Release

LibreELEC (ae-fork) 22.0-Piers-alpha3-06 (Generic x86_64)

System for PC x86-64 (GBM)
Built on the "LibreELEC master" branch from 2026-05-27.

Core Software

• Linux Kernel: 7.0.8
• Kodi: 22.0 ALPHA3 (Piers) from 2026-05-26
• TVLINK 5.2.0

Added for Kodi

• Improved recovery for real-time IPTV playback when the stream is changed or restored inside the same HTTP connection.

Kodi now handles in-place stream resets more safely. This is important for IPTV streams where the source can fail, switch to a fallback stream, switch to a local “Empty channel” placeholder, and then return to a real stream without closing the client connection.

The VideoPlayer recovery logic was improved in several areas:

• more reliable handling of STREAMRESET / STREAMCHANGE during live playback;
• safer restart of audio/video synchronization after an in-place stream reset;
• protection against cases where Kodi stopped reading the demuxer because audio/video queues were already full;
• a soft recovery mechanism that keeps demux reads active before using a heavy stream reset;
• improved startup behavior for real-time streams when audio is temporarily marked as stalled;
• reduced risk of unnecessary hard resets, audio/video desync, frozen video, and socket disconnects during unstable IPTV playback.

This does not fix broken provider streams themselves, but Kodi should now recover more reliably from short interruptions, source switches, and temporary demux/player stalls without closing the TVLINK socket unnecessarily.

Full Changelog: 22.0-Piers-alpha3-05...22.0-Piers-alpha3-06