[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1117
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.3 #1 PREEMPT Mon Nov 17 21:04:22 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Nov 13 2014 17:21:14
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 4b43a6c1fb32bd23b26f999eef78312d71df9b7a (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141117210305-r19653-g7beb180 [Build #1117]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (7beb1804, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (17ea0454, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock4 patches
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches due to conflicts with newclock4
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC linux-01-RPi_support patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-3.17.y
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC xbmc-001-newclock4 patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from newclock4 branch
  
• Default setting for "Show RSS Feed" changed to disabled (new installs only) [patch details]
  
• Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  
• Adapted service.openelec.settings to take advantage of PR:5217 [patch details]
  
• Includes latest libnfs master (4a58e614)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (70e1b5de)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (06842b90)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (328fa653)
  
• Includes CONFIG_COREDUMP=y to allow creation of coredumps (see here)
  
• Includes additional ffmpeg codecs/muxers enabled for testing/benchmarking purposes (see patch)
  
• Includes commits from libcec-2.2.0 (popcornmix)
  
• Includes PR:5573: webserver: improved caching control (see discussion)
  
• Includes PR:5713: Fix "Current fanart" not being shown in DialogVideoInfo.
  
• Includes PR:5734: [videoinfoscanner] fix video_ts folder not stacked on movie scan
  

Build Highlights:

1. Samba/IFO/ISO/POSIX fixes merged
   
2. Possibility to clean databases in background
   

Build Details:

1. XBMC:
   • [dvdplayer] Remove superfluous cast. (PR:5736, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • Even better emulate POSIX file functions (reduced) (PR:5707, 14 commits, 3 files changed)
     
   • [pvr] fix selecting last playing group 'All TV/Radio channels' (PR:5733, 2 commits, 2 files changed)
     
   • [osx] - mark removable shares which are either have DVD or CD media in i... (PR:5738, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [Fix] Reading zero bytes from a file should yield zero read bytes. (PR:5743, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [pvr] fix marking recordings as watched or unwatched (PR:5613, 5 commits, 3 files changed)
     
   • [WIP] Fix for libdvdcss partial read (PR:5700, 3 commits, 3 files changed)
     
   • Samba fixes and cleanup for helix (PR:5740, 11 commits, 7 files changed)
     
   • [pvr] go to parent folder after deleting the last item in a subfolder (PR:5725, 2 commits, 4 files changed)
     
   • [emufnc] fix possible compiler warning (773a2d16)
     
   • [emufnc] return exact '-1' instead of other negative values in dll_read() and dll_write() (6634af39)
     
2. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • changed: Rename confusing CSimpleDoubleCache class to CDoubleCache (2d943992)
       
     • fixed: FileCache-full logic was wrong + implement CanWriteToCache() function (f424dd91)
       
     • changed: Use m_StateInput else dvdplayer osd info is 8 seconds delayed (6c1f070a)
       
     • fixed: Calling WaitForData with full cache caused it to always block the max. of 5 seconds (c38e1f50)
       
     • - fix premature close of pipe. It should only be closed if refcount is zero (b9cf7b7b)
       
     • video library: add the possibility to clean the database in the background (e00f3ba5)
       
     • music library: add the possibility to clean the database in the background (7b3c5326)
       
   • Commits no longer in build:
     • do database clean on thread (f81c5dea)
       
     • use extended progress bar for library clean (5d381499)
       
     • fixed: FileCache-full logic was wrong + create seperate IsCacheFull() functions (28b22302)
       
     • changed: Show cachebytes from input in dvdplayer info as it's more intuitive (72078b7f)