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

I'm holding off to buy a 2nd Zidoo player for another room because of lack of visibility on support atm, even more so for Zdmc which i mostly use due to rar files support. Kodi reached v20 about 2 months ago, and Zdmc is still stuck in 19.4 here.

 

ZDMC is definately not a focus project at Zidoo, When they went to HT3 and above it it was abandoned, If it gets compiled and debugged it is done in downtime. I hope you didnt buy a zidoo for kodi support.

 

Bonjour. Je réceptionne aujourd'hui mon z1000 pro, je vais vous lire avec soin et viendrai vers vous si j'ai des soucis. Je lis aussi le forum hcfr.
Je ne peux pas échanger avec vous en anglais.

 

Welcome to the forum! That is fine @ptitmick22 but sorry, this is an English Speaking forum and so please use a translator going forward.

 

sorry, I understand and will do it next time

 

@ptitmick22 - no worries. You'll find this an extremely friendly and helpful forum

 

I'm sure

 

I seriously think that Zidoo has abandoned us. It's been way too long without any news or even a verbal update...... they just take your money and leave you with a broken state machine that will only get worse as other programs and sites update.

 

Inspector ROZEL will not like what you wrote
ROZEL does not like when bad things are written about ZIDOO

 

If IMDB or TMDB updates their site it will cause HT4 issues. That is why it is relevant to have other media managers working.

 

I dont feel we have a broken player, but this is highly suspect of Zidoo to go this long without regular firmware cycles. Perhaps they are leaving the multimedia market and going to use all resources on digital audio niche products that 15% of the world can justify a purchase of. They have not released a cycle of video players since 2020. That is 3 years give / take. Yes Covid was a major factory, but they should have had boots on the ground for a 2023 cycle with announcements in Oct-Nov 2022. Instead we see amazon offerings dwindle, engineers in hiding, and a non-existent presence of products coming soon other than digital music clients.

 

They're back!......me - sits down to read the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff...again.

Although, in fairness, the lack fw updates of late is a valid point.

 

we do have very good working Plex (PlexToZidoo) and Jellyfin that works better than HT if people get a server up and running.

 

Thanks for the info about Zdmc.

I bought a Z9x because of being the only DV capable solution for my both lossless audio hometheater setups. My only reason to use Zdmc/kodi is because i use a rar archive addon for my personal library, else i would use HT which looks very sleek. I requested this as soon as i noticed that most of my library wasn't detected in HT, but you can read it over these forums.
Universal Media Server is the only other solution for archive reading but it's too instable.
I've spent quite a lot on purchasing different media players over the past decade and here we are, still waiting for the perfect one or at least the closest.
So hopefully, devs were just on vacation and will come back with a good surprise.

 

Well the next Chinese Holiday coming up in a couple of weeks is Ching Ming Festival or Tomb Sweeping on 5th April, lets hope we don't get a death notice for Zidoo

 

I can't tell you much, but I can tell you that won't happen.

 

Hope !!!

 

Thanks Mark, that's reassuring.

I'm sure we'll have a good surprise with a next FW full of improvements and new features

 

Good joke. Five month and not even only one message is ridiculous and feels like a punch in the face of all buyers.

 

They are not our friends guys,

This is a company that has so far been kind enough to offer some proximity to us on this forum or Facebook and offer FWs every 2-3 months usually.

I don't see anywhere that they have an obligation to provide FWs or news regularly.

I even think they are doing better than other companies.

Mark says not to worry, trusting him.