v21.0b3-Omega

What's Changed

• [GUI] [Skins] Bump skins backwards-compatibility abi to 5.17.0 by @jjd-uk in #23927
• Network: dns lookup can return an IPv6 address by @joseluismarti in #24209
• [UPnP] Fix crash when adding UPnP source while UPnP is disabled by @neo1973 in #24215
• [groovy] Remove bundled groovy/apache commons binaries by @fuzzard in #24199
• [DllLibCurl][TestXBMCTinyXML2] Fix memory leaks by @neo1973 in #24211
• [Estuary] Fix shift view overlay by @jjd-uk in #24217
• [VideoVersion] Improved the same video detection by @xodidox in #24157
• [Windows] Fix chroma upsampling for software render method by @CrystalP in #24222
• [video] Video Versions Playback: Fixes and Cleanup by @ksooo in #24224
• [Windows] Fix chroma upsampling for pixel shaders render method by @CrystalP in #24221
• [video] Video versions: Add context menu item "Play using..." and "Play version using..." by @ksooo in #24234
• [Windows] fix chroma upscaling with software render method v2 by @CrystalP in #24237
• [application] Fix a race condition on CApplicationPlayerCallback::m_itemCurrentFile by @dobo90 in #23710
• [info] Deprecated Process and Colour picture/slideshow infos by @enen92 in #24218
• [video][guilib][input] Change video versions and extra selection to use Kodi's stock select dialog by @ksooo in #24249
• [video] CVideoInfoTag: Remove CVideoDataBase dependency. by @ksooo in #24253
• [Estuary] Fix video version dialog 'add extras' and 'add version' button not always visible. by @ksooo in #24260
• [video] Video version select: Hide extras/versions button if no extras/versions available. by @ksooo in #24261
• [UPnP] Fix playback restore after pause by @enen92 in #24257
• [guilib][GUIFadeLabelControl] Fix text right alignment by @CastagnaIT in #24266
• Fix compiler warning in BlurayCallback.cpp by @garbear in #24265
• [VideoPlayer] Call EnableStream when playback start disabled subtitles by @CastagnaIT in #24186
• [info] Add Player.IsRemote and Player.IsExternal by @enen92 in #24268
• [cmake] FindFFMPEG refactor target creation by @fuzzard in #24241
• Fix potential segfault when missing "layoutList" element by @garbear in #24242
• [Estuary] Hide next if conditions for next don't met by @enen92 in #24270
• [UPnP] Move Player to its own thread by @enen92 in #24262
• [UPnP] Player: Make hasvideo and hasaudio conditional on the item type by @enen92 in #24272
• [Discs][UPnP] Don't show simplified menu if playing to remote players by @enen92 in #24273
• [RSS] Fix parsing logic by @neo1973 in #24231
• [Windows] Fix chroma upsampling for AMD dxva processor and 10 bit output of SDR sources by @CrystalP in #24227
• [VideoDB] fix movie title index creation and version bump by @CrystalP in #24226
• Fix edge case when downloading subtitles for http(s) streams by @Pedrock in #24252
• [Estuary] Fix selected colours by @Hitcher in #24256
• [Estuary] Make all views consistent with PR#24168 by @Hitcher in #24258
• [UPnP] Player: Add option to avoid volume synchronization to target by @enen92 in #24263
• [tvOS] Fix binary addons (PVR) multi instance settings reset by @sy6sy2 in #24259
• [UPnP] Fix playlist playback on remote players by @enen92 in #24274
• [UPnP] Remove unuseful code block plus strong dependency on CApp by @enen92 in #24275
• [Settings] Disable video version scan by @jjd-uk in #24279
• [Estuary] Fix collection info layout by @Hitcher in #24254
• [UPnP] Assorted include cleanups by @enen92 in #24281
• [Estuary][GUI] Do not activate fullscreen window if rendering video to remote targets (UPnP) by @enen92 in #24280
• [video] Video version dialog: Fix artwork refresh. by @ksooo in #24282
