[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1203
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.4 #1 PREEMPT Wed Dec 3 22:12:42 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Dec  3 2014 17:26:22
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 23776f83288e23b6d1fc197390f79cf4cc05f558 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141203221133-r19730-g7302467 [Build #1203]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (7302467c, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (4a1ad6c3, 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 (5eea1476)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (328fa653)
  
• 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)
  
• Included PR:3657: [rfc] kodi crashlogs
  
• 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.
  
• Includes PR:5869: [pvr] fix async selected item behavior
  

Build Highlights:

1. New firmware (device tree support remains disabled in the kernel while a few kinks are worked out)
   
2. Kodi 14.0 rc2
   
3. Updated PR:3657 so that lirc now works
   
4. Added: PR:5869: [pvr] fix async selected item behavior
   

Build Details:

1. Firmware (Dec 3):
   • firmware: Fix for memory size being reported through device tree
     
2. OpenELEC:
   • tvheadend: -mno-unaligned-access fails on x86 (6e7bbe06)
     
   • tvheadend: simplify tv_grab_file (5e2d754d)
     
   • Revert "sqlite: add upstream patch from kodi" (4370a57d)
     
   • kodi-pvr-addons: update to kodi-pvr-addons-14d9828 (7302467c)
     
3. XBMC:
   • [translation] Fixed Polish translation (PR:5868, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • ffmpeg: bump to 2.4.4 (PR:5861, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [keymap] fix guide button for kernel-based mceusb remotes (closes #15374) (PR:5866, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [release] bump to 14.0 rc2 (PR:5870, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [audioencoders] bump to their latest master (PR:5825, 1 commit, 4 files changed)
     
   • [osx] new application icons (PR:5873, 1 commit, 10 files changed)
     
   • [skin] update re-touched skin (d61d86a5)
     
4. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • dvdplayer: demuxer ffmpeg - do not create streams until having seen pat/pmt for pvr (6c18b63a)
       
     • [omxplayer] Add some info about hdmi sync to codec overlay (72f12fee)
       
   • Commits no longer in build:
     • ffmpeg: bump to 2.4.4 (366100d4)
       
5. Additional commits/pull requests not yet merged upstream:
   • Added: PR:5869: [pvr] fix async selected item behavior