OpenELEC - Media Center Operating System

OpenELEC 8.0.4 release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 8.0.0 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC ... [More] releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. Kodi 17 (Krypton) support OpenELEC 8.0 release contain a Kodi major version bump. If you are updating from OpenELEC 7.0 or earlier we strongly recommend you perform a full backup before performing a manual update. If you experience issues please perform a soft-reset to clear OpenELEC and Kodi settings. OpenELEC 8.0.4 is a maintenance release for OpenELEC-8.0 series. The main fixes are: fix crash in WeTek DVB driver on WeTek Play (1st gen). enable Kernel NEON mode for RPi2 builds. enable some more SOC sound drivers for RPi/RPi2 builds. enable Regulator support on all builds. enable Extcon support on all builds. fix loading for some I2C sound modules on RPI/RPi2 builds. fix loading splash screen on systems with Nvidia GPUs. fix speed problems on Nvidia ION systems. fix problems loading dvbhdhomerun addons. fix using user created sleep scripts. build PNG support with SSE support for x86_64 builds. update to linux-4.9.30, mesa-17.0.7, alsa-lib-1.1.4.1, alsa-utils-1.1.4, kodi-17,3, mariadb-10.1.23, samba-4.6.4. OpenELEC 8.0 series is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Play 2Play 2 supported with a own Build.WeTek Play 2 brings endless entertainment to your living room. Enjoy the latest movies and series in 4K UHD, play games, browse the internet, keep up with the news, or use the DVB modular tuner to watch thousands of TV channels via satellite, terrestrial and cable connections. New Platform WeTek Hub supported by a own Build.Taking advantage of the latest hardware advances, we’ve maximized performance and optimized design. Introducing, WeTek Hub, the smallest WeTek device yet, and one of the most powerful Android streaming devices on the market. Raspberry Pi Zero W supported by Raspberry Pi (1) builds. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): Pulseaudio updated to 10.0 (9.0) Binutils updated to 2.28 (2.26) GCC updated to 6.3 (5.4) glibc updated to 2.25 (2.23) LLVM updated to 4.0 (3.8) Linux kernel updated to 4.9 (4.4) Mesa updated to 17.0 (11.2) ffmpeg updated to 3.2 (2.8) libva updated to 1.8 (1.7) connman updated to 1.34 (1.31) libressl updated to 2.4 (2.2) systemd updated to 233 (229) xorg-server updated to 1.19 (1.18) samba updated to 4.6 (3.6) MySQL replaced with MariaDB-10.1 HFS and HFS+ Filesystem support removed. iSCSI support removed. NFS, NBD, iSCSI Network boot support removed. LIRC support removed, LIRC was always installed as a enhancenment to the Kernel RC drivers, and was only used for very old IR Hardware like classic XBox remote and others - which support is now dropped. Apple TV 1 IR remote driver driver removed. X11 AMDGPU, ATI (Radeon) and Intel GPU driver driver replaced by X11 Modesettings GPU driver. Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN and DVB drivers and firmwares. updated Nvidia Legacy driver to xf86-video-nvidia-340, which removes support for legacy Nvidia GPUs not supporting VDPAU. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to version 17 final (16) [Less]

OpenELEC 8.0.3 release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 8.0.0 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC ... [More] releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. Kodi 17 (Krypton) support OpenELEC 8.0 release contain a Kodi major version bump. If you are updating from OpenELEC 7.0 or earlier we strongly recommend you perform a full backup before performing a manual update. If you experience issues please perform a soft-reset to clear OpenELEC and Kodi settings. OpenELEC 8.0.3 is a maintenance release for OpenELEC-8.0 series. The main fixes are: fix crash in Kodi while playing streams. fix some non working screensavers, this only works if the non working screensavers are installed the first time. disable CONFIG_USB_UAS to fix issues with some external Harddrives on RPi builds. some fixes in the installer. update libcec to fix some upstream problems. update to mesa-17.0.5, linux-4.9.25 (Generic/RPi*), mariadb-10.1.22, samba-4.6.3, connman-1.34, libsndfile-1.0.28. OpenELEC 8.0 series is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Play 2Play 2 supported with a own Build.WeTek Play 2 brings endless entertainment to your living room. Enjoy the latest movies and series in 4K UHD, play games, browse the internet, keep up with the news, or use the DVB modular tuner to watch thousands of TV channels via satellite, terrestrial and cable connections. New Platform WeTek Hub supported by a own Build.Taking advantage of the latest hardware advances, we’ve maximized performance and optimized design. Introducing, WeTek Hub, the smallest WeTek device yet, and one of the most powerful Android streaming devices on the market. Raspberry Pi Zero W supported by Raspberry Pi (1) builds. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): Pulseaudio updated to 10.0 (9.0) Binutils updated to 2.28 (2.26) GCC updated to 6.3 (5.4) glibc updated to 2.25 (2.23) LLVM updated to 4.0 (3.8) Linux kernel updated to 4.9 (4.4) Mesa updated to 17.0 (11.2) ffmpeg updated to 3.2 (2.8) libva updated to 1.8 (1.7) connman updated to 1.34 (1.31) libressl updated to 2.4 (2.2) systemd updated to 233 (229) xorg-server updated to 1.19 (1.18) samba updated to 4.6 (3.6) MySQL replaced with MariaDB-10.1 HFS and HFS+ Filesystem support removed. iSCSI support removed. NFS, NBD, iSCSI Network boot support removed. LIRC support removed, LIRC was always installed as a enhancenment to the Kernel RC drivers, and was only used for very old IR Hardware like classic XBox remote and others - which support is now dropped. Apple TV 1 IR remote driver driver removed. X11 AMDGPU, ATI (Radeon) and Intel GPU driver driver replaced by X11 Modesettings GPU driver. Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN and DVB drivers and firmwares. updated Nvidia Legacy driver to xf86-video-nvidia-340, which removes support for legacy Nvidia GPUs not supporting VDPAU. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to 17.1 final (16) [Less]

