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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.

NOTE: The OS level has not changed. If running OS level 2024.10, there is no need to update the OS. However, there was a bug in the fppos update from FPP 7.x on the Raspberry Pi that would cause downloading of logs to fail. If you had updated from 7.x on the Pi using the fppos update, you need to use the new 8.2 fppos update to correct the OS install.

Enhancements

  • Add ability for Multisync plugins to respond to incoming multisync packets
  • Add Stop Media and Stop All Media commands
  • Simplify Virtual Matrix creation using "Auto Create" by removing pixel size option, auto scale to screen size

Bug Fixes

  • Fix "Total" current display on capes with less than 8 ports
  • Fix various crashes
  • Fix race condition at boot where Timezone may not be fully configured
  • Fix race condition at boot where OLED push buttons may not be configured
  • Fix problems configuring Access Point mode if rfkill disables the wlan adapater
  • Fix plugin install script log output not adding new line where needed
  • Fix crash when using Play Media command
  • Fix problems drawing Virtual Matrices into Sub Buffers
  • Fix recognition of "Composite-1" KMS devices

Installation Instructions

If you have a system running 8.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 7.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 7.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 or FPP 6.x/7.x 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 8.2. At that point, go to the Uploads tab of the FPP File Manager and delete the fppos file. An alternate method to do an in-place upgrade if you are only upgrading one device AND the device has internet connectivity, is to select the 8.2 fppos (download) file and then click on the Upgrade OS button. This will download the fppos file and then install it as mentioned above. This will still take a LONG time and if you are doing this on more than one device, you will essentially be downloading the same file multiple times so is probably not the best way.

  • 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 2, Pi 3, Pi 3+, Pi 4, Pi 5, Pi Zero, and Pi Zero 2 use this image

  • FPP-v8.2-Pi.img.zip

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

  • FPP-v8.2-BBB.img.zip
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