v21.0b2-Omega

What's Changed

• [webOS] Platform: Fix HOME variable append by @sundermann in #23954
• [cores] Fix CDVDInputStreamBluray::Open check for item being resumable. by @ksooo in #23967
• [playlistplayer] Fix PVR items not handled correctly. Those need to b… by @ksooo in #23961
• [video] CGUIWindowVideoBase::OnItemInfo: Skip check whether a video i… by @ksooo in #23969
• [GUI][Skins] Bump to xbmc.gui 5.17.0 by @jjd-uk in #23926
• [PVR] Fix playing channel not always highlighted in dialogs/windows. by @ksooo in #23971
• [interfaces] Fix PVR channel playback from remote app 'favourites' by @ksooo in #23972
• [video] Fix 'Play using' offering RetroPlayer for playback of iso bd/dvd disc images. by @ksooo in #23983
• [video] Fix CVideoDatabase::GetMusicVideosByWhere to set dyn path … by @ksooo in #23980
• [tools/depends] Bump wayland related dependencies by @fuzzard in #23982
• Fix Visual Studio warnings by @thexai in #23976
• [PVR] Fix/Improve recently played channels widget (e.g. respect hidden groups and channels). by @ksooo in #23985
• [Windows] Disable video settings not supported by the DXVA processor. by @CrystalP in #23988
• [tvos] Resolve some build issues with Xcode 15 by @fuzzard in #23949
• [cmake] Create FindPythonInterpreter for host information by @fuzzard in #23877
• [docs] Coding guidelines changes by @ksooo in #23998
• [cmake] add ${CORE_PLATFORM_NAME_LC}_SEARCH_CONFIG NO_DEFAULT_PATH for windows by @fuzzard in #23997
• Switch remote poweroff button behaviour to show shutdown menu, like on keyboards by @HiassofT in #23806
• [tools/depends] Bump Python 3.11.6 by @fuzzard in #23995
• VDPAU: fix hq scalers by @smp79 in #23973
• Format GUIControlFactory.cpp/h by @garbear in #23979
• [python][window] Delete pcontrol after SendGUIMessage by @CastagnaIT in #24002
• [upnp] Alternative fix for serving smartplaylists via upnp by @enen92 in #24008
• [docs] Coding guideline: Add, that we are using prefix operators in t… by @ksooo in #24004
• [depends][Python] Set setuptools library suffix by @sundermann in #23994
• Don't flush ffmpeg buffers if it holds any refs on close by @smp79 in #23996
• [Estuary] OSD showing wrong value for ‘Next’ programme when playing radio. by @FergusGeorge in #24017
• [Estuary] Fix home categories focus position by @HitcherUK in #24000
• [wayland][input] Add xkb compose and dead-keys support by @enen92 in #23943
• Fix 'Shift' view for Collections by @HitcherUK in #24024
• [video][music][interfaces][fileitem] STRM file fixes by @ksooo in #24025
• [FileSystem] Add GUI settings for NFS and SMB chunk size by @thexai in #24019
• Fix controller not rendering for copied gamecontroller controls by @garbear in #23987
• [PVR] const correctness improvements. by @ksooo in #24029
• [GUI] [Skins] Add locale InfoLabels for Skins by @DeltaMikeCharlie in #24028
• [video][PVR] Info dialogs: Add support for default play action by @ksooo in #24031
• [contextmenumanager] Fix 'More...' context menu item displayed for favourites… by @ksooo in #24037
• [Estuary] Fix alignment of counter labels in File Manager by @HitcherUK in #24041
• [python] Fix xmbc.getRegion("time") by @mglae in #24009
• [xkbcommon] Unify xkbLogger by @enen92 in #24045
• [builtins] PlayerBuiltins: PlayOrQueueMedia: Fixes by @ksooo in #24048
• [fileitem] Fix 'action play' not working for favourites for strm files. by @ksooo in #24047
• VAAPI: increase maxReferences for AV1 by @smp79 in #24042
• [PVR] Fix recordings with a path containing a ':' not displayed in recordings window. by @ksooo in #24053
• [CApp] Kill XBMC to Kodi migration by @enen92 in #24052
• [python] Add songVideoURL to InfoTagMusic by @the-black-eagle in #24061
• [PVR][Estuary] PVR core should not set label2 for PVR recording folde… by @ksooo in #24059