• [video] Video Version Dialog Cleanup by @ksooo in #24290
• [video] Video version dialog: Fix wrong item played. by @ksooo in #24292
• [ContextMenus] Don't show move up/down if single favourite by @enen92 in #24298
• [dialogs] Fix CGUIDialogSubtitleSettings::BrowseForSubtitle to use it… by @ksooo in #24303
• [Pictures] Implement Slideshow delegator design pattern by @enen92 in #24291
• [ContextMenus][PVR] Do not show play using for live tv by @enen92 in #24297
• [UPnP] Access to g_UserData must be protected by @enen92 in #24296
• [video][Estuary] Separate video versions from video extras at GUI level by @ksooo in #24302
• [video] Versions/Extras Manage Dialogs: Selection improvements by @ksooo in #24316
• [video] Fix crash on strm file playback. by @ksooo in #24318
• [video] Fix playback of multi-version movies. Do not prompt for versi… by @ksooo in #24327
• Update some video versions messages by @CrystalP in #24326
• [video] Cleanup translation of versions/extras dialog messages by @CrystalP in #24332
• [Estuary] Fix button visibility in video versions manager by @Hitcher in #24325
• [cmake] FindTagLib Add version test for internal build by @fuzzard in #24313
• [video] Video versions select dialog: Highlight default version in list of versions by @ksooo in #24336
• [video] Fix no video information available when playing strm files, … by @ksooo in #24333
• [video][dialogs] Video versions: Fix delay before "Convert to version" video select dialog opens by @ksooo in #24331
• [depends][Windows] msys2 fixes and update to 20231026 by @CrystalP in #24133
• [tools/depends][target] Bump Harfbuzz + Android NDK26+ build fixes by @fuzzard in #24312
• [guilib][GUITextBox] Use vecText to determine text width by @CastagnaIT in #24315
• [InputStreamAddon] Fix memory leak by @neo1973 in #24214
• [GUI] Fix focus behaviour when scrolling to the bottom of the panel by @joseluismarti in #24232
• [Pictures] Fix exif parsing regression from v19 by @enen92 in #24344
• [video] Separate video versions and extras items by @ksooo in #24340
• Translations update from Kodi Weblate by @weblate in #24230
• Sync of addon metadata translations by @github-actions in #24357
• [video] Video Versions/Extras: More smaller cleanup and fixes by @ksooo in #24356
• [Estuary] Update versions icon for views by @Hitcher in #24317
• [CACerts] Update to 2023-12-12 by @fuzzard in #24361
• Support build with taglib-2.0 by @heitbaum in #24339
• [Video] Improve default folder for "Add Extra" file picker by @CrystalP in #24362
• [video] Remove context menu item 'Add as version to...' by @ksooo in #24365
• [Videodb] Fix of previous data migration and refactors by @CrystalP in #24370
• [video] Video Versions: Fix empty context menu item label. by @ksooo in #24373
• [Estuary] Better visual indicator of focused item by @Hitcher in #24323
• [Android] Fix audio engine initialisation after sleep by @hugbug in #24369
• langinfo.xml: Change Canadian shortdate format to YYYY-MM-DD by @neo1973 in #24328
• [Pictures addons] support Date Taken sort for pics decoded via addons by @rubpa in #24307
• [Video] Redesign of the "Add version" dialog of Manage versions by @CrystalP in #24364
• [UPnP] Renderer: use app messenger instead of calling into g_App by @enen92 in #24376
• [video] Fix/cleanup: We never want to obtain all video versions and all extras at the same time. by @ksooo in #24387
• [video] Movies window: Movies/Versions node: Context menu fixes by @ksooo in #24389
• [MUSIC] Only drop music db triggers on clean if they exist by @the-black-eagle in #24388
• [VIDEO] Prefer nfo streamdetails over file details where possible by @the-black-eagle in #24386
