RetroPlayer 21 Beta 1 (2023-12-05)

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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 Beta 1 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)

Added fixes

• Fixed black screen in some games on LibreELEC (report)
• Fixed Guide button not working on Windows (xbmc/peripheral.joystick#288)

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

Core fixes

• Remove Kademlia support (caused error on Windows startup)
• Fixed broken left shoulder button in default buttonmap (kodi-game/game.libretro#113)
• Fixed an extreme edge case in Player Viewer (xbmc#23987)
• Removed non-existing buttons from PS gamepad (kodi-game/controller-topology-project#275) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)

Core improvements

• Improved game documentation (xbmc#24055, xbmc#24079)
• Added translations for game window IDs (xbmc#24071)
• Added example Player Viewer items for skinners (xbmc#24073)
• Removed hard-coded button combos (xbmc#24147)
• Updated controller add-ons (xbmc#24191, xbmc/repo-resources#446)

Game add-ons

• beetle-psx - Removed non-existing buttons and updated icon (kodi-game/game.libretro.beetle-psx#20) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
• beetle-psx-hw - Removed non-existing buttons (kodi-game/game.libretro.beetle-psx-hw#1)
• beetle-psx-hw - Updated icon (https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.beetle-psx-hw/pull/2)
• genplus - Added new controller types (kodi-game/game.libretro.genplus#13) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
• genplus-wide - Added new controller types (kodi-game/game.libretro.genplus-wide#1) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
• pcsx-rearmed - Removed non-existing buttons (kodi-game/game.libretro.pcsx-rearmed#26) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
• picodrive - Added new controller types, updated icon (kodi-game/game.libretro.picodrive#8) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)

Kodi builds

• Windows x86: KodiSetup-20231205-79df7210-retroplayer-21beta1-x86.exe
• Windows x64: KodiSetup-20231205-79df7210-retroplayer-21beta1-x64.exe
• macOS x64: kodi-20231205-79df7210-retroplayer-21beta1-x86_64.dmg
• macOS ARM64: kodi-20231205-79df7210-retroplayer-21beta1-arm64.dmg
• Android ARM: kodi-20231205-79df7210-retroplayer-21beta1-armeabi-v7a.apk
• Android ARM64: kodi-20231205-79df7210-retroplayer-21beta1-arm64-v8a.apk

LibreELEC 12.0 builds

• Generic x86_64: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-retroplayer-20231205-79df7210.img.gz
• RPi 2/3: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-12.0-retroplayer-20231205-79df7210.img.gz
• RPi 4: LibreELEC-RPi4.aarch64-12.0-retroplayer-20231205-79df7210.img.gz
• RPi 5: LibreELEC-RPi5.aarch64-12.0-retroplayer-20231205-79df7210.img.gz
• Rockchip RK3399: See 2023-10-24 release

Donations

• ENS: eigendude.eth