Kodi 22 Beta Improves Linux Support for Remote Keys and HDR Profile Support

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Marcus Nestor
Aug 11, 2026

Since the alpha release, Kodi 22 gained FFmpeg 8.1.2 support, live bitrate infolabels, better accuracy for chapter changes, better handling of chapters read by FFmpeg, better tempo settings, improved AV1 playback with keyframe-filtering=2, improved DTS-HD audio playback, and subtitle timing and visibility improvements.

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Marcus Nestor

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