• [Video] Add a shortcut to the video dir in the Add version/extra file browsers by @CrystalP in #24394
• [Games] Filter out "virtual" Android joysticks by @garbear in #24382
• [fix build on linux] forward declare CMediaSource in GUIDialogVideoMa… by @howie-f in #24405
• Format my CODEOWNERS code with clang-format-14 by @garbear in #24381
• [Playlists] Rename song methods to generic item index by @enen92 in #24400
• [upnp] Renderer: playlist changed is an event that should e emitted b… by @enen92 in #24396
• [UPnP] Remove dependency on AppVolumeHandling by @enen92 in #24397
• [Estuary] Video Versions Dialog Redesign by @jjd-uk in #24286
• remove inclusion of MediaSource.h in GUIDialogVideoInfo.h by @howie-f in #24408
• [GUIWindowVideoBase] Library thumbnail not updated by @78andyp in #24176
• [Pictures] Better control of play/stop annoucements by @enen92 in #24412
• [video] Fix disappearing artwork on end of multi-version movie playback. by @ksooo in #24415
• [Estuary] Update DefaultVideoVersions.png by @Hitcher in #24423
• [Estuary] Fix duplicate music flags by @jjd-uk in #24416
• [UPnP] Fix OnSetAVTransportURI by @enen92 in #24413
• [UPnP] Renderer: Avoid calling into the main thread for playlist play… by @enen92 in #24414
• [UPnP] Renderer: Remove dependency on ApplicationPlayer by @enen92 in #24418
• [videodb] Move the extras of a movie converted to a version by @CrystalP in #24434
• [video] Refresh library list after changes in Info > Manage versions by @CrystalP in #24419
• [Peripherals] Fix missing controller icons in Peripheral Dialog by @garbear in #24384
• [Android] Enable logging of debug messages even if disabled system-wide (e.g. Fire TV) by @hugbug in #24432
• Peripheral API v3.0.2: Stable peripheral locations by @garbear in #24392
• [video][Estuary] Video Versions: Improvements and Fixes by @ksooo in #24430
• [Posix][Filesystem] Fixed SMB logging by @hugbug in #24417
• [CImageFile] Fix texture cache handling by @neo1973 in #24433
• [tools/depends][target] Bump freetyppe 2.13.2 by @fuzzard in #24407
• [UPnP] Translate object id when marked as watched by @enen92 in #24438
• [video] CVideoDatabase::GetVideoVersionsNav cleanup after c84fdfa… by @ksooo in #24443
• [video] Remove item 'New version...' from node 'Movies/Versions'. … by @ksooo in #24444
• [video] Video Versions: Remove more dead code by @ksooo in #24445
• [UPnP] Fix broadcast of item updates by @enen92 in #24450
• [UPnP] Clang-format main files by @enen92 in #24452
• [video] Video versions: Fix certain default select action handling scenarios by @ksooo in #24451
• [guilib] Kill CGUIListItemLayoutPtr typedef by @enen92 in #24454
• Update Kodi Icon for Linux packaging by @razzeee in #24310
• Players: Always reset CDataCacheCore on close file by @enen92 in #24402
• [guilib][utils] Set IsPlayable false on add items by @enen92 in #24461
• [gui] Move listproviders to guilib by @enen92 in #24463
• [FileItem][video] Remove dead code (we no longer have any videoversion items… by @ksooo in #24464
• [video] Detect similar movies when scanning movies with nfo files by @CrystalP in #24457
• [guillib][estuary] Make the existence of extras visible in the library by @CrystalP in #24456
• [video] Fix video versions folder navigation. by @ksooo in #24462
• [video] CVideoInfoTag::Reset(): Set m_isDefaultVideoVersion to false,… by @ksooo in #24473
• [videodb] fix miss in field renaming of PR#24370 by @CrystalP in #24469
• [video] Video versions/extras chooser: Fix button labels. by @ksooo in #24474
• [Estuary][video] Refactor video versions select dialog to use movie items by @ksooo in #24475
• DVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec: Remove logspam when debug logging by @fritsch in #24479
• [video] Adjust the validations and messages in add version/extra by @CrystalP in #24477
• [clang-tidy] fix modernize-* and performance-* warnings by @Rechi in #24436
• [video] Refresh library list after the addition of extras in Info > Manage extras by @CrystalP in #24487
• [cppcheck] fix performance checks by @Rechi in #24411
• [Android] Fix audio engine initialisation on startup by @hugbug in #24484
• AndroidMediaCodec: Retry VC1 as mime type is confusing vendors by @fritsch in #24491
• [video] correct description of 'Adjust display HDR mode' by @chewitt in #24497
• [video] Change the name of the Manage Versions/Extras dialog by @CrystalP in #24499
• [Estuary] Fix hasvideextras overlay for views by @CrystalP in #24482
• [Android] ABI check removal by @joseluismarti in #24515
• [video] Fix watched overlay image of parent movie item by @CrystalP in #24509
• [FileSystem] Refactored and improved logic to use CFileStreamBuffer by @thexai in #24504
• added: enable .avif image support in ffmpeg image by @notspiff in #24520
• AndroidMediaCodec: Retry VC1 fix by @dbarkar in #24516
• [Player Viewer] Three improvements by @garbear in #24406
• [Android] ABI check removal: xbmc.properties file by @joseluismarti in #24519
• [Datacachecore] Initiallize SStateInfo with sane values by @enen92 in #24522
• [Input] Refactor to improve code organization by @garbear in #24501
• [Windows] AESinkWASAPI: improve fallback when is not supported exact output channel layout by @thexai in #24534
• [PVR] "Play EPG Tags as Movies" by @ksooo in #24528
• [ContextMenus] Don't populate python context items if browsing sub-menus by @enen92 in #24543
• AESinkPipewire: Set Samplerate for the node by @fritsch in #24363
• [tvOS] fix assigning bundle ID to the generated frameworks by @kambala-decapitator in #24541
• [video] rework dimensions by @DaVukovic in #24527
• [VideoDB] restore compatibility with MariaDB < 10.5.2 by @andred in #24505
• AESinkAudioTrack: Allow multi-channel float for new devices by @fritsch in #24553
• AudioTrack: Simplify Channel selection by @fritsch in #24554
• MacOS: add missing key mappings by @enen92 in #24556
• [video] Change Versions Art Handling by @CrystalP in #24538
• [Input] Default buttonmaps for keyboard and mouse by @garbear in #24512
• Fix the scourge of game add-on build failures by @garbear in #24531
• Revert "[guilib][utils] Set IsPlayable false on add items" by @enen92 in #24563
• [Joysticks] Fix broken focus on emulated analog stick by @garbear in #24513
• Game API v3.0.2: Mouse/keyboard addressing by @garbear in #24518
• [tools/depends] Fix android pycryptodome package, Bump rustup 1.75.0 by @fuzzard in #24551
• EGLUtils: Fix nullptr usage in EglErrorCallback by @neo1973 in #24523
• [Android] Remove special versioning for Android arch types by @fuzzard in #24494
• [video] Remove non-working context menu manage / info dialog buttons for versions by @CrystalP in #24569
• [Keyboard] Optimize keyboard symbol translation by @garbear in #24525
• [Estuary] Refactor of poster/widget overlay icons by @jjd-uk in #24521
• Add another msys2 binary to fix game add-on build failures by @garbear in #24567
• [Android][windowing] Initialize m_bWindowCreated by @joseluismarti in #24572
• Player Viewer: Add keyboard and mouse input by @garbear in #24524
• [video] Fix multi version movie playback by @ksooo in #24575
• [video] Restore selection of extras in "Choose" dialog by @CrystalP in #24558
• add renderbuffer index to RenderCapture() (like for RenderUpdate()), fixes sporadic black captures under Linux by @fightforlife in #24439
