Blog from February, 2018

RDK-V iteration rdkv-20180125 is now available.

The latest RDK-V iteration addresses licensing issues so users are advised to move to the latest iteration.

Baseline	nightly/20180125	Updates from Comcast 2018-01-25.
Post-baseline updates	Revert changes 14447, 14388
TDK	M54	https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/display/TDK/TDK+Release+M54
Manifest	rdkv-20180125

Build System

Reference platform builds still have a dependency on podManager.
All builds (emulator and reference platforms) now use rdk-oe (Yocto).
The old build_framework system is no longer supported.
rdk/components/generic/injectedbundle cannot be built by the community because of a dependency on AVE.
Root Filesystem uncompressed image sizes:
- XG1v3 208588 (KiB)
- XI3v2 197420 (KiB)

Highlights since 20171228

New components:
- components/generic/aamp.
Components updated:
- meta-cmf-bsp-emulator, meta-rdk-bsp-emulator, dvr, mediaframework, meta-cmf, meta-cmf-raspberrypi, meta-cmf-video, meta-rdk, meta-rdk-bsp-raspberrypi, meta-rdk-video, recorder, tr69, qtbase-5.1.1, qtwebkit-5.1.1, qtwebsockets-0.9.0, westeros, meta-rdk-restricted, playersinkbin, docs, bluetooth, bluetooth_mgr, breakpad_wrapper, crashupload, dca, devicesettings, hdmicec, hwselftest, iarmmgrs, injectedbundle, netsrvmgr, rdk_logger, rdkbrowser2, servicemanager, storagemanager, mfr_data, sysint, tr69hostif, xupnp, tdk, tdk-advanced.
Patches:
- Separate patch files for the open-source OE layers are no longer maintained. Instead, from this iteration, mirrors of the OE layers used by RDK are maintained at CMF, containing rdk branches that contain the patches already applied. The RDK build scripts and recipes now all use these instead of the previous patches.
Community contributions:
- 14448 RPI TDK-V morty migration
- 14478 Add gstreamer1.0-plugins-base_1.10.4 recipe append
- 14424 (RDKCMF-8020) : Busy loop fix
- 14425 (RDKCMF-8021) : Avoid blank in review buffer
- 14332 (RPI-160) : Make device.properties file for mediaclient RPI
- 14447 Add gst-plugins-base dependency to gst-plugins-playersinkbin-rpi
- 14438 (RDKCMF-8022) Jira: - changed westeros-init script to wait for /run/user/0 dir be created.
- 14437 Rename bbhm_def_cfg_arm.xml in CCSP PSM recipe append
- 14436 (RPI-171) : Test and Diagonstics Support on RPI
- 13813 (RPI-158) :Enable userland patches to update dependencies on other modules Reason for Change: Enable userland patches:- 1. update dependencies on other userland modules 2. Enable initialize & assignment statement for wayland buffer.
- 13675 (RPI-125) : RDKV Hybrid : ssh services not working on bring up
- 14388 (RDKCMF-7543) Playersinkbin pipeline changed to use westerossink as video-sink. Added a signal to get video native size.
- 14430 rdk-rpi.inc: drop PREFERRED_VERSION_iksemel
- 14429 iksemel: drop iksemel recipe ( updated recipe now available in meta-rdk )
- 14428 avro-c: drop obsolete .bbappend
- 14423 Add external source support for aamp
- 14418 Add AAMP overrides for CMF emulators
- 14417 Add AAMP recipe
- 14216 (RDKCMF-7960) Add video mute via MediaPlayerSink
- 14215 (RDKCMF-7959) Add feature to control last decoded frame display
- 14214 (RDKCMF-7994) Add PIP and Z-order support to MediaPlayerSink
- 14344~~REFPLTB-17~~ : Bridge Mode Support in R-Pi
- 14343~~REFPLTB-14~~ : Bridge Mode Support in R-Pi
- 13559 libnetfilter-conntrack: make libnetfilter-conntrack patch apply against all versions
- 14248 Set servicemanager SRCREV to AUTOREV
- 13775 (RDKCMF-7949) : Correct libmng license.
- 13558 rdkb.inc: set preferred version for morty for libnetfilter-conntrack
- 13807 avro-c: fix missing build dependencies on zlib and liblzma
- 13829 qemux86-soc.inc: force IMAGE_FSTYPES to "wic.vmdk" for OE 2.4
- 13828 v86d: don't install /etc/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf in OE 2.3 or 2.4
