux, follow the official <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup guide<\/a> to enable the package format support.<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39141\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-300x115.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-768x294.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Then, install the player as Flatpak package by running the command below in terminal:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/tv.kodi.Kodi.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/flatpak-kodi21.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46112\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/flatpak-kodi21-700x501.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/flatpak-kodi21-700x501.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/flatpak-kodi21-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/flatpak-kodi21-768x550.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/flatpak-kodi21.webp 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already have the Flatpak package installed, then update it by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak update tv.kodi.Kodi<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, search for and launch the media player either from start menu or Gnome &#8216;Show Apps screen depends on your desktop environment (Log out and back in if app icon not visible).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/launch-kodi.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46113\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/launch-kodi.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/launch-kodi.webp 499w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/launch-kodi-300x167.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Kodi<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall Kodi flatpak package, open terminal (for Ubuntu, press Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall tv.kodi.Kodi.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p>Also run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to clear useless run-time libraries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a year of development, Kodi media player 21, code-name &#8220;Omega&#8221;, is finally released! Kodi 21 is a new major release. 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