Version 16.1 of Kodi has been released. This is a maintenance release without new features but a lot of fixes. Full release notes and downloads available at Kodi.tv

Fixes done in 16.1

• Never cache addons directories

• Fix typo when calculating forced ratio size

• AndroidStorageProvider: Ignore /mnt/runtime and don’t call Exists all the way every some 500 ms as this will affect performance

• Set of fixes for DirectX rendering

• Fixed crash under JSON-RPC on iOS/OSX

• 20% performance gain on opening EPG guide window

• Add missing libgif.so to the Android package

• Fix Kodi freezing if no ADSP add-on is present

• EventServer security fix by only allowing localhost

• Fix possible lockup when entering EPG grid

• Fix possible problems with rendering on Windows

• Fix possible non working key presses after a key long press

• Don’t do a video chapter skip if there’s only one chapter

• Fix possible lock up by increasing timeout to let screensavers properly exit

• Fix render capture (bookmark images) on certain hardware with DXVA on Windows

• Fix problem in ZeroConfBrowser that could cause problems on exit

• Fix crash one OSX 10.7 when trying to resolve HDD names

• Fix possible crashes when using VAAPI and DXVA video rendering

• Fix song reported on playback of songs from cuesheet

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