OpenELEC 8.0.2 release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 8.0.0 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC ... [More] releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 8.0.2 is a maintenance release for OpenELEC-8.0 series. The main fixes are: disable RTL8XXXU driver, which was loaded together with RTL8192CU/EU driver and caused conflicts with some WLAN USB dongles. add CONFIG_SND_SOC_STA32X and CONFIG_SND_SOC_WM8804_I2C for RPi builds, needed for some RPi Sound modules. remove 0 byte database files in Kodi, to workaround database upgrade failures in Kodi. build Kodi with SSE4 support for Generic builds. fix broken Kodi addon library names for x86_64 builds. force loading fuse module to fix mounting ntfs and exfat partitions. update to mesa-17.0.4, dbus-1.10.18, linux-4.9.24 (Generic), linux-4.9.23 (RPi), libdrm-2.4.80 and curl-7.54.0 OpenELEC 8.0 series is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Play 2Play 2 supported with a own Build.WeTek Play 2 brings endless entertainment to your living room. Enjoy the latest movies and series in 4K UHD, play games, browse the internet, keep up with the news, or use the DVB modular tuner to watch thousands of TV channels via satellite, terrestrial and cable connections. New Platform WeTek Hub supported by a own Build.Taking advantage of the latest hardware advances, we’ve maximized performance and optimized design. Introducing, WeTek Hub, the smallest WeTek device yet, and one of the most powerful Android streaming devices on the market. Raspberry Pi Zero W supported by Raspberry Pi (1) builds. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): Pulseaudio updated to 10.0 (9.0) Binutils updated to 2.28 (2.26) GCC updated to 6.3 (5.4) glibc updated to 2.25 (2.23) LLVM updated to 4.0 (3.8) Linux kernel updated to 4.9 (4.4) Mesa updated to 17.0 (11.2) ffmpeg updated to 3.2 (2.8) libva updated to 1.8 (1.7) connman updated to 1.33 (1.31) libressl updated to 2.4 (2.2) systemd updated to 233 (229) xorg-server updated to 1.19 (1.18) samba updated to 4.6 (3.6) MySQL replaced with MariaDB-10.1 HFS and HFS+ Filesystem support removed. iSCSI support removed. NFS, NBD, iSCSI Network boot support removed. LIRC support removed, LIRC was always installed as a enhancenment to the Kernel RC drivers, and was only used for very old IR Hardware like classic XBox remote and others - which support is now dropped. Apple TV 1 IR remote driver driver removed. X11 AMDGPU, ATI (Radeon) and Intel GPU driver driver replaced by X11 Modesettings GPU driver. Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN and DVB drivers and firmwares. updated Nvidia Legacy driver to xf86-video-nvidia-340, which removes support for legacy Nvidia GPUs not supporting VDPAU. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to 17.1 final (16) [Less]

