Hi,
To all those interested, there is a fork of XBMC named SPMC (XBMC13.3-SPMC(2)) which works very well on Himedia devices (my device is a Q3II)

It is available on google playstore for download and install or it may be downloaded from Koying website for Semper SPMC (do a google search)

The advantage is that hardware acceleration and software acceleration is enabled and there is nothing to turn off in the video settings.

It will install additionally to your XBMC so you can try it without losing your existing XBMC configuration, this worked for me but please be careful and backup your userdata if you do not want to lose anything.

If I install SPMC from the play store will it coexist with XBMC or overwrite it? If it overwrites does it retain my settings (skins, add-ons, paths, advanced settings.xml, etc).

I just got XBMC set up just the way I like it but I have a weird bug with the fast forwarding that I think I heard was fixed with SPMC.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

They will coexist.
The file path where all the files xbmc uses changes in spmc from org.xbmc.xbmc to com.semperpax.spmc

If you want to keep all your addons/settings/skin/advancedsettings copy the contents from /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc to /sdcard/Android/data/com.semperpax.spmc/files/.xbmc

Make sure to not uninstall xbmc until you install spmc, run it once and copy the proper files over to the new path.

Hope this helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/he...o-spmc-t2857291

hi guys... just a dumb question in regards to my q5ii non-eMMc... can this box read chinese filenames???? is there a setting to it??? it seems that my box cannot read filenames in chinese from my USB or NFC to HDD... please advise... thanks alot

it should read, no setting required.

what app do u use to read the hdd? media player, file manager, es file explorer, etc?

i think some files when sent via email or copied using certain apps can change the characters to boxes or gibberish alphanumeric. can a pc read them?

I'm just using the NFC function to access my HDD or while using USB will be using File Explorer but there is no Chinese writing file found, NOT even gibberish... its so weird... normal copy and paste the file to USB or HDD same thing, can't read. Any ideas to make it work????

i dunno nfc...

but using es file explorer, it shud read. i just tried it, chinese comes out.

try this - plug the hdd into usb port and read with file manager, the native app. if it still doesn't show, then something is wrong.

again this chinese name file can't read, can yr pc read it?

I tried plugging in the USB thumbdrive open with native file manager, cannot find the chinese written file. Open in PC it is there in the tumbdrive.

Ohhh one more thing will different file formats be a problem??? Cause the file is in .rmvb, trying out the old Stephen Chow's movie files.

hi,
am using q5 ii emmc version,for the past 2weeks, am encountering aproblem to accss to hitv apps,it always prompt me invalid data err code:3.-3.

also,am not able to make use of my internet browser,even after iinstall chrome.... trying to accss azdrama site.... the browser will jz open and exit by it's own....

anybody have the same problem as me? appreciate anybody can guide/help me to resolve the problem.... tqtq

Guys i need some help, i've looked all over the internet and this is my last stop before i give up. I have a HiMedia 600A non android i think, it's a couple years old. All the streaming stuff no longer works for a couple months (says, "cannot play this file".) I've tried the lastest firmware 1.0.9.5 for this box but still isn't working. Is this box obsolete? I see a lot of people have Android boxes and i've read some where that it's possible to flash firmware to android, is this possible? or is there another solution for this box? any help is appreciated, thank you.

i m not user of this model but newer one.

my experience is tech is changing very fast, regulators clamping down, site owners upgrading all the time and dodging bullets.

yr model is probably 3-4 yrs old in the market, realtek chipset i think. not surprising if it can't cope with some the latest apps. android version has now reached 5.0 alto 4.4 kitkat is still very much in use.

i think firmware will not help much. youtube, browser shud be ok but china sites are getting barricaded more and more, probably due to regulatory pressure. one's got to search for hacked app versions, use of workable dns, proxies or vpn to access them. e.g.
http://down.znds.com/
of course, need to be able to read chinese...

i suppose it's time for u to get a new one. but the old one can still be used for usb playback, not wasted...

thanks for the reply,

yeah, i still use it for usb playback, was hoping i could fix it for my parents to watch chinese stuff. it's still a very good box, haven't had a file that it couldn't play yet.

Himedia q3 quad problem when i play same series of mkv file it will have "tick tick" sound after play the file for more than 15 min but after stop and resume the sound gone it. FYI when i play the same file in Himedia Q5 no such problem.
Can anyone help
tq

I'm using the original media player from file manager now try to use mx player c still got or not

btw thanks for ur reply