OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) Part 1
New OpenELEC I****** build: #0128
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:
# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.18.4 #1 PREEMPT Thu Jan 29 04:13:20 GMT 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Jan 28 2015 18:21:01
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 57b27a49f21df81f6bc0a0c801bd62e94c8e54bd (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20150129041237-r20146-gfb02f4f [Build #0128]

# vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | grep DTOK
001592.122: Kernel trailer DTOK property says yes

# Kernel device tree status: Enabled

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (fb02f4f2, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (8de52730, 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-3.18.y
  • Excludes the OpenELEC kodi-001-helix_rpb_backports 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 (f6e7505b)
  • Includes latest libcec master (9f000e43)
  • Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (b2dc0354)
  • Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (cc81bb65)
  • 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)
  • Exclude kodi-102-dont_really_depend_on_SDL_image.patch: No longer required
  • Include d6f4bebf: new package: libsquish
  • Include patch: Use our own texturepacker
  • Include patch: Fix build patch for kodi-pvr-addons
  • Include PR:5752: [jsonrpc] Allow retrieving empty TV shows via VideoLibrary.GetTVShows.
  • Include PR:6201: webserver: refactor, unification of handlers and bug fixes
  • Include PR:6246: [pvr] Improve PVR startup time
Build Highlights:
  1. New firmware
  2. New 3.18.4 kernel (this actually landed upstream yesterday, although I probably built 3.18.4 using 3.18.3 patches due to not noticing. This is 100% 3.18.4)
  3. Updated kodi-pvr-addons
Build Details:
  1. Firmware (Jan 28):
    • overlays: Add overlay for PCF8523 RTC driver
    • firmware: Switch relocatable heap to top-down mode to avoid codec failure with gpu_mem=272
    • firmware: arm_loader: Add board-specific i2c_arm and i2c_vc dtparam aliases
    • firmware: arm_loader: Use correct alias when loading initramfs
  2. XBMC:
    • [depends/TexturePacker] - fix extraction of delay and disposal from anim... (PR:6285, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
    • [pvr] only update a group's last watched timestamp if the timestamp has actually changed (PR:6274, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [gui] fix font cutting in auto height textboxes (PR:6277, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [osx] - downgrade curl to former version for now until a serious symbol ... (PR:6287, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
    • [Win32] - use formed packages for all depends (PR:6276, 3 commits, 38 files changed)
    • [PVR] Fixed: Calculation of PVR wakeuptime. (PR:6286, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [Confluence] don't hide header during radio playback (8de52730)
  3. kodi-pvr-addons:
    • [pvr.hts] Fix dvr delete response timeout value. Must be msecs, not secs... (PR:421, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [pvr.hts] bump version to 2.0.5 (b2dc0354)
  4. newclock4:
    • Commits no longer in build:
      • don't back out from 3D handling on resolution changes if we're switching to a different 3D mode (bca3d549)
  5. kernel 3.18.y:
    • New commits in this build:
      • BCM2708_DT: Add pcf8523-rtc overlay (acffbe04)
Texture Cache Maintenance Utility: Preload your texture cache for optimal UI performance. Remotely manage media libraries. Purge unused artwork to free up space. Find missing media. Configurable QA check to highlight metadata issues. Aid in diagnosis of library and cache related problems.


Messages In This Thread
RE: OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) - by Milhouse - 2015-01-29, 06:40
Missing splash video - by Dinos52 - 2015-02-09, 21:02
MVC Support - by woronczak - 2015-03-12, 05:28
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