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4.6.1
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dkulp Daniel Kulp
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Enhancements

  • Add wireless information to Troubleshooting page
  • Add warning if universes active but main UDP channel output disabled
  • Save sort order on Multisync page

Bug Fixes

  • Don't publish MQTT idle events when exiting a child playlist
  • Don't randomize playlist on load if starting position passed in
  • Fix MAX_CHANNELS on Other tab preventing large virtual matrices
  • Make sure dnsmasq doesn't wipe out the resolve.conf that connman creates
  • Remove "Restart DNS" button as it doesn't actually do anything at all
  • Make some tweaks to the video sync timing to help minimize the chances of video freeze-ups
  • Fix changelog link not showing on about page

Installation Instructions

If you have a system running 4.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 3.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 FPP 2.x or 3.x 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 3.x configuration, create a new image, and restore the configuration.
  • In-place upgrade - this is new and requires you to have FPP 3.6.2 (or 4.0-alpha2) or newer already running on the device. Download the appropriate "fppos" file from the FPP 4.6 release 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 4.6. 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. After it's running, go to the about page and hit the "Manual Update" button to update from 4.6 to 4.6.1.

Selecting an image

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

  • FPP-v4.6.1-Pi.img.zip

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

  • FPP-v4.6.1-BBB.img.zip
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