[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #0927
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.16.3 #1 PREEMPT Sat Sep 27 23:04:33 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Sep 27 2014 15:02:59
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 1e1705d83daf22b7a50331d9538258c4c7acf656 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20140927230324-r19298-g2c54f9a [Build #0927]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (2c54f9a7, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (51ecb2ce, 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-3.16.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
  
• Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  
• Adapted service.openelec.settings to take advantage of PR5217
  
• Includes latest libnfs master (ab1af695)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (81e38211)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (aba6be26)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (a3724213)
  
• Includes libcec double-key suppression
  
• Includes libcec CEC Standby Fix
  
• Includes libcec CEC LG Vendor Fix
  
• 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 CONFIG_COREDUMP=y to allow creation of coredumps (see here)
  
• Includes PR5204: [Fix] Make ext. subtitle loading work for image files and bluray directories
  
• Includes PR5222: videodb: Add column name on GROUP query otherwise sub query returns no rows
  
• Includes PR5247: StringUtils: optimize Split(), new overloads for Split() and Tokenize()
  
• Includes PR5309: [posix] Implement new PosixFile
  
• Includes PR5312: dvdplayer: do a seek after having changed subtitle stream
  
• Includes PR5324: Add setting to hide library clean progress bar.
  
• Includes PR5386: Fix incorrect usage of S_IFDIR flag
  
• Includes PR5395: [fix] Closes #15423 Addon update deadlock due to race condition deleting CThread
  

Build Highlights:

1. New firmware.
   
2. Added PR5204 to see if it has any effect on the Bluray subtitle problem reported by delinend (link) - it's not expected to help, but probably worth including for purposes of wider testing anyway
   

Build Details:

1. Firmware (Sep 27):
   • firmware: MMAL: Pass dec_params in opaque buffers: Pass the contents of the decoder params in opaque buffers, particularly to relay interlace properties
     
   • firmware: gpioman: Reduce huge amount of log spam
     
   • firmware: hdmi: add gencmd to limit rate of change of hdmi clock adjustment
     
   • firmware: services: Avoid bad behaviour from calling init functions more than once. See: link
     
   • firmware: Remove dts_whole_frames config option.
     
   • firmware: dtsbits: Handle parsing (and discarding) extension packets. See: link
     
2. OpenELEC:
   • [busybox] Enable CONFIG_NC_SERVER, closes #3495 (PR:3496, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • xbmc: add a more general check for cpu temperature found on some newer systems
     
   • Rename xbmc-999.99-AESinkALSA:_Set_correct_value_for_AES3_when_using_HBR... (PR:3499, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • allow packages in projects folder (PR:3392, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
     
3. XBMC:
   • [lang] update of internal addon language files
     
   • [lang] update of core language files
     
   • [lang] update of skin.confluence language files
     
4. newclock4:
   • Settings: Remove videoplayer.useframemtdec setting and make it default
     
   • Lang: Remove id and description for useframemtdec
     
   • DVDVideoCodecFFmpeg: Use framemtdec when in software accel by default
     
   • [omxplayer] Don't sync up to passthrough audio packets - let GPU handle it
     
   • [dvdplayer] exerimental: don't raise priority of audio thread
     
5. Custom:
   • Added PR5204: [Fix] Make ext. subtitle loading work for image files and bluray directories