OSMC's October update is ready with a wide range of improvements and fixes to keep your OSMC device running in tip-top shape. Kodi 17.5 has been released with a variety of fixes, and OSMC now ships with this version.

We are continuing to work on migrating OSMC to the latest version of Debian Stretch, which will provide:

Better performance

A larger number of software packages to choose from

More up to date software packages to choose from

Here's what's new in this month's update:

Bug fixes

Fix an issue that could prevent hard drives from automounting on new installations of OSMC

Fix an issue which caused high CPU usage and temperatures

Fix an issue with some USB peripherals on Raspberry Pi, caused by a timer overflow interrupt

Improved DVB

Fix security vulnerability when using WPA2 (KRACK)

Fix an issue with EPG timeline rendering on Vero 4K caused by a dirty region rendering bug

Fix an issue which prevented SSH from being disabled properly in the initial walkthrough

Fix accelerometers preventing screensaver activation when using a joystick

Fix DVD playback over the network

Fix power message handling for CEC

Fix jumping timeline while switching channel groups in Guide window

Fix an issue where Vero 4K would randomly hang after a combination of high Ethernet traffic and high uptime

Improving the user experience

Improved playback for Live TV on Vero 4K

Ensure languages can be selected and loaded without an Internet connection

Improved firmware support for DVB devices

Added support for OSMC DVB-T2 dongle

Improved GUI performance and fluidiness on Vero 4K

Improved SMB performance when using Kodi based mounts

Updated SQLite library for improved standalone library performance

Prevent users from accidentally damaging their system by running apt upgrade command

Miscellaneous

Stretch: disable support for predictable network interface names by default

Improve how the OSMC APT key is added during the filesystem build process

Add logging of APT sources list to My OSMC

Ensure we unmount any swap used during a build

Fixed Stretch filesystem build process for Raspberry Pi 0/1

Updated to FFMPEG 3.1.11

Wrap up

To get the latest and greatest version of OSMC, simply head to My OSMC -> Updater and check for updates manually on your exising OSMC set up. Of course — if you have updates scheduled automatically you should receive an update notification shortly.

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Enjoy!