[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1124
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.4 #1 PREEMPT Mon Nov 24 22:37:11 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Nov 23 2014 18:25:43
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version f3c57bbd789c59412f26651ea817b60197f3fdeb (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141124223600-r19690-gec9fd72 [Build #1124]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (ec9fd727, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (968c6247, 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 (new installs only) [patch details]
  
• Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  
• Adapted service.openelec.settings to take advantage of PR:5217 [patch details]
  
• Includes latest libnfs master (4a58e614)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (9f000e43)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (06842b90)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (328fa653)
  
• Includes CONFIG_COREDUMP=y to allow creation of coredumps (see here)
  
• Includes additional ffmpeg codecs/muxers enabled for testing/benchmarking purposes (see patch)
  
• Includes commits from libcec-2.2.0 (popcornmix)
  
• Includes PR:387: [pvr.mythtv] Release v1.9.26 (Helix) (kodi.pvr.addons)
  
• Includes PR:388: [filmon] Fix harmless -Wformat-security warning (kodi.pvr.addons)
  
• Includes PR:5573: webserver: improved caching control (see discussion)
  
• Includes PR:5747: [database] - add setting for hiding watched movies/episodes in recently added lists
  
• Includes PR:5752: [jsonrpc] Allow retrieving empty TV shows via VideoLibrary.GetTVShows.
  
• Reverted PR:5764: jobs: fixed segmentation fault when thumbnail loader abort (Reason: Causes GUI to freeze)
  

Build Highlights:

1. Kodi 14.0 beta4 with new logo
   
2. Reverted: PR:5764: jobs: fixed segmentation fault when thumbnail loader abort (Reason: Causes GUI to freeze)
   

Build Details:

1. OpenELEC:
   • projects/imx6/linux: build SPDIF driver as modules (db32b74a)
     
   • added package brcmfmac_sdio-firmware linux: added needed drivers for bcm43xx bluetooth devices (b1c4867d)
     
   • OpenELEC-settings: update to OpenELEC-settings-0.5.5 (488d2439)
     
2. XBMC:
   • dvdplayer: update dropping stats after every call to decode (PR:5776, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • IMX6: Use correct Method for deletion (PR:5794, 2 commits, 1 file changed)
     
   • [rebrand] droid: splash layout and color (PR:5793, 2 commits, 2 files changed)
     
   • [Rebrand] replace all XBMC artwork with new logo (PR:5796, 16 commits, 101 files changed)
     
   • [release] bump to 14.0 beta4 (PR:5788, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • infomanager: fix calls to GetInt() without a valid file item (same as in GetBool()) (PR:5792, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [cec] Fixed PeripheralCecAdapter application exit code handling. (PR:5786, 1 commit, 4 files changed)
     
   • [skin] update re-touched with new Kodi logo (5ec89990)
     
   • [addons] sync with repo (ae21c3dc)
     
   • [gitignore] - add VolumeIcon.icns to gitignore (828181a4)
     
   • [osx/packaging] - ensure that our dmg is always mounted with a static name (/Volumes/Kodi in our case) - else the prepared .DS_Store won't work and we don't get the background image and icon position (fb7649a5)
     
   • [osx/packaging] - premade .DS_Store which works for /Volumes/Kodi (968c6247)
     
3. libcec:
   • Revert cec_set_configuration() to take non-const parameter to keep old ABI (PR:45, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
4. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • [MMALCoded] Call port settings changed from callback to avoid thread unsafe code (beb2f253)
       
     • [mmalcodec] Skip deinterlace for dvd menus for now (b20f9f6c)
       
   • Commits no longer in build:
     • [dvdplayervideo] Make variables more local (2051b60a)
       
     • [dvdplayervideo] Move packet handling into separate function (6e8c273a)
       
     • squash: stills: avoid deferencing null packet (a835e82a)
       
     • Fixed PeripheralCecAdapter application exit code handling. (ba8a6043)
       
5. Additional commits/pull requests not yet merged upstream:
   • Reverted: PR:5764: jobs: fixed segmentation fault when thumbnail loader abort (Reason: Causes GUI to freeze)