FPP 9.1 Released!

[dkulp]

FPP 9.1 Released!

NOTE: The OS level has not changed since 9.0 and remains at 2025-08. There is no need to do an fppos update if coming from 9.0.

Enhancements

• Add kmsprint commands to Video troubleshooting tab
• Add GPIO commands to troubleshooting for Beagles
• UDP outputs now hides irrelevant fields
• Move Colorlight firmware and link check settings to Panel page and make it per-panel setting
• Add "H-Flip" options for OLED displays

Bug Fixes (since 9.0)

• Fix issues with Falcon v5 controllers behind FPP proxy
• Fix issues with ShellInABox SSH access for FPP behind proxy
• Vendor eeprom upgrade lists can properly filter for PocketBeagle 2 based eeproms
• Fix issues with hostapd (Access Point Mode) not stopping and spa_supplicant not starting on network restart
• Fix "Test" options for Pixel Strings on BB64 platform
• Fix table sorter on MultiSync page not retaining sort order
• Fix link to enable rsync from backups page
• Fix visibility of various panel options with Pi Matrix capes
• Fix update of used Channel Ranges when outputs are reloaded
• Fix removal of auto-created Pixel Overlay Models if output is disabled
• Fix requiring FPPD restart if VirtualMatrix reconfigured
• Fix requiring FPPD restart if VirtualDisplay reconfigured
• Fix detection of Pi5 internal RTC clock
• Fix potential crash if "Play Media" command is used to play the same media many times in quick succession
• Fix FalconV5 controllers showing on MultiSync page as "Unknown System"
• Fix DHCP provided IP's not properly being proxied
• Fix crash if video is being output to Pixel Overlay Model and the model is destroyed
• Minor adjustments to BBShiftPanel output to increase brightness
• Fix restoration of "Blank Screen" settings after fppos update
• Fix display of BB64 based fppos files for MultiSync "Copy OS Upgrade Files" option

Installation Instructions
If you have a system running 9.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 8.x or older, due to incompatibilities with the underlying libraries, an "OS Level" upgrade is required.

• Re-image - you can backup your 8.x configuration, create a new image, and restore the configuration.
• In-place upgrade - This requires you to have the latest FPP 7.5 or newer and all updates already running on the device. On the "About" page in FPP, there is an "Upgrade OS" choice selection where the appropriate 9.1_2025-08 image can be selected. FPP will automatically download the fppos file and install the upgrade. It will take a LONG time. When done, it should reboot into 9.1. At that point, go to the Uploads tab of the FPP File Manager and delete the fppos file.

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.

Image downloads are available at:

https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/releases/tag/9.1

[Frankr]

It seems that every download attempt is failing at 1GB. Anyone else having this issue?

[darylc]

It seems that every download attempt is failing at 1GB. Anyone else having this issue?

If you are trying to do an fppos upgrade within FPP, upgrade to the latest version of 8.5 or 7.5 before trying to upgrade.  A fix for this was put in recently.

[Frankr]

It seems that every download attempt is failing at 1GB. Anyone else having this issue?

If you are trying to do an fppos upgrade within FPP, upgrade to the latest version of 8.5 or 7.5 before trying to upgrade.  A fix for this was put in recently.

Should have been more clear, trying to download from GitHub fails at about 1GB. I have tried from my PC and Mac. I also tried downloading an older tag, all hit the same issue. 

Frank

[allknowing2012]

We have seen reports of this .. no clear reason or fix. So you also tried just to download direct from github? What about a downloader tool like jdownloader?

[k6ccc]

For whatever it's worth, just downloaded the image zip files for both RasPi and BBB64 on a Windows 10 laptop using Firefox as a brower from the GitHub link in the first post.  Both worked fine, and the zip files were able to  be unzipped.

[Frankr]

We have seen reports of this .. no clear reason or fix. So you also tried just to download direct from github? What about a downloader tool like jdownloader?

Yes on direct from GitHub, logged in and not logged in. Guess a download manager is next. 

[DaveM]

I downloaded 9.1 last week and imaged a few SD cards to upgrade from last year's 8.x to current then restored each unit's settings from backup. From the multisync page I was able to run 'Copy Show Files' confirming communication from Player to Remotes is working. However, when I selected "Upgrade FPP" after a pause I got the following messages: 
Pulling in updates... 
Upgrading git revision from branch v9.1  
Fatal:unable to access 'http://192.168.200.20/git/'; The requested URL returned error: 500  
Followed by 4 more lines ending in URL returned error: 500
(192.168.200.20 is of course my main Player)
Is there a setting I need to adjust?

[Mark_M]

It seems that every download attempt is failing at 1GB. Anyone else having this issue?

I've heard some people mention a 5 minute timeout on downloads now from GitHub.
Those with slower internet will have issues.

[fair28]

Installing now.  Will re-image if it fails.  Thanks.

[deanathpc]

I too was having some issues doing the downloads within FPP.  I just did a direct download, unzipped and uploaded to each Raspberry Pi.  Did the update that way.  Worked much faster too.

[danj]

Tried the "in place" method several times with no luck; FPP remains at 8.4.2.  I have tried a few power cycles also.  Any ideas?  I'm using a Mac in case that makes any difference; this is my first crack at updating a PI from a Mac (new to me).  TIA!d

Updated--tried once more and the FPPOS file upload definitely "looked" different as it uploaded--as noted in the instructions it did take quite a while.   Success this time!

[Poporacer]

Tried the "in place" method several times with no luck; FPP remains at 8.4.2.

Did you get any messages on the update screen? Can you try again and post a screenshot of the update screen when it is complete?

[aknflyer]

Seems the Vast plugin is broken.

Installing plugin fpp-vastfmt
Cloning into 'fpp-vastfmt'...
Running fpp_install.sh script for fpp-vastfmt
Building FPP on 'Raspberry Pi' platform
ccache gcc -fpch-preprocess -O3 -Wno-psabi -pipe -I /opt/fpp/src -fpic -DPLATFORM_PI -I. -I./vastfmt -I/usr/include/libusb-1.0  -c src/hid.c -o src/hid.o
ccache g++ -fpch-preprocess -O3 -Wno-psabi -pipe -I /opt/fpp/src -fpic -DPLATFORM_PI -I. -I./vastfmt -I/usr/include/libusb-1.0 -std=gnu++23 -I/opt/fpp/src -c src/FPPVastFM.cpp -o src/FPPVastFM.o
src/FPPVastFM.cpp: In member function 'bool FPPVastFMPlugin::initVast()':
src/FPPVastFM.cpp:87:43: error: incomplete type 'PinCapabilities' used in nested name specifier
  87 |                auto a = PinCapabilities::getPinByGPIO(DEFAULT_GPIO, std::atoi(pin.c_str())).ptr();
      |                                          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:33: src/FPPVastFM.o] Error 1
{"Status":"Error","Message":"Could not properly install plugin"}