I read something about that at futeko.

It seems majority dun hv this issue, some do.

I don't. Not with kodi or rss or any app.

I suspect firmware installation issue.

U may want to consider fresh reinstall 2.0.6 totally from scratch.

Don't worry mate, i used to upgrade firmware on my previous media players.

Just that I never use any android player before therefor asking.

In fact i use it mainly to playback files that i downloaded to my NAS.

Anyway thanks a lot

How to fresh install?

Follow instruction below?

Firmware Upgrade by Recovery Mode (user data will be cleared)
1.Download a new firmware and place the firmware onto the ROOT directory of a USB drive.
2. Plug the USB drive into an empty USB HOST on the SMART TV BOX.
3.With the SMART TV BOX turned off,use a paper clip or pen point to press and hold the small pinhole restore button on the SMART TV BOX
4.While pressing the restore button,turn on the SMART TV BOX. Continue to hold the restore button for 5 more seconds,then release it.
5.The SMART TV BOX will begin upgrading the firmware from the USB drive.
6. Wait for the SMART TV BOX to complete the upgrade. Please be patient as it may take around 5 minutes to complete.
7. When finished, The SMART TV BOX will auto reboot.

That is the base procedure for a clean install.

But u will need to do a series of updates, in seqence.

Depending if u r on android 5 or 7 now.

Also, u can't go straight to latest 2.0.6, need intermediate steps.

Possible the flickering problem may be due to old firmware or a missed sequence.

U got pm.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Nov 16 2017, 05:32 PM

actually how does this flickering problem look like? i tried to google search for a video but unable to find. Reason I ask is bcos sometime when I am watching movie (BDMV as well as MKV files) using a usd hdd, the screen suddenly turn black with lightning flashes of red or blue or green color in split mili seconds, just flashes very very brief and movie playback back to normal. It was random, means that those flashes happens not at the same timing, sometimes happened and sometime it doesn't. I suspect it could be due to my old usb hdd that was giving me the problem....or maybe it cud be due to this imperex flikering thing?

This post has been edited by arrsoo: Nov 16 2017, 05:46 PM

The contrast suddenly dim when picture with dark or black. Quite annoying at times... lol....

This one, i think is due to hdmi cable.

Check cable, connections.

tested 2 cables, seems the same

Time to change TV?

LOL, already wanted to changed to 4K TV last time but my eyes cannot take it, I will feel nauseous after staring at it within minutes, dunno why. I just hope that my plasma wont die so fast

Ah... that may explain it.

Old plasma works best on old videos.

Seriously, even cheap 4k tvs can't do 4k hdr well.

So, either stay with old or move on with latest...

Could be the aggressive motion handling, like the soap opera effect (which I detest heavily) or how 3D glasses cause headaches in some people. In which case, you can ask that they switch it out of store mode to movie mode, turn off the extra motion handling and see if its better.

This post has been edited by voncrane: Nov 16 2017, 07:07 PM

not really so, those movies that gave me most problem were those old smaller mkv files which were about 10Gb and below, those newer 40Gb+ BDMV files not so much but still affected

hmm...interesting. What is the technical term for motion handling called? Or if i mention motion handling engine, they should understand?

This post has been edited by arrsoo: Nov 16 2017, 11:25 PM

very easy to find answer...

take the box+hdd to neighbor or fren, plug into his tv, hopefully new, 4k.

ask him too if he likes what he sees.

I believe it's referred to as "Motion Interpolation".. Which in essence can be described as a feature whereby the TV increases the video's framerate, typically in order to match the TV's upper framerate limit. It's done to reduce judder effect while making movement in videos appear smoother. Sometimes it's done so well that a soap opera effect is realized. Some people can notice this, others don't and need to have it pointed out to them (cough..spouse..cough). Same way, some love it, others hate it. I hate it as it makes movements look unreal to me.

It goes by different names on different TV brands. They are all essentially the same, just different names for marketing and IP/copyright purposes. These are some of their names:
Samsung TVs......Auto Motion Plus/Motion Rate 240
Sony............Motionflow/Motionflow XR
LG........TruMotion/True Motion

Within the menu, they can be reduced or in most TVs, completely disabled.

This post has been edited by voncrane: Nov 17 2017, 12:46 AM

lol, perhaps to your place?

btw, since my unifi is 100Mbps now, i tested streaming files from pc to play on himedia thru wifi. seems those 45gb bdmv files still stutters while mkv filve below 20gb runs smoothly. but due to the location of my pc, the unifi download speed is only 85mbps while upload speed is 35mbps, cannot get full speed. Streaming files from pc in my case will hv to depends on my download speed or up load speed? any idea?

great info, thanks a lot man. Hopefully that is really the case

This post has been edited by arrsoo: Nov 17 2017, 12:44 AM

In your case, the streaming speed is actually dependent on the health and speed of the LAN network, not internet speed. You could be using Unifi's 5Mbps plan and still have superior LAN connections. What you are experiencing is a bottleneck caused by either... Router transfer speeds limitations, WiFi (particularly congestion) or the himedia device even the wifi card in your PC. If the router is a capable one, then try both the PC and box connected via ethernet cable directly to the router.

You are welcome.. If that's the case, then fret not.. Easy fix and you can upgrade to your heart's content..

This post has been edited by voncrane: Nov 17 2017, 12:58 AM

wireless will still be tough.

u may want to read this... some samba patch to incr the speed... i never tried...

http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=1479.0

FYI... KODI...

if yr box is set on auto update, it will now show kodi 17.6 - krypton final version.

also, expect popular addons like covenant to stop working:
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ga...l-a8059271.html
http://www.techradar.com/news/kodi-add-on-...of-legal-action

at this time, quasar is still working fine.