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Kodi, SPMC and MrMC are not simple apps to begin with so yes, the build process is rather complicated.
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(2016-04-28, 18:58)MrMC Wrote: MrMC fork will soon be moving to requiring Android-22. There are no devices out there that run something lower that we are interested in supporting. The main road-block is MediaCodec. The sync methods are gone in 22 while in 21 they are still supported. Needs a refactor to the new async methods (and a general clean up too). In the pipe :)
While this is a comment regarding MrMC, I still take it that it means "A better media center needs the newer Android"? As in, there are actual code reasons. Good enough for me, and that is what I will say when people ask. Thanks for the info :)
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So no Krypton version on Samsung Galaxy S3. Which is pretty weird, Jarvis runs blindingly fast on that.
Guessing this is just a case of "just because we can DEMAND it runs on the latest Android, we did ".
Therefore instantly wiping out about 90% of your Android customer base without a single care in the world. Well done. I can see your really bothered about your users.
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Until people start changing their addon dependencies to Krypton's Python version. Then 90% addons won't work. Personally... and I stand by this statement. You just alienated A LOT of your XBMC / Kodi active user base.
I read that your loosing Android developer(s). OK I get that. But still. I don't think anyone has justified the dropping of Kitkat. It's completely unnecessary.
But... your the devs. Hope you thought it out.
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(2016-10-28, 14:22)MoRbIdBoY Wrote: Until people start changing their addon dependencies to Krypton's Python version. Then 90% addons won't work. Personally... and I stand by this statement. You just alienated A LOT of your XBMC / Kodi active user base.
I read that your loosing Android developer(s). OK I get that. But still. I don't think anyone has justified the dropping of Kitkat. It's completely unnecessary.
But... your the devs. Hope you thought it out.
MrMC summed it up pretty well. The only way forward with video decoding requires using the newer APIs. Changing things on that level means Kodi can't realistically be backwards compatible with older Android versions, as video playback would be broken. Unless you just want to use Kodi as a music player only, it wouldn't make sense.
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jjd-uk
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If you buy cheap chinese crap that nevers gets updated then you'll have to accept that you may have to buy a new box at least every couple of years to run the latest version of Kodi, because Android is still a maturing platform for TV boxes and as such there's constant improvements in API's. If you want something that will last longer than that you'll have to pay more for a box from a vendor that does updates, or go with a Linux/Windows box that uses mature API's.
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2016-10-30, 14:50
(This post was last modified: 2016-10-30, 15:04 by wrxtasy.)
It really was a pity Google discontinued the Nexus line of Android media players, as that was where Android OS updates and support came to first.
As an example the now discontinued Android TV OS capable - Nexus Player has been running Android - 7.0 Nougat since the 23rd August, and literally just this week testing for using ATSC DVB Tuners and Android Nougat's new DVR capabilities, commenced.
Cheap Android from some No name Chinese seller = no support.
Its the way the Tech world works.