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Note

This is now in progress updated code, to move to Omega release (80% fixed for older devices)

it will crash, need more check, I guess because of the ffmpeg stuff (now it's 6 instead of 5, not sure if that compatible with the older builds)

for proper build use Nexus, I didn't implement any of the Nexus changes into Omega yet.

Build

Kodi has specific way to build,

to learn how to make this working for older devices follow these steps:

Basic

• The current compatible versions are Matrix, Nexus (Omega still in test)
• Use Kodi's official build instructions Click here
• Hunt everything related to HDMI and XBOX and disable it
• Ensure there are no FromApp APIs used those don't work on any build below 16299
• You can skip build errors but keeping the target at 19041 and min build at 14393
• Using any older build than 19041 will give you a hell of build errors

Specific (Audio legacy bug)

• This took me a lot of time to catch without debug
• At AESinkXAudio.cpp ensure Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IXAudio2> xaudio2; replaced by IXAudio2* xaudio2 = nullptr;
• It was causing direct crash after the app will start for 2 sec

Addons

• Many addons that exists in the official ARM msix package can load without any problem

With those steps you will be able to get it compiled for and running for older builds.

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Nexus

• You need to use the build project as-is
• if you have different build tools than mine will give you a lot of errors
• Be careful, any change on CMake files will get some imports out
• If you can fix it then do it, otherwise don't change CMake files
• This was a test build and some changes were made quickly

Requirements

• SDKs: 18362 and 14393
• The ffmpeg btw don't support 14393
• but we're selecting the lowest possible for future tests
• Visual Studio 2022 (build tools v143)
• You must have VC/Tools/MSVC/14.41.33901
• This build was made using msvc 14.41.33901
• Test made only on Release (ARM)
• Some projects may fail on first build, just try one more time
• Once you start getting weird errors for CMake build..ARM..etc means you don't have the exact msvc I mentioned

Note

This was provided as is for users want to build on their side

it's not a proper way to build, always refer to the method above,

but I don't and will never have time to make it in proper way

You can sync the updates to your own build, or try to wrap your head with it.

Steps

• Put kodi and kodi-build-wp in C:\
• Any change you want to make it should be done in C:\kodi
• Kodi main code is at C:\kodi\xbmc
• Don't use or copy files to C:\kodi-build-wp this will get reset each build
• Open C:\kodi-build-wp\kodi.sln
• If requirements above full-filled, you can build directly
• otherwise you missed something

Misc

• If you rebuild, project python_binding at (Build Utilities) may not build again
• To solve that there is folder called swig copy the files from it to C:\kodi-build-wp\build\swig
• Try to build again

More

This was based on 20230118-5715cb0ca6-dirty, nothing was synced since commit 5715cb0ca6.

use compare tools such as WinMergeU to get the exact changes I made

Advice

I strongly prefer to do this from start and not get into this ready-build

You can spend sometime to sync the changes from my build to yours and link them properly, it's better