Lets keep the Christmas presents coming!
The pCP team is happy to announce the official release of piCorePlayer
7.0.0
Significant changes
_*pCP_7.0.0*_
- Kernel 5.4.83
- RPi Firmware Dec 8, 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. SSH key generation on older pi
boards(Zero/B/B+) is still rather slow on first boot. May take up
120-140s on first boot to fully populate.
- 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 hostname 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 CIFS drive mounting support,
including special characters in share passwords. (Not enabled by
default)
- You now have the ability to set the amount of time when retrying to
mount remote network shares. This should resolve problems where NAS
system boot slower than pCP. The network share also no longer
disables itself if not found.
- Includes Squeezelite 1.9.8-1287-pCP, which includes the latest ssl
handling patches.
_CHANGES_SINCE_BETA6_
- RPi4B 8GB board should boot fine on both 32 bit and 64bit images
- PirateAudio display support is updated and working
- Implemented LMS upgrade branches for upgrade
(Release/Stable/Development) Default is the release branch, but is
user selectable.
_*Images*_
32 Bit: 'piCorePlayer7.0.0'
(https://repo.picoreplayer.org/insitu/piCorePlayer7.0.0/piCorePlayer7.0.0.zip)
SUPPORTS[/B]: ALL RPI BOARDS
64 BIT:
PICOREPLAYER7.0.0-64BIT
(\"HTTPS://REPO.PICOREPLAYER.ORG/INSITU/PICOREPLAYER7.0.0/PICOREPLAYER7.0.0-64BIT.ZIP\")
*SUPPORTS*: RPI3B AND RPI4B BOARDS.
_KNOWN_ISSUES_
- No support for RT kernels. I don't see support for these kernels
continuing.
- Merus Amp is not fully integrated yet, please note how to configure
the card.
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111787-ANNOUNCE-piCorePlayer-6-0-0&p=993971&viewfull=1#post993971
- The 64bit kernel does not support the USB Fiq driver that is
required on a RPI3B for most proper USB functions. The RPi4B never
has required this version of the usb driver.
_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.*
- Some packages will be automatically upgraded, as they are known to
need updated for pcp7. Some packages like python will not be
automatically upgraded. While the old version are no longer available
for download, they should continue to work on your current system.
Downloads Can be found: https://docs.picoreplayer.org/downloads/
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_LATEST_WWW_INTERFACE_VERSION_. THIS IS UPDATED BY RUNNING \"PATCH
UPDATE\" FROM THE MAIN MENU
PICOREPLAYER VERSION: 7.0.0
WWW VERSION: 00011 (NOTE SCREENSHOT BELOW
MIGHT NOT REFLECT THE NEWEST VERSION)
30393
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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 CRITICAL FIRMWARE FROM RPI IS [B] LATEST: THU SEP 3 12:11:43
UTC 2020 (1599135103)
open an ssh session
Code:
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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)
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If you would like to load other firmware branches, do this before
running rpi-eeprom-update (options are critical, stable or beta)
Code:
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export FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS=stable
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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
Code:
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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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piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.
Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org
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