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

I'm pretty sure this is not your situation but placing and connecting up the Vertex 2, I found, was really difficult - why? Because on more than one occasion the HDMI cable from my Zidoo entering the Vertex 2 comes loose a little. I've spent literally hours wondering why I was not getting a signal. The first time this happened I had no idea this was the cause but I must have accidently touched the cable entering the Vertex 2 following which all came good. It was another accident like this that I tracked down the reason. The cable is a rather loose fit, doesn't "click-in" and requires little movement to lose the signal.

Just a thought

 

I wonder why there is no new firmware...
What happened ? Zidoo?

 

They are busy improving the FW of the Eversolo DAC

 

Well that's a bummer - I thought they had the FW ready to go before the CNY, just need to release the Beta?
Hire more devs Zidoo!

 

Audiosciencereview happened, thats why!

 

At this point it seems like the Zidoo firmware craze is going the way of HD-DVD. It was exciting for a while as they were adding support for both Plex and Jellyfin, and some other things. Its been pretty quiet for a while now! CNY or NOT

 

Oops sorry for nudging Amir over there

 

Thanks. I'll try the remote audio when I get a chance; it was working with the Vertex so I've got no reason to think anything has changed; I'll have to dig out the remote even though I'm pretty sure the harmony does the same thing. Volume direct has always been off.

 

I'm getting video fine but no sound, so it's less likely to be cable or connection related. The main reason the Vertex2 is sitting in a box is its ridiculous form factor, especially if you have even slightly inflexible HDMI cables; a demented spider just doesn't fit aesthetically with the rest of the system.

 

volume Directs on for mine
i do know theres a "thing" with the zidoos that digital audio(i think) is default to Zero volume output and has to be turned to 100 percent on zidoo remote to get "some" audio types to output

ie something id done right at start and got caught out in one f/w update when it was reset back to zero volume

 

So, for those who continue to note that there isn't new firmware yet ..... Is your preference that Zidoo releases firmware without proper internal testing? And releases a version that is buggy or causes other working features not to work correctly? Because rolling back firmware is not such an easy process anymore... I say, take your time, Zidoo! and continue to release firmware that makes nice incremental performance improvements.

 

Since i just use the Zidoo for playback ,without all the added bs of things like HT ,the current firware is 99 perc working just fine

so definitly , take their time and release stable f/ws only , not rushed cos too many complaign theyre not getting new patches every month or two

Atm for me the only issues are things like
not having hotkey ability to hot swap between say /HDR / VS10 DV for sdr hdr and /HDR / HDR10 to allow fast switching when watching the rare hdr10+ item without the need to go thru settings each time (or say 2 other settable hotkey variants )
and HLG looking blown out ie grey blacks and colours not right and all washed out ,compared to playing the same files direct to Panasonic OLED and looking almost as good as DV titles
(thou ppl seem to think its the Panasonic at issue )

Everything else is stable,works very well ....so dont break em

 

In fact I do regard the current FW the worst in a long time. Tried on Z9X, Neo Alpha and Neo X all the same. It has many quirks both playing movies and music which occur at seemingly random moments. To recover from some a re-boot is even needed.
I am considering moving to my baby Dune to enjoy stable playback that tells the story of the current state. Already moved back from Alpha to Neo as my Alpha doesn't play music predictable with the TV being OFF.
Yesterday I also got a no sound state with my Neo (due to the TV being off).

 

I get constant freezes while watching movies and shows once everyday... video just freezes and i need to restart zidoo Z9X, if I wait a minute the video eventually exits but then the menu is in 24 fps i think (no hdmi resync) and my smb shares are not available untill i reboot zidoo.

Also the player just kinda turns itself off almost every night (red light is on with the clock showing the time the zidoo apparently turned off or whatever state that is)

Anyone else experiencing this in that last firmware?

 

Brilliant way to describe the Vertex 2 - Mr Swift can comment when he returns from holiday me thinks

 

I am not seeing anything like these issues on my Z9X with 2K & 4K movies. I do not use standby or turn off the Z9X - I just leave it on continuously. Wired ethernet to an old QNAP NAS

 

I think having a local SAMBA server active on Zidoo puts additional stress and collides with Zidoo player app.

 

I do not turn it off neither... i guess I should do a factory reset soon if the next update doesnt fix this for me...

I don't have SMB active on zidoo tho, I am connecting to SMB share on my PC..

 

7 days back and still nothing, it has been way too long. Seems there putting more work into trying to sell new boxes instead of fixing what's wrong with the boxes they have already sold people.

 

Not sure, but the last 2 months the whole covid thing was running overtime in China. That means offices closed and such. So i can imagine also this part of development has been delayed for a while.

So, it will come me think.