Upgrade Kodi 15.2 in Linux Ubuntu. Install Kodi 15.2 in Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04. Kodi 15.2 brings full Android support and DirectX 11 upgrade.
Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. Kodi runs on Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.
According to the release note, the Kodi 15.2 is the second maintenance release which has some additional fixes on top of the 15.0 and 15.1 release.
Fixes done in this 15.2 version
- Fix non DVB subtitles
- Fix incompatible MySQL queries
- Improvements on PulseAudio for Linux
- Fix multi images in grouplists/layouts
- Updated PVR add-ons: Tvheadend HTSP and MythTV
- Fix refresh-rate switching on Android. This should improve on most devices like Nexus Player and NVIDIA SHIELD TV and others which use the Android API
- Fix file time used in scanning library which may speed up scanning times on 32bit platforms
- Fix video rewind on Windows. May still leave artifacts for some seconds.
- Fix continues check on system partitions on Android
- Fix MicroDVD subtitles
- Fix subtitles positioning below video
- Fix memory leak on opening Bluray menu for stream selection
- Fix default sorting for songs over UPnP
- Updated taglib that fixes a crash when playing flac files
- Fix volume adjustment for XBOX controllers
- Fixes side flyout appearing when using touch
- Fixes freeze on win32 on away mode
- Fix crash on osx 10.7 when trying to resolve hdd names
- Fix Amlogic zoom problems on Android
- Set default screen region for dvb subs (wrong placed subtitles)
- Fix missing lyrics from tag when playing from musicdb url
- Properly set the time format when setting/changing regions
- Fix playback problems on AMLogic after ffwd or skip
- Fix fallback for nb_no language
- Fix empty LatestAlbum.Artist
- Fix watched flag in Confluence media info 3 view
The release note says that the Android support is the most important fix done. It writes:
This time after the 15.0 release it became clear that for several devices using an Amlogic chipset there was a change in firmware that caused Kodi to not function properly and only show a zoomed in or only used part of the screen. Devices that came from manufacturers that had properly updated their firmware did not have this problem. However for some this never happened and caused all the problems you might have experienced. One method was to put special build firmware on the device which fixes the problem and Kodi would just work fine again. Sadly this is a quite technical process and could brick your device if not done properly. Luckily a community developer invested a lot of time in tracking down the problem and together with our main Android developer came to a solution for fixing this.
In short, we’ve solved the problems for the users that had the zoomed in or partial screen using Kodi in Android. As such we included these changes into the 15.2 build for every one to test and hopefully get their device working again.
Secondly some playback problem popped up for many Android users where they lost video after fast-forward playback. This should now have been correct as well.
Install Kodi 15.2 in Ubuntu
Please note that Ubuntu 12.04 support has been dropped in Kodi PPA. The Kodi PPA packages are for Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 and Elementary OS Freya.
Open terminal and run the following command to add the Kodi PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi
Upgrade Kodi 15.2 in Ubuntu
To update Kodi when a new version is released, just do a general system/package or use the following commands in the terminal (or via SSH):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Note: In some cases where additional packages are required, Kodi will fail to upgrade when using the upgrade commands as above. To install additional packages use the command below:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Installing Kodi PVR Addons
The Linux release of Kodi doesn’t include any PVR addons by default. To install a PVR addon, run the following command and replace the XXXXXX with the PVR addon of your choice:
sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-XXXXXXX