14 DAY TRIAL // The development team behind the OpenELEC project, an open-source embedded Linux entertainment OS, announced today, April 30, 2017, the release and immediate availability of the third maintenance update to the OpenELEC 8.0 series.
OpenELEC 8.0.3 comes one week after the previous point release, OpenELEC 8.0.2, and it brings all the recently released technologies, including the Linux 4.9.25 LTS kernel for both generic and Raspberry Pi builds, Mesa 17.0.5 3D Graphics Library, Samba 4.6.3, MariaDB 10.1.22, connman 1.34, and libsndfile 1.0.28.
As usual, bug fixes are all over this new maintenance release of the OpenELEC 8.0 series, addressing a Kodi crash that occurred when attempting to play streams, some installer issues, various problems with the libcec library, the broken screensavers, and issues with external HDDs on Raspberry Pi builds.
Kodi 17 (Krypton) support warning
For the first time since the launch of the major OpenELEC 8.0 series, the developers warn users upgrading from the OpenELEC 7.0 series that they are required to perform a full backup of their installations before attempting to manually upgrade to OpenELEC 8.0.x.
"OpenELEC 8.0 release contain a Kodi major version bump. If you are updating from OpenELEC 7.0 or earlier we strongly recommend you perform a full backup before performing a manual update. If you experience issues please perform a soft-reset to clear OpenELEC and Kodi settings," reads today's announcement.
If you're already successfully using OpenELEC 8.0.x on your device, you'll be prompted to reboot and apply the OpenELEC 8.0.3 update the next time you open it and if you have auto-update enabled. If auto-update is disabled or you're using an older version, you must perform a manual update.
OpenELEC 8.0.3 remains based on the latest Kodi 17.1 "Krypton" open-source media center, and you can download the generic binaries right now from our website, or the WeTek Play 2, WeTek Hub, WeTek Play, WeTek Core, Raspberry Pi, and Freescale iMX6 builds from the project's website.