• Fix Input method on X11 by @wengxt in #24393
• Support build with taglib-2.0 with the removed integer type definitions in the release by @heitbaum in #24577
• [guilib] VideoThumbLoader don't look for basic local artwork when library items are displayed by @rmrector in #24483
• Bump VERSION_CODE one unit to fix Android install over current by @thexai in #24581
• [cmake] Don't append target sysroot in native toolchainfile by @sundermann in #24590
• [Android][windowing] Revert 'Initialize m_bWindowCreated' and remove … by @joseluismarti in #24587
• [Video] Always respect video versions/extras ignore setting by @CrystalP in #24391
• [Android] Add HDR allowed dynamic metadata formats setting by @quietvoid in #24584
• [tools/depends] Bump swig 4.2.0 by @fuzzard in #24552
• [Scraper] Check for filename identifers during refresh job by @sundermann in #24571
• changed: log to error (thanks @dmittiga) issue #24506 by @malard in #24596
• [FileCache] adjust Read Factor algorithm by @thexai in #24582
• [video] Fix playback of .rm files by @CrystalP in #24607
• [webOS] Add setting to select allowed HDR dynamic metadata formats by @quietvoid in #24600
• [VIDEO] fix tv show episodes not probed for streamdetails when refres… by @the-black-eagle in #24532
• [Estuary] Fix player controls dialog by @Hitcher in #24606
• [Estuary] Extras - change layout by @jjd-uk in #24609
• Android joystick fixes by @garbear in #24604
• webOS: Remove leftover libcec depend by @garbear in #24621
• [video] Remove fallback to movie art for undefined extra art types by @CrystalP in #24619
• tools/depends: Update waylandpp patch to fix build again with gcc 13 by @garbear in #24626
• Fix WebVTT compiler warning by @garbear in #24620
• [video] Fix playlist window select and play actions by @ksooo in #24617
• [docs] Use gh markdown highlights of warnings, tips and notes by @enen92 in #24613
• [darwin] fix retain cycle in Gamecontroller by @kambala-decapitator in #24634
• AESinkAudioTrack: Help broken firmwares to make kodi ignore broken delay by @fritsch in #24597
• [video] Only consider matches of same media type when looking for similar movies by @CrystalP in #24598
• [video] Modify versions/extras related texts by @CrystalP in #24591
• [video] Fix text of the context menu Choose version button by @CrystalP in #24648
• [favourites][listproviders] Fix select action not to show the choose … by @ksooo in #24638
• [Android] Exec wake-up routine only after hdmi handshake by @hugbug in #24632
• [video] fill GUIListItem properties with streamdetails for the hybrid… by @CrystalP in #24645
• [video] Fix video info dialog play button to always play the version … by @ksooo in #24652
• [skin] Remove estouchy from core by @fuzzard in #24655
• [video] Fix 'play version using' version select dialog having 'extras' button. by @ksooo in #24661
• [Keyboard] Fix special handling of Num Lock states for XKB common library by @garbear in #24639
• [Omega] Update controller add-ons for new keyboard layout and translations by @garbear in #24635
• Optimize keyboard/mouse input on first action by @garbear in #24651
• Minor game improvements by @garbear in #24650
• [strings] Reword remove movie from library by @DaVukovic in #24476
• [video] Fix the refresh of movies with additional versions or extras by @CrystalP in #24647
• [CPACK] Adjust dependencies to build packages compatible with focal to noble by @Gujal00 in #24662
• [iOS/tvOS] disable VTB for real-time interlaced videos by @kambala-decapitator in #24671
• [video] Hide 'Choose version' and 'Play version using' context menu i… by @ksooo in #24670
• Teletext: Fix crash due to invalid FTC_Node by @enen92 in #24673
