Kodi finally arrives on jailbroken PS5: hardware decoding, HDR10 and Python add-ons
By Tgames · · 2 min read
Sony never released Kodi on the PS5: a native port of Kodi 22 now runs on the jailbroken console, with hardware video decoding and HDR10.
A native port, not an Android app
The kodi-ps5 project, by VivaLaVent, adapts Kodi 22 to the PS5 system. It installs like a game, on the home screen, with an interface rendered in 4K by the console's graphics chip. Development has been remarkably fast: 0.5 on 25 September 2026, 0.9 as early as 30 September.
What it can do
The limitations
What you need to install it
A PS5 jailbroken with a HEN that gives kernel access (etaHEN, for example), ShadowMountPlus or an equivalent loader, and an FTP server. Copy the files to /data/homebrew/, then re-register the title. To find out whether your console can be jailbroken, see our tutorial PS5 jailbreak: which firmware, and what really works, and for other applications, the essential PS5 homebrews.
Note: the kodi-ps5 repository has just been archived. Its author says development continues under a new name, PS5MC, which is set to support Kodi 22 and Kodi 21. Beware of copies using the project's name.
Sources: kodi-ps5 (GitHub) · Version 0.9 · Version 0.8.1
A native port, not an Android app
The kodi-ps5 project, by VivaLaVent, adapts Kodi 22 to the PS5 system. It installs like a game, on the home screen, with an interface rendered in 4K by the console's graphics chip. Development has been remarkably fast: 0.5 on 25 September 2026, 0.9 as early as 30 September.
What it can do
- Hardware video decoding: H.264 (8-bit), HEVC (Main and Main 10) and VP9 (profiles 0 and 2), so 4K without making the console's fans roar.
- HDR10 and HLG, and VRR, matched to the video's frame rate.
- Multichannel 5.1 and 7.1 sound (PCM).
- Playback from the network (SMB, NFS), internal storage or a USB drive, and Internet access, with the PS5's native keyboard (since 0.8.1).
- Since 0.9, a built-in Python 3.14 interpreter: Kodi add-ons written in pure Python work, including the TMDb scrapers that fill your media library with posters and synopses.
The limitations
- “Binary” add-ons, and Python ones that need compiled modules (inputstream.adaptive, Pillow…), do not work. Streaming add-ons that depend on them are therefore ruled out for now.
- 4K at 60 frames per second may stutter, and 12-bit or 4:2:2/4:4:4 HEVC falls back to software decoding.
- With the move to 0.9, data has changed location: you need to set up your sources again.
What you need to install it
A PS5 jailbroken with a HEN that gives kernel access (etaHEN, for example), ShadowMountPlus or an equivalent loader, and an FTP server. Copy the files to /data/homebrew/, then re-register the title. To find out whether your console can be jailbroken, see our tutorial PS5 jailbreak: which firmware, and what really works, and for other applications, the essential PS5 homebrews.
Note: the kodi-ps5 repository has just been archived. Its author says development continues under a new name, PS5MC, which is set to support Kodi 22 and Kodi 21. Beware of copies using the project's name.
Sources: kodi-ps5 (GitHub) · Version 0.9 · Version 0.8.1
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