Uncategorized – XBian https://xbian.org Kodi, the bleeding edge Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:26:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.20 Couple of latest updates https://xbian.org/couple-of-latest-updates/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:26:32 +0000 https://xbian.org/?p=756 + Read More]]>
  • Debian Buster
    Starting the Friday (2019-09-13), all new images are build with Debian Buster. There is WIP for updating procedure for already existing Stretch installations
    The latest built images containing Stretch (start of September builds) are kept for download, and binaries are still build for Stretch and Buster (until end of this year), so it’s not very urgent to upgrade to Buster immediately.
  • Raspberry Pi 4
    To make it clear once again. These images don’t support the Raspberry Pi 4 yet. The kernel and all other routines are already ready for this, but there is no executable Kodi version right now.

    This is our next goal and milestone to create Kodi for Raspberry Pi 4.
    The goal is to create an image that can be used for all Raspberry Pi versions (2, 3 and 4).

    • ]]>         More latest updates https://xbian.org/more-latest-updates/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:53:18 +0000 https://xbian.org/?p=748 + Read More]]> This is just a quick heads up of latest and upcoming updates.

    So from mid of February 2019 XBian images are build with Kodi v18 Leia. It should be noted, that images for i.MX6 (Hummingboard, Cubox-i) still have Kodi 17.6 included, and the reason is because i.MX6 support has been removed from Kodi sources a couple of months ago.

    Our next step will be exchanging kernel 4.14 with 4.19. As already noted here at the forum, BTRFS LZ4 compression support has been removed due to run-time issues and conflicting with ZSTD compression, which has been included with kernel 4.14.
    The consequence is, that on older installations kernel 4.19 can not be installed without removing LZ4 compression.

    Starting of February 21st 2019, latest 4.14 kernel version is built into stable repository and 4.19 version will be built into staging instead of devel repository.

    In the future, 4.14 kernels will not be built anymore.

    ]]>         Happy New Year 2018 https://xbian.org/happy-new-year-2018/ Sun, 31 Dec 2017 13:37:06 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=697 We would like to thank you for all your support over this year and we wish you a Happy New Year.

    We appreciate all your support which help us to make things even better.

    Thank you

    ]]>         Latest updates https://xbian.org/new-packages-updates/ Sun, 16 Jul 2017 13:33:31 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=682 + Read More]]> TVheadend
    Some days ago the TVheadend crew has released final 4.2 version. We are now building the stable version to stable repository, and the development version (4.3) is build to staging repository. Both version are built once a week
    And a couple of enhancements are included in the package now, see description of this commit

    Transmission
    The binaries are longer part of the package, now the original Debian built binaries or XBian’s backported packages for Jessie are used instead. And, of course, some enhancements has been added to the package, see description of this commit

    Debian Stretch
    From now on all new images are built with Debian Stretch, updating procedure for already existing Jessie installations will be put online some days later. The latest built images containing Jessie (end of June built) are kept for download, and binaries are still build for Jessie and Stretch (until end of this year), so it’s not very urgent to upgrade to Stretch immediately

    ]]>         New VNC package update https://xbian.org/new-vnc-package-update/ Wed, 10 May 2017 07:52:12 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=678 New VNC package update 

    New version of VNC package has been updated in our repositories and @Nachteule, one of our developers posted detailed information about it.

    Please read his post in our forum>>>

    ]]>         Kodi Krypton 17.1 and NOOBS 2.3 https://xbian.org/kodi-krypton-17-1-and-noobs-2-3/ Mon, 27 Mar 2017 07:29:57 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=671 + Read More]]> Our developers have pushed out two updates by end of last week.

    Kodi Krypton 17.1 has been released, built to stable repository and is ready for update. Images containing 17.1 are in place from last Friday.

    And also NOOBS gets update to 2.3 available now.

    Enjoy, and as usual, if you feel you like to discuss and give a feedback come to our forum

    ]]>         Kernel update – LTS 4.9 https://xbian.org/kernel-update-lts-4-9/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 07:31:56 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=668 + Read More]]> New LTS kernel (4.9) seems to be stable enough so XBian is now on 4.9.14 which become standard for RPi images. From yesterday 14/03/2017, LTS 4.9 kernel is build to our stable repository and is included in all RPi images.

    In case you don’t use auto-updates this can be updated on your existing XBian system manualy from within xbian-config over SSH or from XBian add-on in Kodi.

    And as usual, if you need to discuss or give a feedback please use our forum or social media channels

    ]]>         Kodi 17.0 Final build https://xbian.org/kodi-17-0-final-build/ Fri, 03 Feb 2017 20:03:33 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=660 + Read More]]> Kodi 17.0 final has been released, all packages have been already built and are available for download.

    For now this is only available from our staging repositories as usual when we do some major updates! So to obtain this latest build you need to enable this in your settings!

    Our stable images are still built with Kodi 16.1 for the next week or two until our developers and test team are happy.

    So let have some fun and have a lovely weekend you all

    ]]>         Kodi v17.0 “Krypton” https://xbian.org/kodi-v17-0-krypton/ Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:51:15 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=653 + Read More]]> Kodi v17.0 “Krypton” is now available from our staging repositories. So if you feel for you can obtain it by enabling staging repo in your list followed by upgrade. Give it a try and have fun as usual.

    For those who like it simple and stable our images are based and built on stable Kodi 16.1 “Jarvis”

    Feel free to join discussion in our forum if you need to

    ]]>         We are recruiting https://xbian.org/we-are-recruiting/ Mon, 02 Jan 2017 18:13:09 +0000 http://www.xbian.org/?p=642 + Read More]]> Ever wanted to be a part of something bigger? Be in between some great people who work together trying to make something special?

    We are looking for some talented people who like codes, with a knowledge and experience in QT(5) programming, C++ programming and maybe some more?

    Do you have some free time and would like to spend it with us to help us make XBian even better than it is?

    Then we definitely want to hear from you.

    Please send us an message to info@xbian.org or use our contact form 

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