i guessed as much...

playback usb with xbmc has always been an issue, unless u root, crack...? think whitelighter can help you on this.

i never use it that way as the native player is good.

and... 5mbps shud be good enough for the most part.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 8 2014, 10:17 PM

now that juniper has told us how to get gotham 13.1 working (system/settings/video/acceleration, disable mediacodec), you need not go back to hiplayer 12.2. gotham is neater, no need any advancedsettings.xml.

again.... anyone not getting good worldcup2014 video with cloudtv or aotg, pls try xbmc/navi-x. there are several links there, at least one or two will work fine at any one time.

it is always better to be wired than wireless, if you can help it.
i have one wired, one wireless. for weaker links or when speed fluctuates, wireless fail more often.

it is true when the traffic gets heavy, many of the channels keep buffering.
still, i always manage to find one that works all the way.
i find the austrian, australian, brazilian and russian channels better than the rest.
i just noticed the the new bright green navi-x on gotham has a lot more new worldcup/sports channels - when the games are almost over!

thanks.
but i have not noticed these improvements yet.
maybe becos i do not do much media playback with it, using another player usually.

there r many dns u can try. google n u will find some.
e.g. 8.8.8.8 and 1.2.4.8

even so, they may only work with some channels in hitv. i find vqq n pptv best, always work. youku n qiyi never work.

those dns may also work better with mangotv n moretv.

in settings, same page as where you do firmware update.
find ethernet and wifi - ip, dns, proxy are set up there.


*** careful... write down all original settings before attempting to change anything!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 11 2014, 12:41 AM

just a small tip for those looking for chinese-taiwanese-korean-japanese-thai drama series/movies with english subs.

i hv not come across a good app for that, but this website has something to offer:
http://www.justseries.tv/

just use the browser to access it.

decent content, pretty smooth.

only problem is the navigation on the device is cumbersome, i.e. can sort by genre but cannot sort by chinese, korean, etc. or drama, movies. this is strange as all sortings can be done on pc - probably some specific android version bug.

anyway, better something than nothing!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 13 2014, 12:58 PM

it's browser based. no apk that i know of.

but... there may be or as addon to some app as i know justseries is from same people who do justanime which is available via xbmc.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 19 2014, 01:12 PM

yes, i just saw the warning came up today.

it was all fine a few days ago.

so, people do be careful with this justseries.tv.

isn't the difference just q3ii can't deliver dtshdma/ddtruehd while q5ii can?

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 22 2014, 05:59 PM

i just noticed 1.0.7 emmc eng firmware now gives a slightly different imgotv (mangotv).

the "timeshift" or china live tv stations have been removed. good news is i can find it, called "live tv" in my apps, so it can be accessed again but separately.

anyone experiencing same, look for it in my apps. if not there, then need to reinstall the app separately.

hmm... something i dun follow...

1.0.6 had mangotv with timeshift. timeshift removed from mangotv with 1.0.7.

u mean timeshift will return to mangotv once they somehow phased out live tv?

hitv if eliminated.... bad news...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 22 2014, 09:56 PM

i see...

i hope the legal mangotv will have at least some china livetv channels.

one thing, overall, mangotv is not as smooth as hitv, at least for the stuff i watch.

anyway, i hope it all works out satisfactorily for all existing and new users.

this is impt... for anyone who missed it since xbmc is the mother of all apps!

i have installed and tried xbmc 13.1 gotham thru n thru on himedia q5ii emmc and non-emmc. it's good.

so, forget all the previous headaches with advancedsettings.xml, hiplayer 12.2, frodo 12.3, etc.

should work the same with other himedia models.

just be sure to do this impt step after installing xbmc 13.1 gotham:


another xbmc tip i will repeat here:

using es file explorer, save on yr usb drive a copy of the folder org.xbmc.xbmc found in sdcard/android/data. with that, you can install xbmc 13.1 gotham on any other similar android, just copy and paste that folder in the right place to get all the settings and addons u had. no need to go thru the gruelsome steps of fusion-xfinity-mashup, unzip, addons enable, naxi-x, subtitles, etc., etc...!!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 23 2014, 07:33 PM

as per yr tip, i installed free avast antivirus. then used chrome browser instead of hibrowser.

watched several episodes of a korean series w/eng subs w/o problem with justseries.tv.

no malware message anymore!

check q16!
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=3201002&hl=

ya, the manufacturer is chinese, not great with english documentation.
but the box itself when u use it, can do, won't be problematic with english firmware.

i may have posted this before...


i do not use dynamic dhcp but set ip to static, been experimenting different dns to see if any diff... for mangotv, hitv, cloudtv and xbmc.

after several tries, i'm still not sure but tend to conclude:

... compared to other open dns, use of dns 1.2.4.8 is better for mangotv, not much diff with hitv and cloudtv but worse for xbmc.
... when i revert to my usual dns, xbmc works better, no change for hitv and cloudtv, but mangto tv lags most of the time.

anyone tried?

nicety, hope u can comment, thanks!

ya, becos i spent a few hundred rm, got rid of astro and got more than what i was looking for.

also, sakit my friend buta-buta bought some other android, no support, can't get what wifey n child wanted, had to junk it and buy another one. i told him to gift it away at festive season!!

good hardware, good sellers must support. lousy products, lousy sellers, ignore la...!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 25 2014, 07:27 PM

likely the q5 isn't as good as the q5ii emmc. x8h... i checked it out, almost recommended to a fren but noticed it can't passthru hd audio, not so good if u hv a good theater system. anyway, hope u get what u r looking for with that device, that's most impt.

i hv spent a lot of money on av hardware n software my life, so it's gud to share... i m also a big fan of sharp tv's, ac ryan media players n unifi broadband. gud products, buy it, gud for many years, problem free....!!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 26 2014, 01:47 AM

quite common... diff files come with diff levels of audio encoding. playing the file with diff players like bluray, media player, direct tv can also give diff loudness levels.

lastly, press yr remote control loudness buttons when playing - sometimes it drops to minimum!