Kodi 14.0 Helix Released, Install on Linux mint and ubuntu derivative system via PPA

Kodi 14.0 Helix Released, Install on Linux mint and ubuntu derivative system via PPA

Kodi (formerly XBMC Media Center) is an open source and very powerful project that provides all the necessary tools for transforming your regular PC into a bona fide HTPC, which if used in conjunction a big screen TV and a Hi-Fi audio system, will transform your living room into a veritable home theater.

Kodi 14.0 Helix Changes : 

Below we will give a snapshot of the most important fixes done since the first release candidate.

* Bump FFmpeg to 2.4.4

* Fix problem with setting content on new and existing video sources

* Fix spinner in video settings for choosing hardware or software decoding

* Fix recording history in PVR

* Separate sort order in PVR window for each directory

* Fix PVR preview video scaling for AMLCodec on Android

* Fix restart option on Win 8.1

* Fix crashes on certain Intel GPU when playing video

* Fix crashes on certain videos on Android 5.0 devices (Nexus Player and ADT-1)

* Fix LPCM (audio/L16) streaming via UPnP

* Use correct art type when appending art to item lists

* Fix python PIL package on Windows that caused crash on weather add-on

* Updated GUI translation files

Features at a glance

Key features include powerful media management capabilities, a fluid Interface, plug-ins that allow for great extensibility, cinematic effects and visualizations, built-in multimedia codecs, themes, and much more. The application can play your entire collection of music files, supporting all the popular formats like MP3, FLAC, WAV, WMA or OGG. It also provides support for cue sheets, audio tagging and smart playlists.

Your entire video collection can also be played by Kodi, supporting all the major video formats like AVI, MP4, DivX, XviD, DVD Video, MKV, and many more. In addition, it includes support for Internet streams. The program provides support for organizing and viewing your favorite TV shows, which will be sorted by episodes and seasons. Moreover, Kodi can be used to display an entire collection of digital photos.

To Install on Linux Ubuntu (13.04, 13.10, 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr), Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, Use the command line terminal and enter the following commands. Follow the prompts as you would any other software installation :

Stable PPA

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install kodi

 UnStable PPA

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install kodi

Optional, to remove kodi, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove kodi

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