• [cmake] copy_file_to_buildtree make sure we create ExportFiles.cmake by @fuzzard in #24056
• [tools/depends] Bump openssl 1.1.1w by @fuzzard in #24003
• Use std::make_(shared|unique) by @notspiff in #23757
• [Cmake] enable_internal_cec by @fuzzard in #21585
• [imagecache] CVideoGeneratedImageFileLoader check setting to extract thumb by @rmrector in #24006
• [imagecache] clarify logic around image revalidation, fixing some images returning 404 via HTTP by @rmrector in #23956
• [input] Use smartpointers to wrap raw xkb pointers in libinput by @enen92 in #24036
• [libinput] Add dead-key xkbcommon-compose support by @enen92 in #24044
• [Documentation] Update doxygen for v20 and v21 game-related changes by @garbear in #24055
• [Discs] Fix ISOs are opened using File Cache in some cases and bad read size (sector size) by @thexai in #24060
• [Estuary] Player Viewer: Give example static content for skin devs by @garbear in #24073
• Picture: Switch internal functions to use smart pointers by @neo1973 in #24022
• Fix crash due nullptr surface using DXVA2 by @fritsch in #24085
• [Estuary] Fix weather layout when busy by @HitcherUK in #24090
• Backport weather fix by @HitcherUK in #24091
• Revert "Backport weather fix" by @HitcherUK in #24092
• [FileSystem] Move File Cache settings to GUI settings by @thexai in #24049
• [video] GUIWindowVideoNav.cpp: Remove unused include. by @ksooo in #24094
• [Rendering] Share the heuristics guessing SD/HD primaries across platforms by @CrystalP in #23953
• [macOS][Jenkins] migrate from altool to notarytool by @kambala-decapitator in #24032
• [Doxy] Improve documentation of game windows by @garbear in #24079
• [cmake] FindEGL set CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES for check_include_files by @lrusak in #24099
• [Xbox] Add support for HDR10 passthrough by @thexai in #24083
• tools/depends: curl adjust configure options by @lrusak in #24089
• [Xbox] Fix crash on close App by @thexai in #24104
• [Doxy] Fix formatting of Window IDs table by @garbear in #24106
• Fix/update strings.po with translations for game window IDs by @garbear in #24071
• Add tranlation for Peripherals dialog with ID 10149 by @garbear in #24105
• windowing/gbm: add EGL fencing for atomic drm by @lrusak in #23921
• [builtins] PlayerBuiltins::PlayOrQueueMedia: Fix logging and slightly optimize by @ksooo in #24114
• [Android] Unused variable m_colorFormat in MediaCodec by @joseluismarti in #24103
• [videoplayer] Go to Chapter Start for "Previous Chapter" Past Grace Period by @CrystalP in #24066
• [guilib][vfs][imagecache][pvr] Load PVR group images into texture cache when viewed, like standard images by @rmrector in #24087
• ffmpeg: Bump to version 6.0.1 by @fritsch in #24080
• [PVR] CGUIWindowPVRBase: Prevent concurrent updates caused by GUI_MSG_UPDATE by @ksooo in #24118
• [fileitem] CFileItem::LoadDetails: Add support for strm files containing an audio item. by @ksooo in #24119
• [PVR] Fix racing problems due to ACTION_CHANNEL_SWITCH message being … by @ksooo in #24116
• [video] CAsyncItemsForPlaylist: If we shall resume but can't, default… by @ksooo in #24120
• [Settings] Adjust the "Use display HDR capabilities" setting by @CrystalP in #24100
• [Settings][Windows] Update the description of the DXVA VSR setting by @CrystalP in #24123
• [VideoPlayer] Fix cache level calculation and add to Debug Info OSD by @thexai in #24117
• [clang-tidy] modernize-use-emplace by @Rechi in #23960
• Correctly handle 'Disc n' subdirectories in scraping and set creation. by @78andyp in #24076
• [Estuary] Modify settings decription field to avoid unnecessary autoscroll by @CrystalP in #24124
• [VideoPlayer] Remove unused code by @thexai in #24126
