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**Karellen** · 2024-03-03, 03:46

Kodi v20.5 is now available for download from our Official site.

Article still to come and will be available here when ready... https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-20-5-nexus-release/

Changelog... https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/20.5-Nexus

Jeffers24 · 2024-03-03, 11:11

(2024-03-03, 03:46)Karellen Wrote: Kodi v20.5 is now available for download from our Official site.

Article still to come and will be available here when ready... https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-20-5-nexus-release/

Changelog... https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/20.5-Nexus

I used the Kodi android installer to try to install 20.5, worked for me with 20.3 and 20.4.
20.5 downloaded okay, when I tried to install on my 1st Gen 4K stick I got the error message that the package was corrupt.
I downloaded again on my stick and got the same error.
Downloaded 20.5 for my laptop and it installed okay.
Any idea how I get the android version of 20.5 to install on my stick?

Jeffers24 · 2024-03-03, 11:57

(2024-03-03, 03:46)Karellen Wrote: Kodi v20.5 is now available for download from our Official site.

Article still to come and will be available here when ready... https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-20-5-nexus-release/

Changelog... https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/20.5-Nexus

Kodi 20.5 installed no problems on my NVidia shield.

Jeffers24 · 2024-03-03, 16:05

(2024-03-03, 11:57)Jeffers24 Wrote:
(2024-03-03, 03:46)Karellen Wrote: Kodi v20.5 is now available for download from our Official site.

Article still to come and will be available here when ready... https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-20-5-nexus-release/

Changelog... https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/20.5-Nexus

Kodi 20.5 installed no problems on my NVidia shield.

Apologies, I think I may have found out why 20.5 would not install.

My stick already had Kodi 21 beta 3 installed.

Maybe the installation error message could be changed?

izprtxqkft · 2024-03-03, 19:10

(2024-03-03, 16:05)Jeffers24 Wrote: Maybe the installation error message could be changed?

sure it's possible but not by "Kodi"
since this error message came from Android they would need to change it in Android so either Google would need the change the base code or NVidia could patch their firmware
couldn't direct you to where to ask them for this though, perhaps start with nvidia shield's support - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/for...r-support/

**matthuisman** · (This post was last modified: 2024-03-03, 23:54 by matthuisman.)

i dont think 21b3 should stop 20.5 being installed on android.
I dont believe android stops installing an older version apk over a newer.

if they are signed with different keys though - that would probably do it
eg. 20.5 signed with release keys and 21b3 signed with debug

izprtxqkft · 2024-03-04, 00:04

(2024-03-03, 23:53)matthuisman Wrote: i dont think 21b3 should stop 20.5 being installed on android.

it's a newer version so, yea

see step one from this link https://www.androidpolice.com/roll-back-...er-version

Jeffers24 · 2024-03-04, 08:34

(2024-03-04, 00:04)izprtxqkft Wrote:
(2024-03-03, 23:53)matthuisman Wrote: i dont think 21b3 should stop 20.5 being installed on android.

it's a newer version so, yea

see step one from this link https://www.androidpolice.com/roll-back-...er-version

Very useful to know, thanks for posting.

How do I know if I or my device is enrolled in:- Google's Advanced Protection Program?

bartmans · 2024-03-14, 17:15

Only now got the update available in the Play store. Install went smoothly on a Philips Android 11 TV.

VonMagnum

It installed fine on my Nvidia Shield Pro.

Atmos music from .MKA files now play without any "time playing" jitters (upgraded from 20.2) so that's great.

There's still a minimal gap between audio tracks, however so I've got it set to use the video player instead which delivers reliable gap-free playback, but unfortunately shows the time as total time into the album instead of just that track.

It also doesn't update the track highlighting or name as it crosses into another track and then starts playing the next track after the first one that was selected after the entire rest of the album is finished, which is odd.

But at least it will play gapless without showing video, which takes up more space and on most Atmos Blu-ray albums shows extremely bright white type backgrounds (or worse yet an animated repeating video like Duran Duran's Danse Macabre Atmos album that flickers like mad, to simulate candlelight or something I suppose) when I just want to chill in the dark with my star projector lighting up the ceiling or what not.

Hopefully, a future version will perfect one avenue or the other, but at least it's functional with MKA. Cheers.