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Steam Link port of Kodi
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18 Alpha 2 "Release" #22

Open peterstory opened 6 years ago

peterstory commented 6 years ago

I'm interested in testing 18 Alpha 2 on my Steam Link (in particular, because 18's support for DRM will make it possible to watch Amazon videos! https://github.com/Sandmann79/xbmc#inputstream). How would I go about creating a .zip file, suitable for installing on my Steam Link?

Also, are there any known issues with 18 Alpha 2 on Steam Links? If so, I have some interest in helping out (I'm a software developer, though my C++ skills are rusty).

garbear commented 6 years ago

As you can see, I've updated the Steam Link patch to 18 alpha 2: https://github.com/garbear/kodi-steamlink/tree/steamlink-18alpha2

However, I had to rewrite the entire windowing code from scratch, and haven't finished input yet so you can't control Kodi.

Also, VideoPlayer has changed a lot and I haven't finished updating the video decoder, so no HD decoding ATM.

So that's the state of 18 alpha2. I hope to finish updating by the time we reach Beta 1, which is in a few weeks.

peterstory commented 6 years ago

Wow, nice work! I hadn't realized how much work was involved in getting Kodi on the Steam Link! Well, once things are at the point where user-testing would be helpful, just let me know if you'd like my help.

aiphee commented 6 years ago

I am looking for this release too, i want to test if Netflix is gonna work. https://github.com/asciidisco/plugin.video.netflix

garbear commented 6 years ago

All in good time :) I got stuck trying to get keyboard and controller input to work (not much use otherwise). I'm not able to test for the nest few weeks, but my goal is a same day release with v18 final (probably a month or two)

toXel commented 6 years ago

@garbear So how can I build 18 beta 1? The instructions from the Valve repo aren't working for 18, right?

garbear commented 6 years ago

Right. I've finished porting Kodi to v18, but not working is input and hardware-accelerated video. Without input it's a bit pointless, but you can build using steamlink-beta1 branch (https://github.com/garbear/kodi-steamlink/commits/steamlink-18beta1) and the kodi-18beta1 branch (https://github.com/garbear/steamlink-sdk/commits/kodi-18beta1).

I'm still aiming to finish the v18 port by release. I'm traveling for Kodi and VLC's devcons the next two weeks, but there should be a bit of time left over to work on this.

toXel commented 6 years ago

Thanks for the status update :blush: yea without input it's a bit pointless to build it :smile:. I'll wait till this works. Have a good time at the cons!

garbear commented 6 years ago

I'm back in america and spent 2 days updating the build to beta 3. It now build and runs, but I'm still working on debugging input. I'll let you know when controllers are working again.

garbear commented 6 years ago

I fixed controller input on my steamlink-18beta3 branch and kodi-18beta3 steamlink sdk branch. It requires https://github.com/xbmc/peripheral.joystick/pull/155. Now all that's left is video decoding (my priority) and keyboard input. I'll upload some builds without HD video support so we can test everything else (I'm interested in getting Kodi's emulators working).