[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1202
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.4 #1 PREEMPT Tue Dec 2 22:53:04 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Dec  2 2014 13:49:37
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version d056bdd4a9dbb2a228339f6d0c30ebf7a49d7cde (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141202225156-r19725-g9b43436 [Build #1202]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (9b43436a, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (a7815032, 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 (5eea1476)
  
• Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (328fa653)
  
• Includes additional ffmpeg codecs/muxers enabled for testing/benchmarking purposes (see patch)
  
• Includes animated splash support (patch)
  
• Includes commits from libcec-2.2.0 (popcornmix)
  
• Included PR:3657: [rfc] kodi crashlogs
  
• 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 with device tree support (left disabled in this build - will be enabled in tomorrow nights build). See discussion for details.
   
2. OpenELEC crashlog support (PR:3657)
   

Build Details:

1. Firmware (Dec 2):
   • firmware: arm_loader: Adding support for device tree fragments/overlays This patch also tidies up the existing Hat overlay code.
     
   • firmware: Candidate patch to validate that the kernel supports DT blobs and automatically activate device tree
     
2. XBMC:
   • FIX: actually disable omxplayer if software is selected (PR:5859, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • fix content settings not being properly evaluated/stored (PR:5860, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [pvr] Fix recording history (alternative to #5742) (PR:5761, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • [omxplayer] Fix precedence in deinterlace resolution check (PR:5865, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [lang] update of internal addon language files (92068fb2)
     
   • [lang] update of core language files (a563fc6e)
     
   • [lang] update of skin.confluence language files (ff32995f)
     
   • [lang] rename Tamil to Tamil (India) as this is the actual translated language at Transifex (267da00b)
     
3. kodi-pvr-addons:
   • [lang] update of language files from Transifex (5eea1476)
     
4. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • ffmpeg: bump to 2.4.4 (366100d4)
       
   • Commits no longer in build:
     • FIX: actually disable omxplayer if software is selected (2039fc1b)
       
5. kernel 3.17.y:
   • New commits in this build:
     • bcm2835-camera: stop_streaming now has a void return (050131c1)
       
     • pinctrl-bcm2708: pinmux_ops no longer includes disable (af255cb4)
       
     • bcm2708: Allow option card devices to be configured via DT (bc8aed4a)
       
     • Adding Device Tree support for some RPi audio cards (355d5672)
       
     • config: squash: remove stack usage (9ece254e)
       
     • bcm2708_fb: Add fb_set_par call during init so fb is usable without fbcon (271aefea)
       
6. Additional commits/pull requests not yet merged upstream:
   • Included PR:3657: [rfc] kodi crashlogs