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

Enhancements

  • Updated to latest external Realtek WIFI drivers (requires OS update via re-image or fppos - optional)
  • Speed up boot by autoloading discovered drivers/modules for WIFI and sound
  • Sort list of scripts
  • Virtual Matrix max size increased to allow 4 digit dimmensions
  • Add Override Zero Output Processor (useful for moving heads)
  • Display all sensors on wider browser windows
  • Add setting to prioritize sequence data over bridge data
  • Add support for newer Falcon smart receivers that can chain up to 6 receivers

Bug Fixes

  • More updates to VLC to reduce VLC freezing issues
  • Avoid NaN in calculated playlist length
  • Fix some issues with special characters in media files and sequences
  • Don't suggest BBB fppos files on Debian/Docker/unknown systems
  • If an output configuration json file is corrupt, add a warning about that file, but continue to process other output configurations
  • Fix "flash" on boot on BBB pixel capes
  • Fix FPP Backups not backing up all json config files and network interface files
  • Fix crashes using "Start Playlist" FPP Command without proper number of arguments
  • Fix BBBSerial not recording the proper first channel it needs
  • Fix merging/sorting of required ranges so FPP connect can produce a better fseq file

Installation Instructions

If you have a system running 5.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.

NOTE: The updated WIFI drivers are an OS level update and will require using the "fppos" method to update to the 5.3 OS level.

For users of FPP 4.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 4.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 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 5.0. 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.

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-v5.3-Pi.img.zip

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

  • FPP-v5.3-BBB.img.zip
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