There has been lots of behind the scenes work going on with
piCorePlayer. First the transition to the piCore 12.x base that was a
co-developement between myself and the team at piCore. What this means
is that for the most part the pCP and piCore repo are mostly in sync.
There are still a few packages that are specific to pCP that are only
found on our repo. Second was the development of a pure 64bit
environment for pCP. Obviously we are also keeping up with the Jones'
at RPi and including support the for the latest and greatest RPI
hardware. So without further ado, here are the details.
_*pCP_7.0.0_Beta_6*_
- Kernel 5.4.74
- RPi Firmware Nov 6, 2020
- Includes support for RPi 400, and CM4 modules.
- Based on piCore 12.x base.
- OpenSSL 1.1.1h
- Drivers included for upcoming DAC cards. Allo Boss2, and PiFi40.
- Hardware Random Daemon. Required for some headless installations to
allow SSL to work properly.
- mDns enabled by default. Burn your image, boot the RPi, and find it
by http://pcp.local This is broadcasting the hostname of your player,
so please change your hostnames on the tweaks page if you have
multiple pCP devices. (mDns can be disabled on the tweaks page too)
- Integration of cifs-utils for better share support, including
special characters in share passwords. (Not enabled by default)
- Includes Squeezelite 1.9.7-1282-pCP, which includes the latest ssl
handling patches.
_*Images*_
32 Bit: 'piCorePlayer7.0.0b6'
(https://repo.picoreplayer.org/insitu/piCorePlayer7.0.0b6/piCorePlayer7.0.0b6.zip)
SUPPORTS[/B]: ALL RPI BOARDS
64 BIT:
PICOREPLAYER7.0.0B6-64BIT
(\"HTTPS://REPO.PICOREPLAYER.ORG/INSITU/PICOREPLAYER7.0.0B6/PICOREPLAYER7.0.0B6-64BIT.ZIP\")
*SUPPORTS*: RPI3B AND RPI4B BOARDS.
[B]_KNOWN_ISSUES_
- No support for RT kernels. I don't see support for these kernels
continuing.
- Not currently supporting upgrades from pCP 6.x, Please install
7.0.0Beta on a new sdcard.
- RPi4B 8GB board will not boot with the 32 bit image, due to a zswap
issue. If you have this board, use the 64 bit image, or add "nozswap"
to cmdline.txt on the boot partiion.
- PirateAudio display support. The DRM display module does not work,
likely will need to fall back to fbtft support.
- Merus Amp is still not working, The mfg has not found a solution,
- The 64bit kernel does not support the USB Fiq driver that is
required on a RPI3B for most. The RPi4B never has required this
version of the usb driver.
piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org
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