[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Gotham build: #0213
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.13.2 #1 PREEMPT Thu Feb 13 00:07:27 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Feb 12 2014 20:29:25
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 981c14ae8229477232a0349d9c3abbedbfa68d99 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20140213002229-r17700-g56e8f72

Based on tip of XBMC master (a74973f, changelog) and tip of OpenELEC master (1510929, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock3 commits (except for ddcc72e which I've replaced with a static spinner)
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches (due to conflict with newclock3)
  
• "Show RSS Feed" default setting changed to disabled
  

Build Higlights:

1. Firmware: Updated to 12 Feb release:
   • Fix crash that could occur when passthrough dts packet is short
     
   • Set validity bit for audio passthrough formats to avoid noise when unsupported by tv/receiver
     
   • Increase allowed clock drift from 50ms to 100ms to avoid video stutters
     
   This should make max_clock_drift_rate unnecessary. max_clock_drift has been increased to 100ms in firmware, so both these two options can now be removed from config.txt.
   
2. OpenELEC: Now has support for I2S ALSA cards like HifiBerry
   

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Additional Testing Notes:

1. Testers should try adding the following entry to their advancedsettings.xml:
   
   Code:

   <advancedsettings>
  <video>
    <defaultplayer>dvdplayer</defaultplayer>
    <defaultdvdplayer>dvdplayer</defaultdvdplayer>
  </video>
</advancedsettings>
   and report if it is better/worse than omxplayer. You can still play files with omxplayer using the context-menu "Play using... OMXPlayer".
   

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2. The following settings are no longer required in config.txt and should be removed:
   
   Code:

   no_hdmi_resample=1
hdmi_stream_channels=1
   no_resample_audio is now a default, and hdmi_stream_channels is switched based on audio content. For the time being when using passthrough, 2.0 speaker layout should continue to be used (you will still get 5.1 with AC3/DTS).