piCorePlayer 8.1.0

pCP Team 5 December 2021 pCP 8.1.0

The pCP Team has released an new version of piCorePlayer.

For support—see this topic on Squeezebox Forum.

Significant changes

Kernel 5.10.77
- Removed out of tree Realtek wifi drivers from Kernel. If you see a warning on the insitu update, you should not proceed until you build your driver—see pCP Kernels.
RPi Firmware Nov 4, 2021
Adds full support for RPi02W
Based on piCore 13
OpenSSL 1.1.1k
Squeezelite 1.9.9-1391
Various bug fixes and web interface updates.

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—see Setup Wifi without ethernet.

Download

New images or insitu update are available. The released versions can be downloaded from here.

The pCP Team
Paul, Greg, Ralphy and Steen

Warning

Older versions of piCorePlayer may not be compatible with the newer versions of the Raspberry Pi. You need to review the Release notes to determine when the support for your particular Raspberry Pi was added. It is safer to use the latest version of piCorePlayer as it will be compatible with the latest version of the Raspberry Pi.

piCorePlayer 8.2.0

piCorePlayer 8.0.0

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