OSMC's August update is here

[sam_nazarko]

OSMC's August update is here. We hope you're having a great Summer holiday and we released this update to make sure your OSMC viewing experience remains in tip-top shape. We will soon be working on Kodi Krypton builds for all platforms now that Team Kodi have announced the first beta.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://osmc.tv/2016/08/osmcs-august-update-is-here/

[the_bo]

Thanks sam for including the memory leak fix. Osmc is getting greater every day cheers

[useLESS]

updated and now it’s …FUBAR
All I get is a black screen, dont even get the usual boot screen messages showing what’s being loaded.
After downloading I walked away after it got to 52% installing and came back to the black screen.
Tried waiting and reboots, it is powered through to my usb hub but there’s no response to keyboard.
Other than the black screen the only other symptom is on boot/attempt the keyboard flashes 3 times rapidly.

[sam_nazarko]

You should start a new forum post for this.

You didn’t provide any log, or even tell us what device you’re running OSMC on, which limits our ability to provide any insight in to your problem.

[the_bo]

Hi Sam

Did the August update include the hidden animation change that popcornmix recently changed?

change !IsVisibleFromSkin to IsVisibleFromSkin

Because im noticing a few animations not working in the aeon mq7 skin since the update, and some addons are not opening.

Is there way i can temporarily revert IsVisibleFromSkin change to see if this is the cause?

Heres link for further reference

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=228120&pid=2395708#pid2395708

Thanks

[sam_nazarko]

@the_bo

Did the August update include the hidden animation change that @popcornmix recently changed?

No – backports for Pi wasn’t updated in some time, so this commit won’t be present. Make sure your system is fully up to date and if the problems persist start a new forum post.

[the_bo]

Thanks Sam

There was another update after the first. This resolved the issue.

Cheers

[Davrebelo]

Hi Sam, after today’s update my Videos, Music and Images Add-ons disapeared from the respective Add-ons lists (Videos Add-ons: empty, Music Add-ons: empty, Images Add-ons; empty), my Programs Add-ons are still there and working, but the rest of the Add-ons just vanished.
The strange thing is that all Add-ons (including Vídeo, Music and Images) are still on Settings/Add-ons/my Add-ons and they are Enabled.
I have rebooted and have shutdown my system a few times but that didn’t work.
Can you help me restore my Add-ons?

[Davrebelo]

Problem solved, made the second update and now everything appears to be ok.
Thank’s for this great software Sam.

Cheers

[Beam]

@sam_nazarko can you tell me more about “Added support for CEC builtins to Kodi so that add-ons can use and query CEC capabilities”. Some doc? Or link to GH commit?

[sam_nazarko]

These were meant to be included in Jarvis already, but an upstream commit removed them by accident. We simply re-added them.

See

[package] [mediacenter-osmc] Add support for missing CEC built-ins. Thanks @mk01

[EOCIRL]

Hi Sam,

Seems my remote now does not work after the August update? I have seen this happen and have posted about it here before:

OSMC 2015.10.1 not seeing Sony TV remote after performing power cycle

After yesterdays issues with the the OSMC November update I decided to resinstall my OSMC using the 2015.10.1 update and then to request the corrected November build via Manual update. I power cycled my Sony Bravia TV just to be sure and when the OSMC completes the software load and I get to the OSMC Language selection screen, the remote is now not being seen. I can see the Sony TV light flashing every time I press the remote but OSMC does not respond? Should I just wait until the November bui…

Have tried the power cycle and it doesn’t see the remote still,

Will I just rebuild OSMC again?

[sam_nazarko]

Which remote do you have? I haven’t changed eventlircd or LIRC at all in this update, so double check your configuration in My OSMC -> Remotes.

Edit: I see you’re referring to CEC (detail is important ;)). I haven’t updated libCEC either, so you probably just need to power down your TV for a while and other equipment. For some devices, this is the only way to resolve CEC problems.

[EOCIRL]

Its a Sony remote for its 48 inch Bravia 48W705c TV

[EOCIRL]

OK I will try that

[trohn_javolta]

Another month waiting time for Kodi 17 since it’s in beta currently.

@sam_nazarko

builds for all platforms

Sounds great. Is there a thread explaining how to switch to a test build and especially how to revert back?
I’m always afraid of switching to a test build 'cause I fear it could break something or I can’t revert back to stable build.

[ActionA]

Did you search?

[TESTING] Kodi 17 test builds for Raspberry Pi

** Kodi test builds for Raspberry Pi 1 & 2** Based on the Kodi master Krypton (v17) and popcornmix’s newclock5 Warning Kodi 17 is currently alpha and there is likely to be a lot of activity in the coming weeks/months. Before proceeding make sure you have a backup of your Raspberry Pi. As these are test builds there could well be some unexpected problems. Database upgrades could also be an issue. Please make a backup of the kodi database before installing, especially if you are running a rem…

[sam_nazarko]

If you are worried about this, you should just wait for the stable version. There are a fair few changes so it won’t be trivial to downgrade

[trohn_javolta]

Actually yes, I did. I have a vero2. Is it the same command to install a test build?

• I can’t find info to downdrade to stable if I want to.
  But yeah, as sam sated I guess I’ll just wait.

[sam_nazarko]

Downgrade info is covered a few times in that post, but I can’t guarantee a smooth downgrade, as a lot of other packages will change too. It’s not a scenario that we claim to support.

That post is for Pi builds only.