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Kodi 18 'Leia' 64-Bit For Windows Is Finally Ready To Replace the 32-bit Version (betanews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the here-and-now dept.

BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: Earlier this year, we shared with you that a pre-release version of Kodi 18 "Leia" 64-bit for Windows was available. There was a big catch, however -- it was not up to par with its 32-bit brother. And so, many people just stuck with the 32-bit version, because, well... why not? It is finally time to make the jump to the 64-bit variant, however, as according to the Kodi team, it is now identical to the 32-bit version from a feature perspective. "The 64-bit Kodi version for Windows is now feature complete and on the same level as 32-bit. From now on the 32-bit installer will include a warning to ask you to install the 64-bit instead. This upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit version is seamless and you just need to install on top of the old version," says Kodi.

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  1. Is There No Adult Supervision Here at All? by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Editors: Could you not once during the lame summary have mentioned exactly what Kodi is? It's like slashdot is being written by one guy sitting at his high school lunch table for the other guys sitting at the same table.

    1. Re:Is There No Adult Supervision Here at All? by mjm1231 · · Score: 4, Informative

      The linked article doesn't say what Kodi is either. Welcome to the future, where "news" apparently is only used to tell people things they already think they know.

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    2. Re:Is There No Adult Supervision Here at All? by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I refuse to click read the article, or read any follow up comments to help gain context.

      I think it is some sort of Imaging editing software from Kodak.

      This is very common on Slashdot, unfortunately. Where some lesser known product gets some attention, and is posted about it like this product is known and used by everyone.

      For the most part as a rule of thumb, in order to not give a summary on what the product does...
      1. It will need to be 1st, 2nt, or 3rd most popular product in its class. (Windows, OS X, Linux) or (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime) or (Android, iOS, Windows (10 years ago we could had used WebOS or PalmOS))
      2. Explain what the product does if it belongs to a class that isn't available to consumers even if it the top used product.
      3. If Slashdot had articles which had explained it within the last 3 days, it is fine to use the name without explanation, otherwise rehash it.
      4. Assume a High School level of education and experience. Not to dumb it down, but after that point adults separate and specialize in things, so you can be talking about things that others have paid no attention too.
      5. Explain the product if the Acronym is similar or the same as a different products Acronym or Name. Eg. If there is a story about the Dodge Ram truck line, While people in the industry may just call it a Ram, on Slashdot it would be confused about RAM (Random Access Memory). So if the article covers how the Ram has been increasing in prices, we are thinking back to the day where RAM was expensive due to illegal actions from Memory maker Samsung.

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    3. Re:Is There No Adult Supervision Here at All? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 3, Informative

      It used to be called XBMC, i.e. Xbox Media Centre, a media player. It seems like it does illegal streaming too

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

      The original announcement for the 64 bit version says

      https://betanews.com/2017/06/0...

      If you intend to use Kodi with add-ons to stream potentially illegal content, you may wish to consider a VPN.

      Or look at this

      https://www.engadget.com/2017/...

      Apparently there are third party plugins which allow you to stream stuff for free, though the MPA/MPAA-led Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment etc are on the case.

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  2. Re:Kodi is both good and bad... by Ritz_Just_Ritz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not everyone uses it to watch pirated content. I use it as a "jukebox" to play my (legally purchased) collection of FLAC audio files from about 2500 CD's I purchased over the years and piped through my home theater audio system. Tucked all on a cheap Intel NUC with all the content stored on an internal M.2 SSD. It works great!

  3. Re:Plex? by Gaygirlie · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some people, sure, but Kodi has a shitton more features and Plex is kinda like a toy in comparison. I mean, with Kodi you can adjust audio/video sync on-the-fly, subtitle-sync on-the-fly, enable/disable audio-passthrough and the format it uses and all sorts of equalizer-settings and whatnot, you can do 3D-playback and oh so much more. Personally, I really happen to like the Trakt-plugin to it, too, so it automatically tracks all the movies and TV-shows I've watched on there.

  4. What is the Kodi? by bigdavex · · Score: 4, Informative

    Kodi wants to entertain you
    Kodi spawned from the love of media. It is an entertainment hub that brings all your digital media together into a beautiful and user friendly package. It is 100% free and open source, very customisable and runs on a wide variety of devices. It is supported by a dedicated team of volunteers and a huge community.

    Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.

    It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. Our forums and Wiki are bursting with knowledge and help for the new user right up to the application developer.

    https://kodi.tv/

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  5. Re:WTF? by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's actually even stupid-er than that. Fagioli is bylined on the original Betanews site. He is using slashdot to essentially link to/promote his own site. If you look at his submission history, he does this regularly. Hopefully, slashdot is compensated for this promotion, and is not just participating in this pseudo-journalism circle jerk out of laziness, but I am not hopeful...