• Screensaver: Do not force dim if another modal is being shown by @enen92 in #24664
• [VideoPlayer] Adjust lastseekpts on FlushBuffers by @enen92 in #24674
• Kill CGUIListItemPtr typedef by @enen92 in #24676
• [posix] PosixMountProvider excludes +efivarfs +systemd-1 by @sky42src in #24642
• [webOS][Power management] Implement shutdown/reboot by @sundermann in #24244
• [VideoDatabase] Do not overwrite Set Overview if no field in NFO by @78andyp in #24533
• [VideoInfoScanner] Fix processing of in TV show's NFO. by @78andyp in #24565
• [MUSIC] Only set libraryartfilled property if we actually found art by @the-black-eagle in #24675
• [FileCache] Implements adaptative read factor based on cache level by @thexai in #24640
• [JSON-RPC] Add GUI.ActivateScreenSaver by @DaVukovic in #24181
• [Android] Adjust copying of resource files to cache folder by @joseluismarti in #24666
• added: non standard language codes used by some DVDs (thanks @jsgh) by @malard in #24599
• [JSON-RPC] add command to change playback speed (tempo) by @kambala-decapitator in #24633
• [webOS] Disable core dumps by @sundermann in #24441
• [tools/depends] Bump gettext 0.22.4 by @fuzzard in #24630
• CXbtManager: Synchronize access to internal data structures by @neo1973 in #24685
• [webOS] Map info key by @sundermann in #24684
• [GUIEditControl] Use left truncate (and relative ellipses) for edit controls only by @CastagnaIT in #24624
• [video] Fix 'Play using...' context menu item not visible for version… by @ksooo in #24677
• VideoInfoScanner: Support .nomedia files in TV show subdirectories by @neo1973 in #24330
• [VideoInfoScanner] Fix scraping of episodes in Blu-ray folders (BDMV). by @78andyp in #24314
• [MUSIC] Allow navigating from artist directly to songs via AS.xml setting by @the-black-eagle in #24649
• [Estuary] Add video version name to playlist + Add 3D info + Cleanup by @jjd-uk in #24681
• [Android] Include missing binary addon libs in the apk package by @joseluismarti in #24688
• [CGUIPassword] Media served through plugins is not shown when there is a master lock. by @78andyp in #24446
• [keymaps] change show shutdownmenu to poweroff action by @DaVukovic in #24536
• [Estuary] Video Version Choose Dialog Fix by @jjd-uk in #24693
• [apple][xcode] use literal make command instead of variable in Xcode by @kambala-decapitator in #24691
• [guilib] Add Infolabels for versions by @CrystalP in #24695
• Videodb versions by @CrystalP in #24683
• Translations update from Kodi Weblate by @weblate in #24698
• Sync of addon metadata translations by @github-actions in #24699
• VideoPlayer: Fix error window for tempo/fractional play speeds by @enen92 in #24692
• VideoPlayer: Fix stalls when seeking with tempo enabled by @enen92 in #24701
• DXVA: Use at least 8 surfaces for H.264 decoding by @thexai in #24704
• Revert Android joystick fixes by @garbear in #24707
• Android: add colorMode config to .Main activity in AndroidManifest.xml by @spdfrk in #24710
• TagLoaderTagLib: Avoid potential crash when exception is thrown by @philipturnbull in #24706
• [Omega] Beta 3 by @fuzzard in #24690

New Contributors

• @hugbug made their first contribution in #24369
• @dbarkar made their first contribution in #24516
• @andred made their first contribution in #24505
• @fightforlife made their first contribution in #24439
• @wengxt made their first contribution in #24393
• @Gujal00 made their first contribution in #24662
• @sky42src made their first contribution in #24642
• @spdfrk made their first contribution in #24710
• @philipturnbull made their first contribution in #24706

Full Changelog: 21.0b2-Omega...21.0b3-Omega