Can you install FPP on a Pi Zero W without another Raspberry Pi?

[MartinMueller2003]

It looked odd to me that the WiFi driver was set to external when the PI Zero has internal WiFI.

[Glycerine]

Are you guys using the pi zero as your main FPP player?

[Bwinter]

Are you guys using the pi zero as your main FPP player?

My Master Pi is a P3b, but it only drives the audio/video (no pixels). All my remotes (driving the pixels) are PiZero--7 total PiZero in my show.

[mrGrumpy]

It looked odd to me that the WiFi driver was set to external when the PI Zero has internal WiFI.

Driver options are only: External or Linux Kernel . . . no other. Martin: driver, not WiFi.

[mrGrumpy]

Hi I can not get my Pi Zero w to connect to my WiFi router
Have loaded and installed fpp and can log into it when I am tethered via USB port (192.168.7.2 or via fppzero (I renamed the Hostname as I also have a Pi3B+))
I have put in the SSID and password of my WiFi
Have set everything to just DHCP

However when I just power it via the power input, it doesn't connect to my WiFi
My router gateway is 10.0.0.138

Attached photo has password temporary removed for privacy

What the heck am I doing wrong? Anyone help me get the wifi working please

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Appears you are not using the latest release. Maybe should start by loading Release 4.6.
Release 4.6: https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/releases/tag/4.6
For your Pi re-image with: FPP-v4.6-Pi.img.zip

[mrGrumpy]

Are you guys using the pi zero as your main FPP player?

Pi Zeros can be a main player, but a Pi3 or better yet a Pi4 will work much better. For me, the pi Zero is to slow for me to be patient with. I benched all but one of my Pi Zero & Pi Zero W's about October last year.

Since you have one (Pi Zero.) Work with it, and once you have learned the FPP system; see if the added expense of a 3 or 4 is worth it to you.

Try using host name over IP. Format for host on my system would be: FPPzero.local
Also FPP has been problematic for many who use special character. If you can, stick with letters (caps and not) and numbers.