3.2
New user installation instructions
For new users, you need to download the appropriate image from the links below. Then follow the instructions found at https://falconchristmas.com/forum/index.php/topic,9372.0.html to "burn" the image on to an SD card. Just extracting/copying the file to a blank SD card will NOT work.
New Features:
- Link to PDF FPP manual in the Help menu
Enhancements:
- Use libgpiod for GPIO inputs to avoid polling, integrates into normal event loop as events
- Change to using hostapd for Wifi tethering, should be more reliable
- Allow "If no connection" tether setting on BBB as hostapd tethering does not interfere with USB tethering
Bug fixes:
- FPD page not showing if FPD detected
- Fix a few issues with the Docker builds no including all the required apache modules
- Fix start channel for VirtualMatrix
- Fix some problems with gradients on the BBB panels not looking correct, colors off, etc...
- Reset mixer device to default if the configured mixer device doesn't exist anymore
- Fix the "stop" command for omxplayer to stop correctly and not pause for 20-30 seconds (or until video ends)
- Scan various font directories for "ttf" files for fonts to use for Overlays.
- "Outdoor" panels on BBB not displaying correctly
- Playlist script entries hang
Upgrade Instructions:
The best way to upgrade from FPP 2.x is to re-image the device. The full OS upgrade to Debian Buster requires a re-image.
If you have a system running 3.0 or 3.1, 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. It will take a long time to upgrade. Likely 20-30 minutes. You will need to reboot after the upgrade is complete to finish the upgrade process.