[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #0827
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.16.1 #1 PREEMPT Wed Aug 27 22:45:09 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Aug 27 2014 00:01:04
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 6acafacba2a565f920610499c785831c2d5638bf (tainted) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20140827224351-r19131-g6be4489 [Build #0827]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (6be4489f, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (afdbb56c, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock3 patches
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches due to conflicts with newclock3
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC linux-01-RPi_support patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-3.16.y
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC xbmc-001-newclock3 patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from newclock3 branch
  
• Default setting for "Show RSS Feed" changed to disabled
  
• Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  
• Includes latest libnfs master (5fe97d10)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (81e38211)
  
• Includes libcec double-key suppression.
  
• Includes libcec CEC Standby Fix.
  
• Increase scan interval of PeripBusCEC from 5000 to 60000, reducing CPU loading by about 2% (1GHz Pi) every 5 seconds (even when CEC is "disabled")
  
• Includes CONFIG_COREDUMP=y to allow creation of coredumps (see here)
  
• Includes PR5217: [python] add xbmc.abortEvent
  
• Includes PR5222: videodb: Add column name on GROUP query otherwise sub query returns no rows
  
• Includes PR5237: [WIP][3D] add support for stereomode switches in video playlist
  
• Includes PR5244: [UX] keymap fixes - don't overload pause action with something else
  
• Includes PR5245: [UX] consistent playback behavior for music and video
  
• Includes PR5247: StringUtils: optimize Split(), new overloads for Split() and Tokenize()
  

Build Highlights:

1. newclock3-based build.
   
2. Updated firmware, fixes omx-encoding errors introduced by 20 Aug firmware.
   

Build Details:

1. Firmware (Aug 27):
   • firmware: ril_top: fix for setting parameter sizes on get_parameter. Fixes issue with image_encode returning errors from openmax
     
   • vchi: Remove unimplemented vchi_exit prototype
     
   • firmware: image_fx: Ensure pending_vc_image is reset when clearing vc_image. Fixes issue when flushing image_fx
     
   • firmware: arm_display: Handle display closed without busy spinning or asserts. See: link
     
   • mmal: Plumb in OMX_IndexConfigCommonInterlace to mmal
     
2. OpenELEC:
   • projects/*/linux: sync kernel config
     
   • libva-intel-driver: update upstream patches
     
   • projects/Cuboxi/linux: enable thermal driver, thanks to 'vpeter'