- 13827 qemux86broadband-musl.conf: add machine config for musl build testing
- 14175 Remove setting dnsmasq PREFERRED_VERSION to 2.76
- 14390 Revert "Remove rc4 from openssh"
- 13958 (RDKCMF-7964) : Support for static analysis on gst-plugins-rdk-dvr
- 13248 bblayers.conf.sample: make meta-qt5 conditional on meta-rdk-video
- 13868 fcgi: update SRC_URI to match new path to fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz archive
- 13831 gnutls_3.3.28: minor formatting tweaks to sync with upstream recipe in meta-gplv2
- 13783 systemd_216: don't parse recipe if systemd 216 will not be used
- 13557 dnsmasq: only apply dnsmasq 2.78 specific RDK-B patches to dnsmasq 2.78
- 13529 rdk.conf: prefer older nmap 6.47 recipe for OE 2.1
- 13509 rdk.conf: disable frame pointers for glibc 2.23 + x86
- 13508 dbus: disable systemd PACKAGECONFIG for OE 2.1
- 13447 iksemel: provide local recipe for iksemel 1.5
- 13250 dbus: add CCSP APIs patch for dbus 1.10.20 ( required for RDK-B with OE 2.4 )
- 14389 Fix RPi MC TDK ASP build
- 14387 Revert "Add bluez5 override to fix fetch failure"
- 13375 gnutls_2.12.24: only provide gnutls-native when building OE 1.6
- 13225 setup-environment: Set distro codename for YP 2.4 and 2.5
- 14174 Add missing whitespace to bluez5 recipe append
- 13398 obexpushd: musl build fixes + misc recipe cleanup
- 13252 layer.conf: mask local hostapd 2.2 recipe if building for musl
- 14323 Update generated patch file: qtwebsockets_generic_v0.9.0.patch
- 14322 (RDKCMF-963) Update generated patch file: 0002-~~generate-qtwebkit-patch-from-vanilla-OSS~~.patch
- 14321 (RDKCMF-963) Update generated patch file: 0001--generate-qtbase-patch-from-vanilla-OSS-qt.patch
- 14262 Added support tp play MPEG2 files on raspberrypi
- 14270 (RDKCMF-8010) : PMT update fix
- 14268 (RDKCMF-8009) : Added new commands for rmfApp playback
- 14267 (RDKCMF-8008) : Added getTunerId API to QAMSRC
- 14266 (RDKCMF-8007) : Handle Max PIDs per PGM in qamsource inband SI mgr
- 14301 (RPI-160) : Disabling Iptables service
- 14300~~REFPLTV-3~~ : Need Soc scripts which will give the audio and video play status in RPI
- 14272 Fix crash on transition to next video in YouTube
- 14257 Remove rc4 from openssh
- 14244 (RDKCMF-7996) - Added detached buffer to if clause instead of duplicated attached buffer validation
- 14245 Set the SRCREV in servicemanager to RDK_GIT_BRANCH
- 14213 Add bluez5 override to fix fetch failure
- 14212 Use OMX clock for position queries
- 14197 Add setting of SRCREV in servicemanager
- 14196 Add nfs-utils recipe append to fix missing libevent header error
- 14145 Ensure app exits immediately upon terminate event
- 14108 Enable breakpad support in CCSP components
- 14107 Update pxScene Make file patch
- 13893 Enable breakpad-wrapper build
- 14086 Revert "Re-enable md4 in openssl"
- 13959 (RDKCMF-7965) : Support for static analysis on breakpad_wrapper
- 13892 (RDKBCMF-149) Move breakpad-wrapper patch changes to component
- 13918~~CODEMGMT-534~~ Add contributing file
- 13917~~CODEMGMT-533~~ Add contributing file
- 13916~~CODEMGMT-533CODEMGMT-534~~ Fix Bluetooth component licences
- 13915~~CODEMGMT-444~~: Fix breakpad_wrapper licence
- 13891 (RDKBCMF-149) Breakpad-wrapper build failures
- 14091 DELIA-25243 : Not all PSNs are generated when a placement response contains no content location for all positions
- 14090 DELIA-25185, DELIA-25159 : CurrentTime is not cached when trick-mode initiated
- 14089 DELIA-25032 LSA Code cleanup rbiTest mode
- 14088 RDKCOM-430: Sync POD code from thirdparty to generic repo.
- 13548 (RDKCMF-7924) : Playersinkbin refactoring for Raspberry Pi
- 13549 (RDKCMF-7924) : Playersinkbin refactoring for Raspberry Pi
- 13547 (RDKCMF-7924) : Playersinkbin refactoring for Raspberry Pi

A detailed changelog since the last iteration (rdkv-20171228) can be found here.