• [Feature][video]Added Video Versions feature by @xodidox in #14972
• [VideoVersion] Added VideoVersionPlay dialog by @xodidox in #24132
• [Android] Check if dovi profile is supported by the codec by @joseluismarti in #23577
• Remove article from summary by @razzeee in #24084
• [video] Fix auto play next item not working if 'uncategorized' is not… by @ksooo in #24134
• Fix Visual Studio warnings by @thexai in #24139
• [Android] Set codec profile 8 in DOVI compatibility mode by @quietvoid in #24143
• [cleanup][Windows] Remove a few compiler warnings and unnecessary global by @CrystalP in #24138
• XBMCTinyXML2: Strip trailing '\0' when writing to file by @neo1973 in #24141
• [Windows] address recommendations of VS code analysis tools for WinMain by @CrystalP in #24149
• [Estuary] Add Theora video codec flag image by @joseluismarti in #24154
• [VideoVersion] Fixed unexpected VideoVersion dialog in VideoInfo dial… by @xodidox in #24156
• [Games] Remove hard-coded button combos by @garbear in #24147
• [media] Consistency across platforms splash screens (avoid versions) by @enen92 in #24137
• [Estuary] Cleanup noise from DefaultVideoVersions icon by @the-black-eagle in #24127
• Add LoongArch support to system info by @212dandan in #23989
• [metadata.generic.artists] 1.0.18 by @ronie in #24163
• [Estuary] Add media flags for music by @jjd-uk in #24162
• [swig] Fix misleading indentation warnings by @fuzzard in #24140
• [linux][docs] add note about libdisplay-info when building kodi with gbm windowing by @lrusak in #24018
• [Addons] Remove GLES3/gl3ext.h include by @sundermann in #23855
• [Android] Ignore obsolete DOVI profiles from codec selection by @quietvoid in #24172
• Fix websocket pong by @a1rwulf in #23875
• [Android] Change the directory used to verify the SDK path by @joseluismarti in #23977
• [Estuary] Video Version skin redesign + cleanup by @jjd-uk in #24146
• [Estuary] Adjust plot height in video fullscreen info by @CrystalP in #24174
• [cmake] FindRapidJSON fix capitalisation by @fuzzard in #24179
• Translations update from Kodi Weblate by @weblate in #23963
• Sync of addon metadata translations by @github-actions in #24190
• [EDL] Migrate to tinyxml2 by @enen92 in #24185
• [VideoDatabase] Fix unnecessary query is always made to obtain cast by @thexai in #24177
• Remove use of pcrecpp from Kodi by @rschupp in #24128
• [tools/depends][target] Bump curl 8.4.0 by @fuzzard in #24011
• [LanguageCodes] Narrow mode for finding language code by @CastagnaIT in #23780
• [video] Video Versions: Refactor play/select logic by @ksooo in #24180
• [Scraper] Support for filename identifiers by @sundermann in #23840
• DNSNameCache: check hostname can be an IPv6 address by @joseluismarti in #24200
• [video] Refactor Video Action Processors by @ksooo in #24204
• Add OEM 102 key (OEM key on 102-key keyboards) by @garbear in #24202
• [tools/depends] Bump Python 3.11.7 by @fuzzard in #24194
• Sync game controller add-ons by @garbear in #24191
• [UPnP] Make m_delegate a unique_ptr by @enen92 in #24205
• AddonSettings: Correct order of destructor calls by @neo1973 in #24197
• [Estuary] Fix Shift view overlays by @jjd-uk in #24168
• [VideoVersions] Optimize retrieval of video versions existence by @CrystalP in #24183
• CGBMUtils: return references to objects in getters by @lrusak in #23869
• [UPnP] Player: Make transport state thread safe by @enen92 in #24201
• [VideoPlayer] Double the initial refresh rate for interlaced streams by @CrystalP in #24121
• [Omega] Beta2 by @fuzzard in #24207

New Contributors

• @FergusGeorge made their first contribution in #24017
• @78andyp made their first contribution in #24076
• @212dandan made their first contribution in #23989

Full Changelog: 21.0b1-Omega...21.0b2-Omega