Nathan Betzen

I'm the team Kodi community and project manager. I like framing topics and telling people about tech things.

My articles

Kodi No More! - April Fools

Update: Of course, this was an open source joke. We're going to keep supporting all the platforms...

Kodi Trademark Trolls - The Hidden Battle

Many users are aware of the tug of war being played between piracy add-on writers on one side and...

GSOC 2017 Update - Wayland Support

Finally, we turn to Philipp, who is working to upgrade the Kodi windowing system in Linux from X11...

GSOC 2017 Update - Python3 Update

Next we have Arpit's work upgrading Kodi's add-on backend from Python2 to Python3 Python3 Support...

GSOC 2017 Update - Shader Support

Now that we're 2/3rds finished with GSOC 2017, I've invited our intrepid student developers to...

Selling Pirate Boxes Now Illegal in the EU - Dev Journal

We wanted to address the recent judgment by the EU Court of Justice regarding so-called piracy...

We Have a New Website

We're excited to announce that the Kodi.tv website has been fully updated!

We are a Google Summer of Code 2017 Organization!

We are excited to announce that Kodi has been accepted as a Google Summer of Code 2017 project !...

Kodi v18 - "Leia"

When deciding on a code name for the release of Kodi 18, we determined to do things just a little...

Kodi DevCon 2016 Live Blog

Evening – Day 1 And that’s it for today. Tomorrow there should be less team talk and more actual...

Kodi v17 "Krypton" Beta 1

We are excited to announce the first beta of Kodi 17, codenamed Krypton. Kodi 17 features a huge...

The Official Kodi Edition Raspberry Pi Case

Since the first Raspberry Pi was announced in 2012, it was inextricably linked with XBMC/Kodi. It...

Dev Journal: Kodi’s Switch to RERO Development And A Call For Android Devs

Editor’s note: Kodi 17 is a big, big release, and we’ve decided to break down blog posts about it...

Kodi 16.0 - Jarvis - Mark XVI

We are proud to announce the release of Kodi 16.0. Kodi 16 is a heavy under-the-hood improvements...

The Piracy Box Sellers and Youtube Promoters Are Killing Kodi

Over the past few years it’s become clear that many users have been watching pirated content using...

DevCon 2015 LiveBlog

2:20 Keith is now talking BizDev. Last year several of us went to CES somewhat randomly to talk to...

Kodi 16: Alpha 3

Development never ceases on Kodi, and so we’re delighted to present the 3rd alpha for Kodi 16 with...

Kodi 15.0 - Isengard - One Release to Rule Them All

We are proud to announce the release of Kodi 15.0. No new name this time around, but many new...

Kodi Available on Google Play, Not on Amazon

As you may have heard by now, we have a few announcements to make that should be of particular...

Kodi Community - May 2015

Exciting Google Summer of Code projects, major developments in the codebase that need testing, and...

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Nathan Betzen

Nathan Betzen

My articles

Kodi No More! - April Fools

Kodi Trademark Trolls - The Hidden Battle

GSOC 2017 Update - Wayland Support

GSOC 2017 Update - Python3 Update

GSOC 2017 Update - Shader Support

Selling Pirate Boxes Now Illegal in the EU - Dev Journal

We Have a New Website

We are a Google Summer of Code 2017 Organization!

Kodi v18 - "Leia"

Kodi DevCon 2016 Live Blog

Kodi v17 "Krypton" Beta 1

The Official Kodi Edition Raspberry Pi Case

Dev Journal: Kodi’s Switch to RERO Development And A Call For Android Devs

Kodi 16.0 - Jarvis - Mark XVI

The Piracy Box Sellers and Youtube Promoters Are Killing Kodi

DevCon 2015 LiveBlog

Kodi 16: Alpha 3

Kodi 15.0 - Isengard - One Release to Rule Them All

Kodi Available on Google Play, Not on Amazon

Kodi Community - May 2015

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