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dkulp Daniel Kulp
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Learn about vigilant mode.
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Learn about vigilant mode.

NOTE: The OS level has not changed since 6.2 and is still at 2022.11

Enhancements

  • Many updates to support Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 on more devices
  • Initial support for Ubuntu 22.10
  • Initial support for PHP 8.1
  • Support for Proxy configurations on macOS
  • Add color support to favicon on browser tabs
  • VirtualMatrix - support 32bpp framebuffers on devices that don't support 24bit
  • Support DRM API's for VirtualMatrix
  • Add an advanced mode setting to allow extra arguments to be passed to VLC. May be required to play videos on some hardware.
  • Add "Reset" menu to OLED navigation to reset various FPP configuration files

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes several issues with Branch playlist entry type
  • Kiosk mode: Cleanup chromium files on boot
  • Fix display of "0" on panel test pattern
  • Fix compiling of fpp on devices with high CPU cores, but low memory
  • Fix crash when inserting a playlist that doesn't exist
  • Add warnings to UI for empty playlists
  • Increase audio buffer sizes to reduce crackling with streaming audio
  • Fix crash when starting a new playlist from within a playlist

Installation Instructions

If you have a system running 6.x, you can go to the FPP about page (about.php) and click on the "Manual Update" button. At that point, a big green "Upgrade" bar should appear on the main status page. Click on that to start the update process. It may take a long time to upgrade. Likely 5-10 minutes. You will need to reboot after the upgrade is complete to finish the upgrade process.

For users of FPP 5.x or older, it is strongly recommended to do a full "OS Level" upgrade or re-image instead of attempting to upgrade directly from any older FPP version. There are several new features that will not work if an OS level upgrade is not done. There are two ways to do so:

  • Re-image - you can backup your 5.x configuration, create a new image, and restore the configuration.
  • In-place upgrade - this requires you to have FPP 5.5 and all the updates for 5.5 already running on the device. Download the appropriate "fppos" file to your computer. Make sure the file extension is still fppos (some browsers will rename it). Upload it to the "File Manager" on the FPP instance. Then go to the about page. Under the normal "Manual Upgrade", a new Upgrade OS button should appear. Click it and wait a LONG time. When done, it should reboot into 6.2. At that point, go to the Uploads tab of the FPP File Manager and delete the fppos file. Note: In SOME cases, the reboot will fail due to library replacement. In that case, a power cycle may be required to get it back up and running.

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For Raspberry Pi series including Pi B, Pi B+, Pi 3, Pi 3+, Pi 4 and Pi Zero use this image

  • FPP-v6.3-Pi.img.zip

For Beaglebone Black, Beaglebone Green, PocketBeagle, and Beaglebone Green Gateway use this image

  • FPP-v6.3-BBB.img.zip
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