libCEC 2.0 has been released this week!

This version of libCEC includes support for the Solid-Run CuBox (TDA995x) device, written by GitHub user warped-rudi.

Another highlight of this release is that it includes the latest Beta3 version of the libCEC Tray Application, which you can use to control Windows Media Center via CEC. libCEC Tray replaces the CEC Configuration tool from earlier versions; all it’s functions have been ported to libCEC Tray.

We’ve removed all methods that have been marked as deprecated in the last couple of versions, and we’ve fixed to callback methods so they work properly with plain C again. This API change breaks backwards compatibility, which means that if you upgrade your libCEC installation to 2.0, then you must either install XBMC from our packages page, or use the latest nightly build of XBMC.

Another changes in this version can be found in the settings screen in XBMC (system -> input devices -> peripherals -> CEC adapter). The options have been simplified greatly, so they can be configured by all users without consulting the FAQ page first. E.g. you can now select the name of the device to which your adapter is connected, instead of writing a magic number in the input box.

libCEC’s initialisation and shut down times have been reduced greatly, and some bugs that were reported have been fixed. In case you encounter any issues with libCEC, feel free to create a bug report at our GitHub page, or send an email to support@pulse-eight.com.

The full changelog can be found here.

Another update of libCEC has just been released. You can download or upgrade your copy from packages.pulse-eight.net. This release fixes a couple of issues that were reported after the previous release:

• wake from S3 sometimes didn’t work when used with certain brands
• some buttons weren’t activated when switching to another source and switching back to XBMC later
• some devices didn’t switch to the correct source after powering them up

We’ve also added two new features to XBMC:

• XBMC will pause playback when you switch to another source, and resume playback when switching back. If you don’t like this behaviour, then you can disable this in system -> input devices -> peripherals -> CEC adapter -> pause playback when switching to another source
• XBMC’s screensaver will be woken up when making XBMC active, so you don’t switch to a black screen.

The last update is a firmware upgrade, which will make libCEC communicate more reliably with the adapter. The upgrade is optional, but all users are advised to upgrade.

• To update to new revision of the v2 firmware on Windows, please download and run firmware-v2-2-8-2012.exe
• On Ubuntu, you can download and run install-xbmc.sh . Then open a terminal window, and type “sudo cec-firmware-upgrade”

Our USB-CEC Adapter

We are pleased to announce our latest update to libCEC, building on the changes in 1.7 we have now addressed a couple of issues users found in 1.7 and added additional support:

Features:

• We now detect the following additional vendors, Akai, AOC, Benq, Daewoo, Grundig, Medion, Sharp and Vizio
• For Panasonic customers we now tell the TV to send us the Guide, Text, STTL, Program Up and Program Down keys, this is useful if you are using the PVR build of XBMC
• For developers we have added a callback for clients that is called when a source is (de)activated, so the client can respond to this action.

Fixes:

• Windows builds could get stuck in a loop if there was an error reading the registry
• Fixed an issue which could cause the player not going into standby mode when the TV goes into standby
• Addressed an issue where Vanilla Eden XBMC users could not upgrade to the latest version of libCEC
• Panasonic customers should connect to the adapter faster than before.
• Improved the size of libCEC binary by changing the way we link to dependencies.