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Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3, released with multiple improvements and fixes
Introducing the new **Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3**. This future Alpha build may be unstable and is recommended for **testing** purposes only.
As we can see if we install the **Kodi v22 Piers** version, the aesthetic changes are few and it seems a fairly continuous version in general. In any case we have versions available for **Windows** in **32 and 64bit** compilations in addition to the compilations for **Android** in **ARM V7A** format of greater compatibility and **ARM V8A** for Shield TV or similar. In the following months this version will evolve and we will inform you about its new features.
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## Download Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3
* Currently, only the source code for Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3 is available.
* We will update this page when the binaries for Windows and Android are released.
### Kodi 22 Piers Alpha3 changelog
#### Release highlights
* Added support for **taglines in TV shows**
* Added support for **H264 AVCC subtitles**
* Added support for **full IANA language tags**
* Added **N64 support** using software rendering
* Added JSON RPC methods “**Player.GetChapters** ” and “**Player.OnPropertyChanged** “
* Upgraded **FFmpeg to v8.0.1**
* Upgraded **Python to v3.14.3**
* Changed MySQL/MariaDB collation to **utf8mb4**
#### Video
* Improved Blu-ray support for both menus and playback
* Improved TV show episode handling for blu-ray
* Improved changing chapters in movies
* Improved seeking during tempo change
#### Audio
* Changed default samplerate from 44.1kHz to 48kHz
* Fixed missing 200ms of audio at the start of video playback
* Fixed occasional missing audio when changing playback speed
* Fixed AC3 audio duration being incorrect for non-48KHz content
* Improved handling of low-latency audio
#### Subtitles
* Fixed handling of WebVTT (ISOBMFF) subtitles
* Fixed PGS/VobSub subtitle selection for foreign audio tracks
* Fixed crash when handling some BCP47 language tags added in Alpha 2
#### Library
* Improved tagline handling for movies and TV shows
#### Games
* Improved shader support
* Fixed Black screen for games with unaligned textures
* Fixed crash when changing resolution
#### Streaming and network
* Fixed playback of tcp:// streams
* Fixed media info display for strm:// streams
* Fixed occasional errors resuming UPnP playback
#### Stacks and compressed archives
* Added support for folder stacks, useful for DVD/Bluray folders
* Improved playback of folder stacks
* Improved handling media inside compressed archives
* Fixed handling of zip files greater than 4GB
#### Profiles
* Improved creating profiles in custom folders
* Fixed deadlock when viewing Weather with multiple profiles
* Highlighted current profile in profile selection dialog
#### Platforms
**Android**
* Fixed Auto Frame Rate (AFR) when resuming from standby
* Improved handling of Dolby Vision L5 metadata
* Improved handling of foreign subtitles
#### webOS
**webOS Video**
* General improvements for Dolby Vision support
* Improved handling of Dolby Vision L5 metadata
* Fixed tempo control
**webOS Audio**
* Improved audio passthrough support
* Improved volume handling in non-passthrough mode
* Improved Dolby Digital audio when using eARC
* Fixed AAC playback on some older versions of webOS
#### Windows
* Added front-to-back rendering
* Changed default audio output to XAUDIO and WASAPI
* Fixed Kodi unable to run on Windows 8.1
#### Linux
* Improved power management for systems without logind
* Extended range of keyboard keys and remote buttons
* Fixed long-pressing keyboard keys on Wayland
#### FreeBSD
* Extract to disk instead of RAM for large compressed archives
#### A little love for developers and security researchers
* (For researchers) Dropped some unused code that kept tripping CVEs
* (For developers) New KodiAI app on GitHub
* (For developers) Added support Visual Studio 2026
* (For developers) Improved compatibility with C++23
* (For developers) Added meson support for building dependencies
#### Known Issues
* Kodi is incompatible with MySQL 9.6 (‘sets’ is now a reserved keyword). A fix will be devised for the next v22 prerelease.
* Blu-ray stream details aren’t saved in the library
### KODI Tutorials
* Installing Addons on KODI, step by step guide and additional tricks.
* Fix Judder effect, avoid image jumps during playback.
* Multichannel sound on Android and Windows, HD sound in your home.
* Use SAMBA home network with KODI
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