OpenELEC 8.0.2 release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 8.0.0 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC ... [More] releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. Kodi 17 (Krypton) support OpenELEC 8.0 release contain a Kodi major version bump. If you are updating from OpenELEC 7.0 or earlier we strongly recommend you perform a full backup before performing a manual update. If you experience issues please perform a soft-reset to clear OpenELEC and Kodi settings. OpenELEC 8.0.2 is a maintenance release for OpenELEC-8.0 series.  OpenELEC 8.0 series is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Play 2Play 2 supported with a own Build.WeTek Play 2 brings endless entertainment to your living room. Enjoy the latest movies and series in 4K UHD, play games, browse the internet, keep up with the news, or use the DVB modular tuner to watch thousands of TV channels via satellite, terrestrial and cable connections. New Platform WeTek Hub supported by a own Build.Taking advantage of the latest hardware advances, we’ve maximized performance and optimized design. Introducing, WeTek Hub, the smallest WeTek device yet, and one of the most powerful Android streaming devices on the market. Raspberry Pi Zero W supported by Raspberry Pi (1) builds. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): Pulseaudio updated to 10.0 (9.0) Binutils updated to 2.28 (2.26) GCC updated to 6.3 (5.4) glibc updated to 2.25 (2.23) LLVM updated to 4.0 (3.8) Linux kernel updated to 4.9 (4.4) Mesa updated to 17.0 (11.2) ffmpeg updated to 3.2 (2.8) libva updated to 1.8 (1.7) connman updated to 1.33 (1.31) libressl updated to 2.4 (2.2) systemd updated to 233 (229) xorg-server updated to 1.19 (1.18) samba updated to 4.6 (3.6) MySQL replaced with MariaDB-10.1 HFS and HFS+ Filesystem support removed. iSCSI support removed. NFS, NBD, iSCSI Network boot support removed. LIRC support removed, LIRC was always installed as a enhancenment to the Kernel RC drivers, and was only used for very old IR Hardware like classic XBox remote and others - which support is now dropped. Apple TV 1 IR remote driver driver removed. X11 AMDGPU, ATI (Radeon) and Intel GPU driver driver replaced by X11 Modesettings GPU driver. Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN and DVB drivers and firmwares. updated Nvidia Legacy driver to xf86-video-nvidia-340, which removes support for legacy Nvidia GPUs not supporting VDPAU. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to 17.1 final (16) [Less]

OpenELEC 8.0.1 release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 8.0.0 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC ... [More] releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 8.0.1 is a maintenance release for OpenELEC-8.0.0. The main fixes are: Fix broken automount for (external) USB storage devices. Fix always blinking LED on SolidRun's Cubox. Fix broken Filesystem resize on new install. Rename Kodis old database files when updating, to try to fix updating issues when Kodi updates the own databases. Readd SFTP support on user requests. Always load TUN driver for VPN users on user request. Updated WeTek DVB driver to prevent issues when running TV. Rename users samba configfile to force the user to include own changes in a new config then using the old one. OpenELEC 8.0 series is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Play 2Play 2 supported with a own Build.WeTek Play 2 brings endless entertainment to your living room. Enjoy the latest movies and series in 4K UHD, play games, browse the internet, keep up with the news, or use the DVB modular tuner to watch thousands of TV channels via satellite, terrestrial and cable connections. New Platform WeTek Hub supported by a own Build.Taking advantage of the latest hardware advances, we’ve maximized performance and optimized design. Introducing, WeTek Hub, the smallest WeTek device yet, and one of the most powerful Android streaming devices on the market. Raspberry Pi Zero W supported by Raspberry Pi (1) builds. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): Pulseaudio updated to 10.0 (9.0) Binutils updated to 2.28 (2.26) GCC updated to 6.3 (5.4) glibc updated to 2.25 (2.23) LLVM updated to 4.0 (3.8) Linux kernel updated to 4.9 (4.4) Mesa updated to 17.0 (11.2) ffmpeg updated to 3.2 (2.8) libva updated to 1.8 (1.7) connman updated to 1.33 (1.31) libressl updated to 2.4 (2.2) systemd updated to 233 (229) xorg-server updated to 1.19 (1.18) samba updated to 4.6 (3.6) MySQL replaced with MariaDB-10.1 HFS and HFS+ Filesystem support removed. iSCSI support removed. NFS, NBD, iSCSI Network boot support removed. LIRC support removed, LIRC was always installed as a enhancenment to the Kernel RC drivers, and was only used for very old IR Hardware like classic XBox remote and others - which support is now dropped. Apple TV 1 IR remote driver driver removed. X11 AMDGPU, ATI (Radeon) and Intel GPU driver driver replaced by X11 Modesettings GPU driver. Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN and DVB drivers and firmwares. updated Nvidia Legacy driver to xf86-video-nvidia-340, which removes support for legacy Nvidia GPUs not supporting VDPAU. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to 17.1 final (16) [Less]

