[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1010
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.0 #1 PREEMPT Fri Oct 10 23:59:55 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Oct  6 2014 22:06:47
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version a363c9d4a3ff3c2f367d45044015674a8639dbeb (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141010235846-r19345-g7c25d27 [Build #1010]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (7c25d27c, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (8e441a71, 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-3.17.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 (259d1506)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (a3724213)
  
• Includes libcec double-key suppression
  
• Includes libcec CEC Standby 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 PR:5312: dvdplayer: do a seek after having changed subtitle stream
  
• Includes PR:5324: Add setting to hide library clean progress bar.
  
• Includes PR:5463: [python] add *all* module dependencies to path
  
• Includes PR:5485: Fix episode NFO scraping
  

Build Highlights:

1. PR:5485: Fix for episode NFO scraping, fixes trac #15472. @allan87 (and anyone else experiencing the issues resolved by the PR) - please test.
   
2. Issues with kernel 3.17.0 frequency scaling remain, and being investigated. Could be due to this patch which may now require updates in Pi frequency scaling code.
   

Build Details:

1. OpenELEC:
   • openssh: update to openssh-6.7p1
     
   • wireless-regdb: update to wireless-regdb-2014.10.07
     
2. XBMC:
   • dvdplayer: another ssa subtitle fix (PR:5480, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [GLES] Fix build break on i.MX 6 based systems (PR:5469, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • compile warnings due to unused variables (PR:5471, 3 commits, 3 files changed)
     
   • [python] Clearly state that Player.pause() also resumes. (PR:5468, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [dvdplayer] Remove omx render features from dvdplayer and handle in mmalrenderer (PR:5441, 1 commit, 4 files changed)
     
   • Better handle Read/Write errors in PosixFile and Win32File (PR:5465, 2 commits, 2 files changed)
     
   • Ignore media content with .nomedia in parent (PR:3748, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [ios8] - bugfixes for ios8 runtime (PR:5477, 4 commits, 6 files changed)
     
   • GUI.OnScreensaverDeactivated does not follow JSON-RPC API definition (PR:4661, 2 commits, 4 files changed)
     
   • json-rpc: add possibility to force using the default player through Player.Open (PR:5454, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
     
3. newclock4:
   • CacheStrategy: remove usage of emulated win32 functions, switch to internal VFS
     
4. Custom:
   • Added PR:5485: Fix episode NFO scraping