Kodi 22 “Piers” Gets HEIF/HEIC and FFmpeg 8 Support, Alpha 2 Out Now

Posted by hanuca on Oct 31, 2025 9:50 PM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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As part of today's Kodi 21.3 release, the Kodi Foundation also published the alpha 2 version of the upcoming Kodi 22 (codename Piers) release, a major update that promises major changes.

The second alpha of Kodi 22 brings FFmpeg 8 support for the best possible media handling, HEIF/HEIC support, new Season Plot and Movie/TV Show Original Language sections in Library/Sources and Management, a new Weather Skinning API, and a new dialog explaining the microphone permissions on Android.

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