Firmware 1.6.1

[BAFelton]

New FW available here http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/caanoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,42,743

 

[ruffnutts]

Lets see more people try first lol, have you installed it yet BAFelton?

 

[kayuz]

installed now on my caanoo
changing the startup logo, really nice now, and i think a bit more quick then the previous firmware
plus you can see small improvements in the options, type in the vibration...
but remember, is a very small update..
ps: when you are updating you can see the date 4/4/2011... so, the firmware is dated to april and they release it only now? mah

 

[ruffnutts]

Been ages since they updated, you think they would give a little more but hay.. its an update :unsure:

EDIT: Installed it anyway lol

Dont know wheather it was just me but MK Trilogy seemed very fast at 700Mhz on Pcsx4all :unsure:

 

[BAFelton]

Lets see more people try first lol, have you installed it yet BAFelton?

Yep, didn't see any changes but the logo ( this time we won't play forward ). Needs to be tested a bit more...

 

[yoshi41dragon]

Did you run the Benchmark ?

Previous FW updates were always slower than 1.0.6.

 

[BAFelton]

WIZ 1.2.1 : 332.2 / 242.9 / 169.6 / 233.9 / 73.8 / 20.9 / 5.3

FW 1.0.6 : 331.5 / 252.3 / 162.5 / 251.3 / 59.3 / 21.8 / 5.1

FW 1.5.0 : 298.2 / 216.8 / 146.0 / 215.9 / 56.7 / 18.5 / 4.7

FW 1.6.0 : 289.3 / 210.7 / 141.3 / 209.4 / 55.0 / 18.9 / 4.6

FW 1.6.1 : 298.2 / 216.8 / 145.9 / 215.9 / 56.7 / 19.5 / 4.7

 

[thegame86]

Snes emulation feels faster, yoshi's island is more playable on pocketsnes 7.2 especially on fast mode

 

[kayuz]

this time we won't play forward

:lol:
agree with you, i've tested some thing like games and also emu and all work a little quickly
if Gph release an update only for change the logo.... :lol:

 

[ruffnutts]

So I was right MK Trilogy was faster on Pcsx4all, you could so feel it and see it for the matter lol

 

[RupeeClock]

So overall, this new firmware improves the experience, not as good as 1.0.6 apparently but better than 1.6.0 was.

I'll have to update mine.

 

[stpat]

Do we know what caused the performance drop after firmware 1.0.6? I read through all the firmware related posts, but couldn't find anything.

So overall, this new firmware improves the experience, not as good as 1.0.6 apparently but better than 1.6.0 was.

I'll have to update mine.

 

[RupeeClock]

I haven't been paying much mind lately, has anyone been developing an alternative firmware for the Caanoo like Open2X?
Obviously there'd be the benefit of producing an optimised or 'lite' firmware capable of processing far more efficiently than the stock firmware.

 

[ruffnutts]

Wish they gave us something better in the firmware its been such a long time dont ya think?

 

[RetroVortex]

Really wish they could improve the music function.

(I don't think there are any playlist support. (never checked))

Would be nice to have a little submenu on click, (so you can make a playlist on the fly), search folders and auto build a temporary list.

(I like to put my mp3s in folders you see, and it would be convenient that I can just random play all music instead of having to do it all manually)

 

[lnx64]

The new boot logo has an ugly bug. The honeycomb background is not consistant, and looks like it was pasted in place.

 

[Luo=-_]

1.0.6 1.5.0 1.6.0 1.6.1
Blitting Test 324.0 298.2 298.3 298.2
Plasma 230.1 216.9 216.8 216.8
Rotozoomer 157.6 146.0 145.9 145.9
Rotozoomer near 229.4 216.1 215.9 215.9
Rotozoomer far 63.7 56.7 56.7 56.7
Radial blur 19.3 18.5 19.4 19.6
3D bunny 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.7

results after firm upgrades one after another...using a Transcend 32gb Class 10 from Deal Extreme.
i don't test emuls and games yet...

Luo=-_

 

[Akabei]

I don´t know, why they don´t manage to reach the speed of 1.06. That´s what i expected at least, but this "new" one is useless.
I really like my Caanoo, but GPH is annoying.

 

[lnx64]

My bench results: 298.2, 216.6, 145.9, 215.9, 56.7, 19.4, 4.6

 

[markpeterjameslegg]

Can we not still use 1.0.6, or is it now incompatible with emulators?