Beta version v6.4(7).42 for Z9X/Z10 Pro/Z1000 Pro/UHD3000/NEO S/NEO X/NEO Alpha release

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Yes I am satisfied with the translation.
The french version is made thanks to Temearoo's hard work, and while I think he's not satisfied with the pace translations are implemented in the software, from a final user point of view, it's great.
My TV cost me 2000€ from a well known international brand and the menu is machine-translated, so I use it in english or the menu browsing is laughably awkward. And no reviewer has ever pointed it out.

I don't care about the LED of the Zidoo, it didn't bother me before, it doesn't bother me know. Was it expensive, complicated to implement ? Maybe it took 2 hours of work. And made some customers happy, and helped a programmer understand more about the code, by a programmer which isn't qualified for BD menu task but very good at many other tasks needed for this product to work. While other tasks will require weeks, months, years of work, and from other developers.
I really think this whole BD menu issue is a nightmare they're trying hard to solve for years but just haven't cracked the code yet. I suppose they're advertising it and that's why you sound so angry, and I agree they shouldn't advertise a feature which doesn't work properly. But if it was such a big issue, you had 15 days (I suppose, I think every country has different laws) to get your money back. I hope they're onto something, I wonder what's Dune's secret.

As I said, there are numerous bug fixes and features I asked for and nearly none have been addressed (except Trakt, and that's awesome) and that's ok, the world doesn't evolve around me and my personal use and likeness.

I hope someday I can scroll through my poster wall using digits, I wish the "watched" icon wasn't invisible on so many bright posters, I wish the "watched" history was working, I wish the system was able to display all the "unwatched" content in the "unwatched" view instead of treating "unwatched but started once" files like "watched" contents, I wish the "genre" filter was working, I wish the "country" filter was content aware instead of displaying countries out of nowhere and not those of my content, I wish I could see if movies have subtitles on the detailed view, I wish I could binge watch my series without skipping any content and without the player randomly going back to episode selection, I wish the screensaver wasn't randomly sending me back to the homescreen, I wish extra content was easier to manage and be easily assigned to any content, I wish I could by a long press resume play instead of having to chose between a popup every time or forget about it, I wish the CEC extinction could trigger Standby mode so the Z9X wouldn't boot several times a day, I wish the player could display HT4 by default, I wish this, I wish that, I even forget how many things I wish there was, bug fixes, features.

But in the end, it works very well on my daily use case.
All the equipments I own have flaws. My Mac, my NAS, my TV, my network audio player, my video game consoles, they all have at least two bugs I can instantly think of since their initial release which never got fixed and is a bummer every day. But I get along with it, I'm still better with it than without, and more importantly, I haven't found better yet.

 

What do you mean?

You mean the Zidoo to start directly in HT4.0 or you are talking about something else?

 

Unless there's a parameter I didn't find, series will only play episodes one after another if I enable skipping intro and outro by at least a few seconds (through the upper right corner icon with a guy running), and sometimes it fails (and the exact duration of the skipped window isn't respected by the way).

And yes, I mean Zidoo displaying HT4 on startup instead of the Home Screen with explorer, settings etc. which I rarely need to access.

 

And yes, I mean Zidoo displaying HT4 on startup instead of the Home Screen with explorer, settings etc. which I rarely need to access.[/QUOTE]

You mean like: HOME SCREEN - APPS - highlight HT 4 - MENU - LAUNCH AT STARTUP?

 

But your constant complaining seems like trolling. It comes off as more mean spirited than someone concerned with improving the product.

 

That's what I was thinking about for the second question (the launch at startup option). For the first one, you can play all the episodes of a season one after another automatically but I didn't try it with the skip intro/credits option activated yet.

 

dark eyes 909 - control yourself. There is no need to deviate from the topic and get personal.
If something seems to you, contact a specialist called a doctor.

 

When's Mark back again?....asking for a few folks.....,...anyways, back to reading the Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.....

 

It's good that there are some of you who still have hope
I don't think MARK can improve the situation much
I reported several simple bugs and didn't even get a response
No corrections have been made to the menus and subtitles that are not English
I mostly use a local disk
I have quality home theater equipment
And I enjoy excellent picture and SOUND quality

 

I believe 16th

 

When I read some comments, it makes me smile .......
I am not a demanding person but I like to make constructive remarks (or not) however, I want to remind that the "programmers" of zidoo are not people who work for free, we paid at least 200€ to have a product and that is why it is normal to ask a product to do what it says.
For example, what bothers me is that if we have a problem to scratch a video,, it is impossible to redo it correctly without having to change the name or something.
On the contrary, I don't use Trakt or Jellyfin (and didn't even know it) and I don't care about it (and it wasn't specified on the sale ad), yet I never criticized those who were happy to have it and asked for improvements.
Personally, what I expect from a media player is that it is compatible with all media of course with good audio and video quality (which is the case) and that it manages the local video library very well

 

You make a fair point but this is a members' forum not run by the manufacturer. I suggest greavances should be directed to Zidoo. Videos are Scraped btw not Scratched - they don't itch

 

I'm a simple man, I just use normal MKV files like DV remux or Blu-ray rips, together with the Jellyfin Zidoo client, works like a charm, and IPTV app, no problem.

 

yes I know that, that's why I talk about making remarks and not making demands...
Make remarks to discuss about and maybe a zidoo manager will read it...

 

Not sure it works like that. Emailing Zidoo is the way forward me thinks

 

No. I mean, when I boot my Zidoo, I'd prefer to be directly on my poster wall. Right now, when Zidoo boots, I always have to launch HT4.0 with my remote from ZIUI. Unless I missed an option somewhere, which is always possible ^^

You are right, I found the option ! It's on the main settings, I thought it was for audio play (as it goes with the shuffle play option). Too early to see if that's more reliable, but in my case it raises a new interrogation, why does the intro/outro skipping function enable autoplay while it's not related, and wouldn't it be better to have an autoplay switch located in the TV shows UI ?
Anyway, I edited my former message, thanks ^^

 

Ovidiu is right, follow his instructions : open the apps tile on the home screen (or the apps menu for Z1000 Pro and above), highlight the HT4.0 app, press "Menu" button on your remote and select "start at launch". You will get what you want next time that you will start your Zidoo.

But the glitch that I was talking about earlier in this thread (with resolution locked to 1080p vs the TV show in 4k), that works, including for the movies in 2 parts (as Lord of the rings for example). You can also change the function for the page keys in "function keys" to "switch video", to go to the next or the previous episode with your remote. Thivame uses this for his Tv shows.

 

Don't expect too much sense for a couple of days - we leave here on Wednesday but travellng/flights/stopover total about 17 hours to get home

 

So, it turns out the problem had to do with a USB cable. I've always had an A-->B USB cable from the USB output to the input because of the DAC setting toggle (I hate toggled controls esp. when there are three options) - it would give me an extra go at analogue output. With the cable in, all digital output was muted. Take it out, sound is back.

Whether there's something wrong with the cable (likely, I haven't checked) or with the beta software I can't say, but the problem is solved for me.