[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1201
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.4 #1 PREEMPT Mon Dec 1 21:16:52 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Nov 28 2014 18:00:41
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 99709519ca7b803472349b3167c20d5212388d90 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141201211544-r19725-g9b43436 [Build #1201]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (9b43436a, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (60c5037e, 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 (080d2311)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (9f000e43)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (14d98287)
  
• 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 animated splash support (patch)
  
• Includes commits from libcec-2.2.0 (popcornmix)
  
• Includes PR:5573: webserver: improved caching control (see discussion)
  
• Includes PR:5747: [database] - add setting for hiding watched movies/episodes in recently added lists
  
• Includes PR:5752: [jsonrpc] Allow retrieving empty TV shows via VideoLibrary.GetTVShows.
  

Build Highlights:

1. Updated animated splash patch - splash.h264 video will be downloaded automatically when required (ie. first boot) to /storage/.cache/splash.h264
   
2. To disable splash.h264 download/display:
   
   Code:

   touch /storage/.config/splash.disable
3. Updated tvheadend addon (service.multimedia.tvheadend-4.3.5)
   

Build Details:

1. OpenELEC:
   • linux: add new radeon firmwares, this should fix #3654 (4b2b4d75)
     
   • wireless-regdb: update to wireless-regdb-2014.11.18 (93027b49)
     
   • OpenELEC-settings: update to OpenELEC-settings-0.5.6 (1f515b38)
     
   • tvheadend: tv_grab_file: add --quiet (e414b2a9)
     
   • tvheadend: update to tvheadend-3.9.2182 (1eeac381)
     
   • tvheadend: fix crash on imx6 (9b43436a)
     
2. XBMC:
   • [pvr] fix: select the first item if we don't have a stored last selected item path (PR:5852, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [pvr] bump addons (rebranding) (PR:5823, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [gui] temp fix to reset m_guiState with the right file item list (PR:5854, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [pvr] revert re-init of PVR manager on wake (PR:5853, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
3. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • [mmalcodec] Report when support is compiled in (ef8171da)
       
     • [mmalcodec] Ensure we have requested number of buffers in non-accelerated case (e2b072d8)
       
     • FIX: actually disable omxplayer if software is selected (2039fc1b)