[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Gotham build: #0313
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.13.6 #1 PREEMPT Thu Mar 13 23:34:40 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Mar 12 2014 15:42:27
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 8e98729958562dffea8130947e7e90669ac66001 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20140313233333-r17917-g5bef63b

Based on tip of XBMC master (52d498e, changelog) and tip of OpenELEC master (5bef63b, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock3 commits (except for f65e83c which I've replaced with a static spinner to avoid hammering the GUI)
  
• Includes kernel 3.13.y-next commits (see below for details on enabling FIQ_FSM patch)
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches (due to conflict with newclock3)
  
• Default setting for "Show RSS Feed" changed to disabled
  
• Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  
• ALSA is enabled and any suitable hardware should be available in XBMC Audio Settings
  
• Includes newclock3: "More efficient infobool expression evaluator" (reverted in stock OpenELEC)
  
• Includes newclock3: "Allow small audio packets to be concatenated to make better use of audio fifo" (reverted in stock OpenELEC)
  
• Reverted connman-1.22 back to connman-1.21 due to startup bug in connmanctl (hanging when no terminal present, eg. autostart.sh)
  

Build Highlights:

1. New Firmware Mar 12:
   • firmware: vdec3: Fix regression with h264 and resolution change. See: #258
     
2. OpenELEC:
   • Several package updates:
     • systemd 211
       
     • connman 1.22 (and reverted back to 1.21 due to bug)
       
     • samba 3.6.23
       
     • dvb-firmware 0.0.38
       
     • tvheadend 4.1.2
       
     • vdr-addon 4.1.5
       
     • libhdhomerun 20140121
       
3. XBMC:
   • Two subtitle fixes from arnova - improved logging, downloading subtitles for http sources was broken (PR4367)
     
   • Miscellaneous fixes:
     • JSON (PR4405)
       
     • Music thumbnail artwork fixes (PR4406)
       
     • PVR (PR4399)
       
     • ActiveAE fixes (PR4413)
       
     • Refresh rates (PR4410)
       
   • Accepted from newclock3: [omxplayer] When setting fullscreen flag we don't want noaspect (PR4404)
     
4. newclock3:
   • [omxplayer] Make use of TrueHD fastpath when downmixing
     
     The TrueHD codec actually works in 3 stages. It decodes the downmixed stereo. It then decodes the differences required to produce 5.1.
     It then decodes the differences required to produce 7.1.
     
     Many users end up downmixing this 7.1 stream back to 2.0.
     Much better to tell the codec we only need the 2.0 stream. It saves about 50% of the CPU required
     
   • Memphiz iOS7 Airplay fixes now included in newclock3
     

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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).
   

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3. The FIQ_FSM patch is now enabled by default in OpenELEC master. See the FIQ_FSM announce thread for details.
   
   One new feature, currently disabled by default, is accelerated support of high-speed isochronous transactions (webcams, real time devices, etc.). There's a possibility this could be used by ALSA or DVB modules (although not always) which may affect some users (hopefully for the better). If you might benefit from this, enable by adding the following option to the end of the line in your /flash/cmdline.txt file:
   
   Code:

   dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_mask=0x7