It doesnt intall new codecs, its just doesnt force you to update a newer libavcodec version,ticojohn wrote:Yikes! I am really not in to installing code from other distros. But sounds like you have a plan that works for you.bester69 wrote:I got to upgrade to kodi 17.4 and kept at the same time stretch's old libavcodecs by installing ubuntu's packages. Cool!
if you install kodi 17.4 by testing brach, it will force you to update the codecs to testing, installing ubuntu's kodi packages, let you to keep codecs in stable. Byt the way im using kodi 17.4 for some long, and everything its ok.