OpenELEC 8.0 (internal version 8.0.0) release has been published. Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update ... [More] instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 8.0.0 is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Play 2Play 2 supported with a own Build.WeTek Play 2 brings endless entertainment to your living room. Enjoy the latest movies and series in 4K UHD, play games, browse the internet, keep up with the news, or use the DVB modular tuner to watch thousands of TV channels via satellite, terrestrial and cable connections. New Platform WeTek Hub supported by a own Build.Taking advantage of the latest hardware advances, we’ve maximized performance and optimized design. Introducing, WeTek Hub, the smallest WeTek device yet, and one of the most powerful Android streaming devices on the market. Raspberry Pi Zero W supported by Raspberry Pi (1) builds. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): Pulseaudio updated to 10.0 (9.0) Binutils updated to 2.28 (2.26) GCC updated to 6.3 (5.4) glibc updated to 2.25 (2.23) LLVM updated to 4.0 (3.8) Linux kernel updated to 4.9 (4.4) Mesa updated to 17.0 (11.2) ffmpeg updated to 3.2 (2.8) libva updated to 1.8 (1.7) connman updated to 1.33 (1.31) libressl updated to 2.4 (2.2) systemd updated to 233 (229) xorg-server updated to 1.19 (1.18) samba updated to 4.6 (3.6) MySQL replaced with MariaDB-10.1 HFS and HFS+ Filesystem support removed. iSCSI support removed. NFS, NBD, iSCSI Network boot support removed. LIRC support removed, LIRC was always installed as a enhancenment to the Kernel RC drivers, and was only used for very old IR Hardware like classic XBox remote and others - which support is now dropped. Apple TV 1 IR remote driver driver removed. X11 AMDGPU, ATI (Radeon) and Intel GPU driver driver replaced by X11 Modesettings GPU driver. Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN and DVB drivers and firmwares. updated Nvidia Legacy driver to xf86-video-nvidia-340, which removes support for legacy Nvidia GPUs not supporting VDPAU. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to 17.1 final (16) [Less]

The OpenELEC 7.0.1 release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 6.95.1 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older ... [More] OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 7.0.1 is a maintenance release for OpenELEC-7.0.0. The main fixes are: Fix problems with the Installer on x86 systems. Fix an issue which prevents booting SolidRun's Cubox i4pro To view a complete list of GitHub changes since 7.0.0 click here: https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/compare/7.0.0...7.0.1 [Less]

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The OpenELEC 7.0 (internal version 7.0.0) release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 6.95.1 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. ... [More] Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 7.0.0 is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Core supported with a own BuildWeTek Core is the best Android TV box you can have to watch IPTV, Movies and TV Shows while you relax on your sofa.With an AMLogic S812-H, 2GHz Quad-core processor, 4K Support and 8-bit H265, this box will give you all entertainment you are looking for. Merged Nvidia_Legacy build to Generic build.Users who used the Nvidia_Legacy build now have to use our Generic build. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): ALSA updated to 1.1 (1.0.29) Binutils updated to 2.26 (2.25) GCC updated to 5.3 (4.9) glibc updated to 2.23 (2.22) Python updated to 2.7.13 (2.7.3) LLVM updated to 3.8 (3.6) Linux kernel updated to 4.4 (4.1) Mesa updated to 11.2 (11.0) ffmpeg updated to 2.8 (2.6) libva updated to 1.7 (1.6) connman updated to 1.31 (1.23) libnfs updated to 1.11 (1.9) libressl updated to 2.2 (2.1) systemd updated to 229 (219) xorg-server updated to 1.18 (1.17) Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN drivers and firmware added new AMDGPU driver for new AMD Graphic cards updated Intel Graphic driver merged Nvidia with Nvidia legacy driver to support old and new Graphic cards with one build. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to 16.1 final (15) New features Bluetooth Audio support (see below) OpenVPN reincluded [Less]

The OpenELEC 7.0 Beta 3 (internal version 6.95.3) release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 6.95.1 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some ... [More] hours. Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 7.0 Beta 3 is a feature release. The main changes are: Platform changes: New Platform WeTek Core supported with a own BuildWeTek Core is the best Android TV box you can have to watch IPTV, Movies and TV Shows while you relax on your sofa.With an AMLogic S812-H, 2GHz Quad-core processor, 4K Support and 8-bit H265, this box will give you all entertainment you are looking for. Merged Nvidia_Legacy build to Generic build.Users who used the Nvidia_Legacy build now have to use our Generic build. Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets): ALSA updated to 1.1 (1.0.29) Binutils updated to 2.26 (2.25) GCC updated to 5.3 (4.9) glibc updated to 2.23 (2.22) Python updated to 2.7.11 (2.7.3) LLVM updated to 2.8 (2.6) Linux kernel updated to 4.4 (4.1) Mesa updated to 11.2rc (11.0) ffmpeg updated to 2.8 (2.6) libva updated to 1.7 (1.6) connman updated to 1.31 (1.23) libnfs updated to 1.10 (1.9) libressl updated to 2.2 (2.1) systemd updated to 229 (219) xorg-server updated to 1.18 (1.17) Driver and firmware updates and changes: updated WLAN drivers and firmware added new AMDGPU driver for new AMD Graphic cards updated Intel Graphic driver merged Nvidia with Nvidia legacy driver to support old and new Graphic cards with one build. Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets) Kodi updated to 16.1 final (15) New features Bluetooth Audio support (see below) OpenVPN reincluded [Less]