Details of all RDK-V releases and iterations can be found here

Building for RaspberryPi Hybrid

$ mkdir <workspace dir>
$ cd <workspace dir>
$ repo init –u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -m rdkv.xml –b rdkv-20180125-rpi
$ repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
$ source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

Select option raspberrypi-rdk-hybrid.conf

$ bitbake rdk-generic-hybrid-wpe-image

Note. The kernel Image and root filesystem will be created under the ./tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi-rdk-hybrid folder

Building for RaspberryPi Mediaclient

$ mkdir <workspace dir>
$ cd <workspace dir>
$ repo init –u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -m rdkv.xml –b rdkv-20180125-rpi
$ repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
$ source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

Select option raspberrypi-rdk-mc.conf

$ bitbake rdk-generic-mediaclient-wpe-image

Note. The kernel Image and root filesystem will be created under the ./tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi-rdk-mc folder

Documentation for RDK-V on RaspberryPi is available at:

Media Gateway Hybrid (RaspberryPi)-2.1-krogoth

Media Client (RaspberryPi)-2.1-Krogoth

RaspberryPi Sanity Testing

Some basic sanity tests were performed on the Hybrid and Client images, playing video locally via gst-play and also using WPELauncher.

In addition streaming tests were performed using rmfApp.

Known Issues

Emulators:

In this release all the GstPluginRdk emulator medicaclient tests failed due to a test environment issue, the tests passed when re-run manually
~~TDK-346~~ RDK-V CMF Emulators xcal-device service and xdiscovery not running
- Causes most XUPNP tests to fail, issue (which is a work around procedure) is marked as resolved but the underlying issue won't be addressed until dependency on POD manager issue is removed
- The output.json file created by this service is required for a number of the E2E tests, we have worked around this by creating the /opt/output.json file on hybrid and media client as follows:
```
{"playbackUrl": "http://<hybrid IP>:8080/hnStreamStart?deviceId=<hybrid mac address>&DTCP1HOST=<hybrid IP>&DTCP1PORT=5000"}
e.g. {"playbackUrl": "http://192.168.21.234:8080/hnStreamStart?deviceId=08:bb:83:b3:b3:07&DTCP1HOST=192.168.21.234&DTCP1PORT=5000"}
```
TDK-292 RDKV Emulator-HYB recorder failures, requires DVR Simulator (refer to TDK-277)
TDK-380 RDKV Emulator "No such file or directory:" retrieving recordDetails.txt
TDK-381 RDKV Emulator RMF_HNSrc_MPSink GetMediaTime() Failures
TDK-448 RDKV EMU Hybrid E2E and RMF Failures

RPI:

TDK-451 RDKV RPI Most E2E TSB Tests Failing
RPI-125 RDKV Hybrid: ssh services not working on bring up
REFPLTV-2 Duration of the recorded content is not as expected on RPI Hybrid
REFPLTV-8 Video playback is not happening on RPI Hybrid
REFPLTV-7 RDKV Hybrid E2E Tests Failing in Latest Build
- Both REFPLTV-7 and REFPLTV-8 issus are worked around in this release as we reverted the commits which caused this issue

Platforms:

RDK-283 Absence of POD in CMF image blocks RMF system level functionality.
- xcal device service doesn't start, so /opt/output.json file required by E2E tests not created we have worked around this by creating the tmp/ip_acquired file, with this workaround we can run TDK E2E tests
TDK-277 Testing of Recorder component will remain blocked until DVR Simulator code is available
TDK-276 Subset of Recorder tests still consistently failing for CMF
TDK-387 RDKV Platform XG1V3 XUPNP Event not received by xcal-device process
TDK-388 RDKV Platform XG1V3 RMF MPSink Set Volume Errors
TDK-389 RDKV Platform E2E Tests Failures "HNSource play failed current state not playing"

CMF

RDK Releases

Documentation

CMF Videos

Blog

Build System

Highlights since 20171228

Building for RaspberryPi Hybrid

Building for RaspberryPi Mediaclient

RaspberryPi Sanity Testing

Known Issues

Baseline

Highlights since 20171228

Getting the code

Building for the emulator

Running the emulator

Building for RaspberryPi

Running on the RaspberryPi

Known Issues