[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1128
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.4 #1 PREEMPT Fri Nov 28 21:04:36 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Nov 28 2014 18:00:41
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 99709519ca7b803472349b3167c20d5212388d90 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141128210325-r19703-gf0b95eb [Build #1128]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (f0b95ebd, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (44c2e69a, 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 (080d2311)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (9f000e43)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (14d98287)
  
• 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: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.
  

Build Highlights:

1. New firmware, reverting last change.
   
2. Revert newclock4 commit that may be causing green screen/hang with LiveTV
   

Build Details:

1. Firmware (Nov 28):
   • firmware: Revert upstream patch that breaks audio_render when used without clock. See: link
     
   • firmware: venc: Release images when error after open occurs which prevents a hang. See: link. See: link. See: link
     
2. XBMC:
   • shorten the wiki migration url (PR:5834, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [depends] - add boblight to depends but don't install it (used for compi... (PR:5835, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
     
   • [rebrand] web interface rename XBMC - Kodi (PR:5839, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [pvr] always use last played group as current group on startup (PR:5824, 2 commits, 1 file changed)
     
3. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • [mmalcodec] Skip some setup that is not required when closing (79a94ace)
       
     • [languageinvoker] Reduce priority of python threads (906bfad1)
       
     • [mmalcodec] Try reducing number of video frames (cfe254aa)
       
     • Revert "[MMALCoded] Call port settings changed from callback to avoid thread unsafe code" (95d5dda0)