which version of fireware is the best so far?

Reborn[Tai] · 04-08-2008

hi everyone i am a new user of this forum and i gonna buy m6sl(4GB)soon.
i had read many posts about this player and found that the firmware is the main issue(shuttering etc), so can anyone tell me which version is the best so that i can update it after i buy my m6sl?(i heard that 2.004.6 make worse for the sound quality compare to previous version)

thanks

stonecoldd · 04-08-2008

there is stuttering in all firmware versions (it's yet to be fixed)....and there's no reason as to why there would be loss of sound quality in any firmware version...so no..all firmware versions contain the same sound quality and unfortunately the same stuttering issue...the only disadvantage in 2.004.5/6 is the 'library update' which takes wayy longer than the previous firmware versions....other than that it's a decent update from the older firmwares...

trane · 04-08-2008

I dunno for an SL version but I guess it is the same as with an SP version as the Samsung LCD display remains the same

and here the tricky thing is that :

1)not two M6 versions are guaranteed to display the 'same image' ; at this hardware level it is very difficult to tell if it is due to some 'variations' among the LCDs that Meizu gets from Samsung , or if there has been some tweakings on the M6 ,at the hardware leve, from time to time

2) all this gets even more difficult to handle when you realize that , for a given one M6 , the firmware version does change the display aspect ; for instance on a M6 8GB I tried a 4.3 ( or some previous 4.x version , don't remember exactly which one) firmware and it turned out that the screen was much overbright which would cause obvious color banding and clouding in dark areas

so I *had to* get back to even 2.002.3 firmware to get rid of these annoying problems and get a smooth more natural display with (almost) no visible artefacts ; a more recent 2.003.2 was close though.

I have no real clue whether it is only hardware related or a mixed bag with firmware but since I did noticed this simply by watching , all I can say is that the firmware version can modify the way the LCD will display, this contrary to what Meizu says "display aspect is only hardware related" ...

as a consequence you have to be careful with your video encodings since upgrading to a more recent firmware can.... 'boost' the visible perception of compression artefacts ! not much interesting

my 2 cts on firmwares --as for video only

pico · 04-08-2008

I have not had such stuttering problem on my M6SL. Have tried both 2.004.5 & 2.004.6.

Somebody has said that the M6SL is stutter free but I can't remember that post.

Speeder · 04-09-2008

There have been posts about stuttering MP3 files on the SL too as far as my memory goes. But it only comes when one uses MP3 files, most often with more special ID3 tags. (Mostly cuz of album art).
If one uses oggs for example, it won't stutter ever.

shillo · 04-10-2008

what is the stuttering issue? i dont think i have encountered it so what are the specific symptoms of stuttering issue? do you mean the music stutters or the video? if so then i dont have the problem.

stranded · 04-10-2008

right before track ends player loops the sound for like 1-2 seconds, it doesn't really happen to me that often

doesn't happen at all if you listen to WMA's

ArgentSilver · 04-13-2008

Well, as a new user of an M6 SL which came with 2.004.4, my experience says stay with that version and don't upgrade to 2.004.6! I made the mistake of doing that right out of the box and found that the 'Update library' function took longer than 5 minutes with it (I have 870 mp3's on there). I couldn't believe it! Went back to the older version in desperation, and it is hugely faster! Takes maybe a minute or 1.5 min. Unless there's something special you want in the latest version, I can't see why anyone would want it... I haven't seen the stuttering problem with either version.

chinLao · 05-09-2008

I've been using the Dane-Elec SP v2.002.3 for over a year now with no stuttering effect at all.

Though, I am getting the occasional erratic noise in the middle of the song..

All I use is mp3.

rtl84 · 05-14-2008

I second ArgentSilver, i'm staying at 2.004.4 on my SL too, tried 2.004.6 but it was approximately 50% slower when it's updating music library.