Display MoreLibreELEC 9.0 (Leia) has finally arrived after a long gestation period. Based upon Kodi v18.0, the Final 9.0 release contains many changes and refinements to user experience and a complete overhaul of the underlying OS core to improve stability and extend hardware support. Kodi v18 also brings new features like Kodi Retroplayer and DRM support that (equipped with an appropriate add-on) allows Kodi to unofficially stream content from services like Netflix and Amazon.
Settings Add-on:
- Changeable SSH passwords!
- Default firewall (iptables) with simple configurations for Home/Public networks
- Updates are moved to their own menu, other options are cleaned up a little
- Safe Mode boot when Kodi experiences startup problems
Changeable SSH passwords and a default firewall configuration have been added to combat the increasing number of HTPC installs that can be found on the public internet. The increase is partly due to simple maths; our userbase has grown so the number of users inappropriately exposing their HTPC to the internet has also grown. The static password for libreelec is present on most/all password dictionary lists so it’s important we start encouraging users to change it (the first-run wizard will prompt when SSH is enabled).
More people are using VPN services for privacy without realising this exposes SSH/SMB/Web services. To combat this problem we have added simple firewall configurations for Home/Public networks; the Home configuration blocks inbound connections from non-private networks, e.g. traffic from the Internet to the public IP address used with the VPN connection.
As the Kodi piracy scene continues to decline we have seen an increase in users with outdated add-ons that cause problems during upgrades so “Safe Mode” counts Kodi startup crashes. After five startup failures it intervenes with a default (clean) configuration and prominent warning so users know there is a problem – but still have a working GUI to troubleshoot from.Retroplayer:
Kodi v18 brings initial support for retro gaming and the ability to play hundreds of retro games directly from within Kodi. We provide a large number of emulator cores from our add-on repo, but no games (bring your own) although there are a couple of open source test game add-ons (2048 etc.) in our repo. In this first iteration of Kodi retro gaming support the user interface can be a little confusing and we still need to write-up some HOWTO guides for the wiki. Kodi developers are working on a game database (for Kodi v19) which will make the process of managing and using game ROMs easier in the future.
DVB Drivers:
We now offer a larger range of DVB drivers (depending on your platform) to choose from. The “DVB drivers from the latest kernel” option also includes the majority of Hauppage drivers which have been recently upstreamed into the kernel, which is great to see!
Rockchip:
Despite the 8.95.1 release number our Rockchip releases remain in an Alpha state with limited support. The Kodi version is updated but there are no significant video/audio improvements to the Rockchip 4.4 kernel codebase – and none planned. Our work on Rockchip support has refocussed onto the Linux 4.20 kernel to use the modern kernel frameworks needed for the next-generation Kodi video pipeline. This work is progressing nicely, but it means the 4.4 codebase “is what it is” until a future kernel bump.
New Devices:
Amlogic
- Khadas VIM(1) – requires a clean install if using current community images
- Libre Computer Le Potato
Rockchip
- 96rocks ROCK960
- ASUS Tinker Board
- Firefly ROC-RK3328-CC
- Khadas Edge
- PINE64 ROCK64
- PINE64 RockPro64
- Popcorn Hour RockBox
- Popcorn Hour Transformer
- Radxa ROCK Pi 4
- Rockchip Sapphire Board
- Mqmaker MiQi
If you experience problems, please open an thread at our forum. You can also open an ticket at our issue tracker.
Downloads
LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.0 RELEASE
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Kudos guys!
Thanks for your work!
-j
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The Rockchip download links are broken (typo in link creation script?), like:
Files can be grabbed from the mirrors, though.
[EDIT:] The links got fixed.
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The imx6 platform is not mentioned at all in the release announcements.
Are there any plans for imx6 support?
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Are there any plans for imx6 support?
imx6 has no support for Kodi18 (at Kodi and at LE) anymore, this MAY change with Kodi19 again
I add it to the dl page too, this was forgotten.
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very nice work, the most things for me what i use are working, the only thing where i have an problem is
from playback BD's the audiotracks are not named, only the englisch and japanese one, all other audiotracks are named as unknown, so i need to search the german track, on le 8.2.5 this wors correctly, does someone know how i can fix this? or where the issue can be?
BD+ not work
thx
bb
Dainara
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Is there going to be a NAND install .zip available for the WeTek's?
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Is there going to be a NAND install .zip available for the WeTek's?
yes but sadly forgotten to build
Till they are finished you can use the old one from downloads – LibreELEC and just update to LE9, results into the same version etc.
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I'm currently using an old (edit: S905.arm-nightly-20181204-1f14e69) s905 image from test.libreelec.tv with no apparent issues.
If I download the current nightly will it be equivalent to the released version?
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Do i have to download the new release by myself or will the update happen at the next boot?
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What about Chromebox problems with the kernel? Maybe pin a workaround on the support page or have you included the workaround in the release?
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Just installed the generic version from scratch and smooth sailing so far. Thank you to everyone involved!
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If I download the current nightly will it be equivalent to the released version?
A nightly is a nightly, a release is a release. Just install the release version and you're gonna be good.
Do i have to download the new release by myself or will the update happen at the next boot?
If your box already knows there has been a release. You may try to trigger a check by setting it to manual and back to automatic again or just put the release tar.gz file to "updates" folder on the box and reboot it.
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A nightly is a nightly, a release is a release. Just install the release version and you're gonna be good.
There isn't a release for S905. The only images ready-made are the semi-official one offered by CvH and the one in test.libreelec.tv
I know that the latter is a nightly and I know what a nightly is, but the question was, if I download a nightly right now, it should more or less corresponds to the release image, shouldn't it?
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The RPi 3B + model's own WIFI is not working yet, the exact time cannot be set.
Why? So it doesn't install anything.
THX.
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The RPi 3B + model's own WIFI is not working yet, the exact time cannot be set.
Have you enabled the "Wait for network" option in the LibreELEC Settings Add-on?
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Just a warm thank you guys for all this work
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I know that the latter is a nightly and I know what a nightly is, but the question was, if I download a nightly right now, it should more or less corresponds to the release image, shouldn't it?
Oh, in this case it should be on par with the release, perhaps even a couple of commits fresher.
