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Hi, guys! I'm using Kodi on Ubuntu 14.04 and just today it has updated from 16 to 17...
OK, first I was completely frustrated with it's new interface, but quickly found out how to revert to Confluence via add-ons.
But now what I see is that both Plasma among other screensavers and ProjectM visualisations are gone! I still have their packages installed, but I guess new Kodi needs new versions of them? Will there be an update for them as well? Or maybe there's some alternative way to make them work again in the 17?
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try shadertoy instead of projectm.
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Total bummer. I got upgraded by auto-update and now I cant go back becuz 16.1 was pulled from the PPA in Linux Mint. Tried my hand at installing using a .tar.gz but since I dont speak Swahili I was doomed to failure from the start. From what I have seen the upgrade was not worth losing projectm over. Is the development team going to try? Hope so. One of the best parts of Kodi is gone.
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I really liked ProjectM and still use shadertoy. It would be really nice, but's not a deal breaker for me. I've just gone back to turning the tv off most of the time while listening to music. But I have spent most of the last 20 years having some visualization while I listen. I did like the ProjectM ones.
Could you run LibreElec or OSMC in a v16? Dual boot or even from a flash card. Might be an easy way to get back to 16 if needed.
One other question for team Kodi, sorry to hijack. Were there any improvements or even changes to the sound quality from 16 to 17? Any more reason he (or all of us) should use 17? Or is that more of an OS thing and I should look for my answer in OpenElec places?
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i'm working on restoring projectm for kodi 17, but i need to work through other people because i do not have the troublesome hardware at hand. some patience is required.
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No Prob. Thanks, you're the man. I'd help test it if you need any help.