[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #0518
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.14.4 #1 PREEMPT Sun May 18 21:04:58 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
May 16 2014 18:45:07
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 3a67cfadce4d248b764d06dea2291917bc5db802 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC_Helix (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20140518210348-r18418-g035ae32

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (035ae32, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (6f96ff2, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock3 (except for 47fb73f, a patch to avoid hammering the GUI, which has been replaced with a static spinner)
  
• Includes Python regex package for evaluation purposes. Initial benchmarking indicates generally positive (and in some cases, significant) performance gains. See this post for a description of how to test effectiveness of this package with addons
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches due to conflicts with newclock3
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC linux-01-RPi_support patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-3.14.y
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC xbmc-master-newclock3 patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from newclock3 branch
  
• 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
  
• FIQ FSM is enabled by default. See initial post for more details.
  
• Includes patch from 3.12.y : vchiq: Avoid high load when blocked and unkillable (link)
  

Build Highlights:

New firmware. Improved XBMC component debug logging. Audio/Video OSD working again in Amber and Confluence Modified, possibly other skins too.

1. Firmware (May 16):
   • firmware: Avoid calling hdcp_shutdown() when hotplug deasserted. See: link.
     
   • firmware: Clear unused pixels in the subsample image in H264 codec. See: link.
     
2. XBMC:
   • [addons] install from zip should install from the zip, not from packages (PR:4645)
     
   • Add kdev4 file to gitignore (PR:4728)
     
   • UPnP: enable log messages from Platinum SDK (PR:4717)
     
   • Add button to addon info dialog to start installed addons from addonbrowser. (PR:4720)
     
   • PVR: A couple of fixes in guide search dialog (PR:4732)
     
   • [rfc] [coreSubs]Automatically download first subtitle after first search (PR:4648)
     
   • platinum: update to 1.0.5.13 (PR:4679)
     
   • [settings] check control types - the id's have changed so old skins crash (PR:4731)
     
   • Addon version cleanup (PR:4612)
     
   • dvdplayer: demuxFFmpeg - use bits_per_coded_sample if bits_per_raw_sample is zero (PR:4699)
     
   • FIX resume playing PVR recordings from the exact lastplayed position (PR:4630)
     
3. newclock3:
   • libcec: Make verbose logging optional