Meizu M6 "miniplayer"

[nexxyz]

Hi!

I've used Rockbox on my iRiver H340 for a while now and love it!

I recently ordered a Meizu M6 "miniplayer".
http://en.meizu.com/product_m6.asp
Of course "What about Rockbox? I would love to stick with it!" came to mind.

Searching for the player I found the following thread (has been locked):
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=7430.0

It apparently contains a link to a pic of the innards of the M6:
http://my.opera.com/inokia/albums/showpic.dml?album=83493&picture=1088876

It also contains an outdated link to a page that supposedly states that the CPU is the same as in the iRiver E10, which is also mentioned in this thread:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=4291.0

I'd really like to see a port to the Meizu M6 happen, and would be more than willing to actively work on it and do some heavy time investment, as well as limited money investment (for development players etc.) as soon as I am convinced we have a team that can indeed tackle the problem at hand, and have enough info about the hardware, or at least rather reliable methods of obtaining this info.

I would consider myself an average programmer, and have never participated in anything like this before, so more experienced members would most definitely be needed to see this port through. I have coded a bit for the Nintendo DS, but nothing big (yet). I would see such a project as a possibility to enhance Rockbox compatibility, and of course, to have fun and learn a lot at the same time.

If you are interested in working on such a port project, I would be quite happy to hear from you!

[Bagder]

As usual, start with reading the NewPort wiki page as it gives a good overview of what you need to go through to make a new port a reality.

[markun]

a better place to ask for help would be a Meizu forum I think

Here's a little bit of information on the CPU in the M6:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SamsungSA58

[nexxyz]

Thanks for the tips!

I read the New Ports FAQ/wiki page, of course, and am going to look around the Meizu forums, but first I wanted to check if there are any Rockbox enthusiasts around that would be interested in such a project, since I guess if there aren't any, I might as well drop the issue altogether...

[Llorean]

The key is finding anyone to work on it, they don't have to be Rockbox programmers beforehand. And the most likely people are owners of the player. It really doesn't matter if "Rockbox enthusiasts" are interested in it or not, in the end.

[Bagder]

I can assure you that there will be a team of Rockbox hackers ready to welcome your port and to help and guide you through it. For the actual hands-on hacking you of course need to own the device the port is made for.

[nexxyz]

Thanks a lot for the info, I also posted in the Meizu M6 Rockbox thread at meizume.com:
http://www.meizume.com/showthread.php?t=1371&page=2

As for Rockbox hackers helping but needing the hardware: I imagine the player will become more widely available in the near future, as it seems to get pretty popular...and as I said, I am willing to invest time and a bit of money, so once the basics are cleared, and we've got the people together and know it is possible to do the port with acceptable quality we will see where necessary players for development might come from for the interested skilled people who cannot afford them.

EDIT:
Found a nice photo series including disassembly:
http://www.soomal.com/gb/001/007/00000091.htm

[EVIL_USER]

This topic has died?
What adout port to M6?

PS: Sorry for my bad english

[nexxyz]

It seems so...

Afer asking around the Meizu community, I got the impression that there is not really much demand aside from myself for such a port.

The original firmware is not great (heck, it doesn't even play back some mp3s correctly!), but I have decided I can live with it for now.

However, my statements above still hold true should someone start a port or convince me otherwise on the point of demand.

[vcf]

well i dont think that miniplayer users wont like rockbox on theire players if you visit en.meizu.com or meizume.com forums you will see how many people want rockbox.......  

[vcf]

so guys! i had just bought the miniplayer sp 8gb! its cool.i could help to make the frimware. lets start!
p.s i can dissembly the player to
i thins we should start from writing a wiki page?

[LinusN]

so guys! i had just bought the miniplayer sp 8gb! its cool.i could help to make the frimware. lets start!
p.s i can dissembly the player to
i thins we should start from writing a wiki page?

Here are some pointers:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/NewPort

Good luck!

[vcf]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/MeizuM6Port this is the wiki page dress now we need to add information here!how should i do this?

[markun]

Just copying all the info from another wiki page is not really useful. I replaced it by a mostly empty skeleton.

[vcf]

thanks
here are some nice pictures of meizu inside
http://player.ru/talk/showthread.php?t=26017&page=4
http://www.soomal.com/gb/001/007/00000091.htm
here are steps for upgraiding the frimware
http://en.meizu.com/userforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=363
the information is added.finding new......
What are our second steps in development?