After nearly 8 months in beta, the pCP team is happy to announce the official release of piCorePlayer 6.0.0
Significant changes
pCP 6.0.0
Interface Changes:
Notes
Recommended Upgrade path.
Downloads Can be found: https://www.picoreplayer.org/main_downloads.shtml
Significant changes
pCP 6.0.0
- Kernel 4.19.105
- RPi Firmware Feb 20, 2020
- Includes support for RPi4B boards, including new v1.2 boards.
- RPi4B Support runs a 64 bit kernel for full 4GB memory support.
- 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