[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #0619
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.15.1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Jun 19 19:22:06 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Jun 18 2014 18:43:44
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 1a6f79b82240693dcdb9347b33ab16f656b5f067 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC_Helix (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20140619192050-r18622-g3f9dd58

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (3f9dd58, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (06959f1, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock3 patches
  
• 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-3.15.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 RPi-specific libCEC commits from mk01/libcec. See build #0527 for details. Also double-key suppression.
  
• Increase scan interval of PeripBusCEC from 5000 to 60000, reducing CPU loading by about 2% (1GHz Pi) every 5 seconds (even when CEC is "disabled")
  
• Includes libnfs master with directory caching support
  

Build Highlights:

New firmware with reloc/malloc memory queries (bcmstat.sh updated with support for new queries). New kernel 3.15.1.

1. Firmware (Jun 18):
   • firmware: gencmd: Add queries for malloc and reloc free memory. See: link
     
   • firmware: display: Add support for 32bpp palettes. See: #276
     
   • firmware: Alterations to support camera DRC. (Dynamic range compression). See: link
     
2. OpenELEC:
   • fluxbox: hide useless errors
     
   • linux: update to linux-3.15.1
     
   • gettext: update to gettext-0.19.1
     
   • misc-firmware: update to misc-firmware-0.0.10
     
   • file: update to file-5.19
     
   • libpng: update to libpng-1.6.12
     
   • dbus: update to dbus-1.8.4
     
   • libusb: update to libusb-1.0.19
     
   • gcc: add patches to fix GCC-60902, this should fix #3323
     
3. XBMC:
   • Small darwin fixes for Sysinfo (PR:4925, 3 commits, 2 files changed)
     
   • dvdplayer: only set audio and subtitle index on user action (PR:4921, 3 commits, 4 files changed)
     
   • dvdplayer: fix incorrectly indicated buffered samples after ae7cda6629c7... (PR:4901, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [posixdirectory] removed misplaced ; - thanks spiff (PR:4930, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • FIX: [jni] typo (PR:4934, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • renderer: allow some lateness within vblank interval (PR:4905, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • dvdplayer: set clock for all streams as long master has not synced (PR:4912, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
4. newclock3:
   • AE: Mark parameter of AEChannelInfo::ContainsChannels as const
     
   • AESinkALSA: Prefer opening too many channels to too few channels
     
   • AEChannelInfo: Add methods ReplaceChannel, BestMatch, AddMissingChannels
     
   • AESinkALSA: Add support for ALSA channel mapping API
     
   • ActiveAE: request best matching 5.1 layout from sink
     
   • [rbp] Reduce GPU memory use when limited
     
   • ActiveAE: Add queries to determine number of channels output
     
   • [omxplayer] Make use of audio decode fast paths when downmixing