there have been changes with himedia boxes over the years when it comes to BDMV/BD ISO.

go back 6 years, they already can play BDMV DTSHDMA, DDtrueHD - with native player, not Kodi player.
go back 3 years, they can play DD Atmos as well but not DTSX - with native player, not Kodi player.

himedia since 3 years ago decided to go international, got Futeko as main distributor in UK for europe.
the customers there want playback with Kodi player as many want the extras - thumbnails, categorization, etc.
they also want facebook, skype and youtube 1080p/4k in the firmware (and dun care about astrogo, hyppe'where. ).
so, u can see where that led to.

comes Q5/Q10pro... with latest firmware, u get a wrapper to "wrap" a local playback with kodi to push it thru native himedia player.
this is quite clever: no need to deal with kodi issues while all the extras are fine; actually playing with native player with imprex2 engine.
with auto frame switching, HDR, ddatmos, dtsx capabilities too.

kodi 17.5 made it possible for Q5/Q10pro to stream online with DD/DD+ and DTS transcoding to DD (i like this one very much.).
with earlier versions kodi 17.0-17.4, u can only get AAC2.0.
but there is still one more challenge - can't do DTS/DTSHDMA pass through for kodi online streams yet.

firmware 2.0.6 also offers full BD menu for 1080p and 4K - i love this one but no use for those who dun play BDMV.

me, i am used to fast and easy local playback, never go thru kodi.
so, i do file manager or media center to get to native player for my own files - like it fast n easy.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Nov 12 2017, 10:26 PM

I'm using AVR that support DTSHDMA so i will stick with the native player.

I did not get the full BD menu thou, maybe not the latest firmware, where can i download the latest firmware? Can update from the box itself or need to download?

Also how do we install ipk? Any link to share?

Thanks mate

What firmware do u hv now?

If in doubt, try contacting seller, he should know what he sold u.

Excellent summary! I have just ordered the Q10 Pro, so can I conclude that I must request for Android 7 with the latest 2.0.6 firmware?

YES.

And with OpenBlurayMode.apk installed.

Just checked my firmware, its version 205 & do not have BD menu.

Is there any way i can download & update the firmware by myself? Otherwise need to send back to seller which means need to travel.

Just done all the settings & calibration on my TV & sound system, this player exceeded my expectations on audio & video, loving it!

Here....

if new to such a device, it would be useful to get some help in the beginning.
longer term, u will hv to DIY.
the learning process will take time... fumble, mistakes, etc... all of us started that way.

if 2.0.5, the bluray patch may be already installed, perhaps not opened yet.
go to settings, more, apps... find it, open.

u can find what u want here:
http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?board=14.0
take time to read, esp the instructions.
becos i read many users screw up becos they don't read!

himedia official firmwares page:
http://www.himediatech.com/support.htm

Dear friend,

Need some guidance, I have a Q10 pro hooking up to my router with a LAN cable while my pc is connected thru wifi 5G, running on unifi 50Mbps. I can access my pc's movie files (mostly BDMV around 45Gb) in my Q10 pro via Media Center. However, when playing them, movies judders and not smooth at all. Is that because the connection is via wifi? Any solution on this? PC in in my study room which is about 15 ft away and LAN cable is not possible. I can always use the external hdd but sometimes just out of convenient sake, trying to short cut it since all is hooked up in the network. Another problem is that I think my external hdd is about to kaput soon and buying a new one is not cheap anymore nowdays.

what router r u using?

using media center LAN, i.e. samba?

i hv a similar set up but 50ft wifi 2.4ghz - can get the smaller files playing; big ones can't do - bit rate too high.

if u hv a good router and all compatible connections, cables, i would thought it should work with 5ghz at 15ft.

if that doesn't work... i hv read people saying NFS works better than samba.

one thing for sure, those using NAS+media center have reported no problems with big files.


sorry not much help. maybe some users with actual setups can assist!

using TP Link Archer C5 and yes via media center lan. Thanks bro, no prob, hopefully some one might be able to shed some light.

Hi AV Fan,

Need some help.
Trying to set up the HDD in my Q10. It's a new WD 2TB drive.
It appears in the Disk Management Console but as "Unknown" and when I try to initialize it, it says "The device is not ready".Any suggestions?

u mean ext HDD or SATA HDD for internal?

for new SATA drive, there is a procedure to initiialize.

where did u buy the box... no help from seller?

Internal SATA drive, bought the Q10 from Lazada (LC Marketing).
Looking at the guides online, seemed straightforward but ???
Haven't asked the seller yet.

Try connect to pc and Partition first , then format.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 15 2017, 08:19 PM

i hv not performed the procedure myself.

so, can't be sure of it.

best u try asking seller.

i transferred my old sata drive from another box, works fine, auto.

Thanks man

Thanks man, As from what i understand, if i don't use Kodi i will be just good be using the official firmware from Himedia? By using the native player?

If i wants to use Kodi then the custom firmware will be better as it comes with more features?

Thanks bud!

the customized firmware from futeko... i do not know much but i can see it gives a diff UI, a few additional features like power control.
and i think it fine tunes the autoframe switching feature.
i don't think it changed kodi app in any major way, except it was able to do aac5.1 for online streams.
but that is moot now as current kodi 17.5 allows dd/dd+5.1 unlike previous versions.

there is also another customized firmware to go androidtv - i may try it one day when i feel up to it!
frankly, unless u r well versed with these matters and know exactly what u r doing, better not do it.

for local playback, you can just use the native player - easier, faster.

Anyone having problem with their imprex video flickering problem?

Owned a preown q5pro, notice some dark screen flickering issue when the imprex is turn on and playing video on certain apps such as kodi, rss player.

Do some googling, the solution is turn off imprex completely which im doing so but don't get to enjoy imprex engine. Any other solution.