After nearly 8 months in beta, the pCP team is happy to announce the official release of piCorePlayer 6.0.0
Significant changes
pCP 6.1.0
Interface Changes:
Notes
Recommended Upgrade path.
Downloads Can be found: https://www.picoreplayer.org/main_downloads.shtml
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Latest WWW interface version. This is updated by running "Patch Update" from the main menu
piCorePlayer version: 6.1.0
www version: 0009 (note screenshot below might not reflect the newest version)
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RPI4 Bootloader update Support - This will allow you to update your RPI4 bootloader and VL805 chipset firmware. Needs to be done via ssh. If something goes wrong below, and your RPI4 won't boot, here is a link to the RPI Recovery proceedure. https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
The latest stable firmware from RPI is LATEST: Thu Sep 3 12:11:43 UTC 2020 (1599135103)
open an ssh session
If you would like to load the beta firmare, do this before running rpi-eeprom-update
This this is a flash process if something goes wrong, make sure you are aware of rpi's recovery process.....https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
Command output should look similar to this
Significant changes
pCP 6.1.0
- Kernel 4.19.122
- RPi Firmware May 22, 2020
- Includes support for RPi4B boards, including new v1.2 boards and 8GB Board.
- RPi4B Support runs a 64 bit kernel for full 4GB memory support.
- Support for Merus Amp (This is currently not working, OEM has not been able to figure out why)
- Support for HifiBerry Dac+ ADC Pro
- Support for HifiBerry Dac+HD
- Support for IQaudIO Codec+
- Support for LED control on Hifiberry DAC+ based boards.
- Added driver for Google voiceBonnet v2 (sound driver only)
- Support for rtl8188fu (Sometimes marketed as 8188eus)
- Latest Allo USBridgeSig Support.
Interface Changes:
- New pCP web interface themes(Light/Dark)
- Added mirror repository support (Sourceforge)
- Many changes to the Bluetooth support (Update bluetooth extension if doing insitu_updates)
- Alsaequal now supports Bluetooth devices. Settings can be changed only when device is connected, but settings are retained.
- Web pages are now in an extension (No longer in /home/tc/www) For faster boots,backups and easier www updates. NOTE: pcp_startup.sh is now in /usr/local/etc/init.d/
Notes
- Adding a file named "netusb" to the boot partition will automatically load/configure net-usb kernel modules.
- Adding wpa_supplicant.conf to the boot partition will automatically enable wifi.
Recommended Upgrade path.
- Download new image and configure from scratch.
- Insitu_update is availiable, and handles most installations. However, downgrading versions will not be possible.
Downloads Can be found: https://www.picoreplayer.org/main_downloads.shtml
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Latest WWW interface version. This is updated by running "Patch Update" from the main menu
piCorePlayer version: 6.1.0
www version: 0009 (note screenshot below might not reflect the newest version)
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RPI4 Bootloader update Support - This will allow you to update your RPI4 bootloader and VL805 chipset firmware. Needs to be done via ssh. If something goes wrong below, and your RPI4 won't boot, here is a link to the RPI Recovery proceedure. https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
The latest stable firmware from RPI is LATEST: Thu Sep 3 12:11:43 UTC 2020 (1599135103)
open an ssh session
Code:
ce tce-load -w git rpi-vc python3.6 (You can omit if you already have these) tce-load -i git rpi-vc python3.6 git clone https://github.com/piCorePlayer/rpi-eeprom.git (This is a clone from rpi's git, with a few tweaks to the scripts for pcp.) cd rpi-eeprom sudo -E ./rpi-eeprom-update -a (This will update to the latest "critical" firmware) pcp rb (reboot to load the bootloader)
Code:
export FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS=beta
Command output should look similar to this
Code:
tc@Pi4-1G-Test:/mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/rpi-eeprom$ sudo -E ./rpi-eeprom-update -a [ INFO ] Mounting /mnt/mmcblk0p1... rpi-vc.tcz: OK BCM2711 detected BOOTLOADER: up-to-date CURRENT: Thu Apr 16 17:11:26 UTC 2020 (1587057086) LATEST: Thu Apr 16 17:11:26 UTC 2020 (1587057086) FW DIR: /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/rpi-eeprom/firmware/critical VL805: up-to-date CURRENT: 000137ad LATEST: 000137ad
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