RetroPlayer 21 Alpha 2 (2023-07-24)

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This is a custom build of Kodi by the lead developer for games in Kodi. It is based on the latest release plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.

Compared to the "Omega" 21 alpha 2 release, this build includes:

Added features

• GSoC 2017, Shaders on Windows (#86)
• GSoC 2019, Shaders on OpenGL (#114)
• GSoC 2020, Game Metadata for Discord Rich Presence support (xbmc#21286)
• GSoC 2021, Achievements (xbmc#22652)
• New Player Viewer dialog (xbmc#23548)

Added fixes

• Fixed black screen in some games on LibreELEC (report)

Add-ons

The build also bundles some game-related add-ons to improve quality of life for testers.

• Includes all 76 controller profiles
• Includes VFS add-ons for compressed ROMs
• Includes InputStream Adaptive for IAGL
• Includes add-on repos for: IAGL, AKL, Steam Launcher, libretro buildbot cores
• Includes service.games.discord.richpresence

Discussions and older builds

Forum thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=173361

Changelog

• Upstreamed new Player Viewer: xbmc#23548

Kodi builds

• Windows x86: KodiSetup-20230724-cd6d6efe-retroplayer-21alpha2-x86.exe
• Windows x64: KodiSetup-20230724-cd6d6efe-retroplayer-21alpha2-x64.exe
• macOS x64: kodi-20230724-cd6d6efe-retroplayer-21alpha2-x86_64.dmg
• macOS ARM64: kodi-20230724-cd6d6efe-retroplayer-21alpha2-arm64.dmg
• Android ARM: kodi-20230724-cd6d6efe-retroplayer-21alpha2-armeabi-v7a.apk
• Android ARM64: kodi-20230724-cd6d6efe-retroplayer-21alpha2-arm64-v8a.apk

LibreELEC 12.0 builds

• Generic x86_64: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-retroplayer-20230724-cd6d6efe.img.gz
• RPi 2/3: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-12.0-retroplayer-20230724-cd6d6efe.img.gz
• RPi 4: LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-12.0-retroplayer-20230724-cd6d6efe.img.gz
• Rockchip RK3399: See assets below