Kodi 16.0 "Jarvis" to Feature a Different and Powerful Music Library

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The latest Beta update focuses on the Music Library

 

 

The Kodi media hub is preparing for another major release, and a new Beta for the 16.x branch is now ready for testing. A lot of fixes have been added, but it looks like the Music Library has received some proper attention.

 

The developers of Kodi are in full swing, and they have released a new Beta for the 16.0 version. We know that each time they have something for us, it is not going to be disappointing, and the same can be said about the current release. It’s jam-packed with numerous fixes and small additions, but the main focus seems to have been the Music Library.

 

Kodi is a media hub and having a powerful Music Library is mandatory. Even if the previous versions of Kodi have been quite good in the music department, the makers of the application still found things to add and to improve.

 

What’s new in Kodi 16.0 Beta 3?

 

The Kodi devs have picked up the pace, and they are now pushing updates once a week. This is much faster than we were used to, but they think that this is better for the overall quality of the app.

 

One of the biggest changes made to the Music Library is the implementation of a much better “scan to library” option than the one previously available. “After you added a new music file source it will now ask you if you want to scan all the files in that folder using the tag data in those files and organise it for you,” the devs wrote in their announcement.

 

The proper tags are now being used for sorting the music, but the songs need to have metadata from ID3v1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, Vorbis Comments or APE. Users can also use tools like MusicBrainz Picard, Mp3Tag, or TagScanner to improve the metadata.

 

When all is said and done, the Music Library should look and function just like the Video Library does. Kodi now supports splitting up the music in sections like Genres, Artists, Albums, and so on, smartplaylists, share the songs in the home-network, and a lot more.

 

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Kodi 16.0 beta 3 – Jarvis is getting ready #3

 

Fixes done in this beta 3:

• • Fixed: non-working touch input in file manager
• • Fixed: workaround for MySQL 5.7.x query optimizer changes
• • Fixed: remove broken musicvideo scraper
• • Fixed: don’t show “sync playback to display” option on Android as it’s not supported
• • Fixed: fix codepage for Korean language input
• • Fixed: added workaround for triggering repository updates during playback
• • Fixed: fix crash in PVR calling the context menu
• • Fixed: show OK dialog instead of empty list clicking on the update button in add-on information panel
• • Fixed: several coverity and cppcheck code analysis problems
• • Fixed: time sometimes jumped backwards on playing bluray m2ts files and fixes stutter on switching files
• • Fixed: several issues regarding music library
• • Fixed: timer and EPG handling in PVR
• • Fixed: crashing on cleaning up events
• • Fixed: don’t show brightness/contrast controls when using Android MediaCodec (Surface)
• • Fixed: dont invalidate art for addons that are new or not updated since last fetch
• • Fixed: Android stylus devices don’t respond on input
• • Fixed: segfault when ADSP is enabled in settings
• • Fixed: missing art when playing something from a music add-on
• • Fixed: variety of cleanups and problems for AMLogic chips
• • Fixed: fixed possible directory traversal bug due to insufficient url checking
• • Fixed: handling of media key on Android
• • Changed: add support for pre-gzipped addons.xml in repositories which should considerably reduce repository traffic
• • Changed: remove “add source”from Programs section

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