HTML and CSS facelift of FPP User Interface to make it more modern and mobile friendly.
Scheduler
Rewritten Scheduler to optimize how the internal list of scheduled items is stored.
Added ability to schedule FPP Commands and have them run while a playlist is already running.
Added ability to schedule .fseq Sequence files
Allow setting Schedule start/end times to Dusk/Dawn in addition to Sunrise/Sunset.
New 'View Schedule' interface to view a timeline of the currently loaded schedule.
New 'Clone' button to the Scheduler UI to make copying schedule entries easier.
Player and Playlists
Add 'Notes' field to all playlist entries to allow the user to add documentation to an item if needed.
Add a new PlaylistEntryBranch condition to check the cached payload of a received MQTT topic.
Allow Next/Prev commands to work inside the LeadIn and LeadOut sections of a playlist.
FPP Commands
Add new Command Presets to replace Events. Command Presets may be user named or may use internal preset names which are automatically triggered when certain actions occur with FPP.
Add ability to run a FPP Command from any page in the UI.
Add wildcard ability to Effect Stop FPP Command and ability to pass in multiple effect names in CSV list.
Allow selecting multiple models when running Overlay Model FPP Commands
Channel Outputs
New Philips KiNet Channel Output
General
Added Initial Setup page to allow users to quickly configure a set of most often used settings.
Added optional statistics reporting to allow FPP Developers to get better visibility into how FPP is being used.
Enhanced logging support to allow setting different log levels for different log facilities.
Added System boot date/time and fppd uptime to About page.
Add .asoundrc for dmix software mixing to allow other external audio to be playing while fppd is also playing.
Display a warning if audio is being output to the dummy audio device.
Send FPPD Warnings out via MQTT
When building fppd, only download CCache if file has changed.
Add new +3/-3 buttons to adjust channel test mode end channel up/down by 3 for testing pixels one at a time.
Other Changes
Move MultiSync UI Auto Refresh button to top of page to match other auto refreshing tables in UI.
Disabled MQTT retain flag by default and add retain option to MQTT FPP Command to allow re-enabling.
Removed support for upgrading from old CSV schedule format used in FPP v2.x and prior.
Removed unused PlaylistEntryChannelTest code (was never in the UI)
Keep fppd running while updating versions and do a quick restart once new version is ready.
Remove unused Line number in schedule editor UI
Update Channel Output help page to point to library developer documentation on pinouts used by RGBMatrix LED panel output on the Pi.
Events MultiSync packets, mqtt topics, and API calls have been removed as Events code has been removed in favor of Command Presets.
Bug Fixes
Fix off-by-1 issue with Start Channel on Effects page.
Sort the effects list returned by the /api/effects REST API call. This fixes several UI sorting issues.
Removed unused legacy socket command packet count from Remote status UI.
Updated timing on Remotes to give them longer before blanking on their own.
Fix scheduler date range issue where the next playlist listed could be incorrect in some circumstances.
Only show FPP systems as backup destinations
PlaylistEntryURL fixes, add a 2-second connect timeout and prevent blocking if URL call times out.
Re-publish Playlist name upon playlist resume after completing an inserted playlist.
Fixed crash in PlaylistEntryBranch.
Fix MQTT topic to set playlist sectionPosition (was selectionPosition)
Fixed label on LOR Enhanced unit start channel
Multiple JavaScript errors fixed
Fixed use of Next/Prev buttons when playlist is not set to repeat
Fix Multicast/MultiSync FPP Commands when using IPs instead of hostnames
Fix incorrect 'Not Found' error in playlist UI when sequence metadata can't be queried
Fix seed used when randomizing playlists and starting at a random position in a playlist.
Fixed name of sectionPosition MQTT topic
Fixed MAX7219 LED matrix channel output and added support for 3 channels per pixel.
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FPP v5.0 ChangeLog
Enhancements
Other Changes
Bug Fixes