the YouTube thingy is a well known problem. but u can easily get utube elsewhere... either use the browser or find it in xbmc. no sweat.

or wait for next official firmware 1.0.5 which is said to have corrected the utube problem. there seems to be a version u can get from baidu or elsewhere but I dare not try, i will wait. can check if available under settings, upgrade. at this time, nothing.....

gosh..is that so?..hurm, i prefer to use youtube app simply because it allows me watching videos in high quality where as in browser, i seems cannot change the quality setting..

ya, waiting for firmware upgrade as well..

Try install Youtube for Google TV version 1.7.3.

Refer to this article for more information and download link:
http://voyager8.blogspot.com/2014/03/youtu...works-with.html

For upgrade to 1.0.5, can refer to here:
http://voyager8.blogspot.com/2014/01/upgra...oid-tv-box.html

The latest version is now 1.0.6, which you can upgrade using the same method.

thanks for link.

i actually had that from another user who got it successfully.

but i don't know why i can't, stuck at 0, 1, 2, 5% forever...

one strange thing i observe... from the 2 links, it looks like the same. so, for the same model, the file name shud b the same, but no... they come out, incomplete as:

BaiduYunGuanjia_4.5.0.exe.yyilc59
BaiduYunGuanjia_4.5.0.exe.6o2xffo

in fact, i think each time you dwnld supposedly the same file, a diff file name comes out. strange...

also very curious why is it a baidu thing? why doesn't himedia have it in their website? still alpha or beta, not official?

i really don't want to install it only to find all kinds of errors!



anyone, user or seller, if u r around, kindly address this issue. tq.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Mar 12 2014, 01:52 PM

The links are official, and the original announcements and discussions were made here:
http://bbs.himedia.cn/forum.php

Their website is not well maintained. The 1.0.3 link in their website was also posted after people made a lot of noise in the forum about why the download was announced in the forum but nothing in their website.

In the same forum, you can also find solution about rooting the box, installing back the Google Playstore which was removed from the latest firmware, and many other tips and tricks.

alright, thanks for explanation. will try again...

seems the reason i couldn't dwnld 1.0.5 was because 1.0.6 was about to come out!

this evening, a prompt came up on my q5ii, to update. took about 30 min, yep, 1.0.6 dated 6 mar.

what do i think of it? mixed...

good news:
.. youtube app is in there, it works
.. new launcher contains live tv (chinese channels), hitv (same as old), mango tv, media center, apps
.. live tv is like the old one, but now with many of them incl cctv, provincial stations in hd
.. mangotv is new, has a lot of stuff but not all links work, some lag bad. looks to me mangotv is a new consolidated chinese video app drawing on many sites
.. comes with separate qiyi-pps app

bad news:
.. it wipes out everything - all settings, ip, dns, whatever apps you install via apk's, e.g. cloudtv, xbmc
.. himedia browser gone, no more
.. no playstore, no histore (reinstalled old apps, don't work anymore)
.. xbmc gotham beta does not work on this firmware too

it's going to cause users a lot of frustration esp those who have little clue how to reinstall some apps.

fortunate for me, i kept on usb drive, a backup for browser, cloudtv, reinstalled. for xbmc, need to add sources, get addons, settings, advancesettings.xml all over again.

first glance, i m not sure if good value added with this 1.0.6. if no significant benefit, i hope they don't change firmware too often since it's time consuming to reinstall everything.


anyone having updated to 1.0.6, kindly share experience...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Mar 14 2014, 12:33 PM

From 1.0.5 to 1.0.6 is just a patch to the existing, and won't wipe out anything.

Google Playstore can be manually installed, but u need to get the root first.

The browser is there, u need to access it once before it shows up.

All the solutions can be found in their official forum.

my non-emmc q5ii was on 1.0.4.
the settings-update option did not offer 1.0.5, i checked several times before.
then, 1.0.6 prompt came up, updated.
in the above case, it wiped out everything.
not that i enjoy reinstalling all over again!
but i remember from 1.0.3 to 1.0.4 using settings-update, everything remained intact.
so, it is possible the wipeout was due to jump from 4 to 6.

anyway, let's see what others experience...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Mar 14 2014, 01:24 PM

Bro, you have installed the China firmware which do not have Google Play. There is English firmware 1.0.5 available, please get it from the seller you bought. Himedia only given English firmware to authorized reseller in oversea. The English firmware come with GooglePlay, HiBrowser, MangoTV, HiStore and etc.

ok, tq. good to know.

this really helps me..kudos

after a couple more days...

.. mangotv has a good offer. the videos are generally good, hd or sd. has a hongkong/cantonese section. thing is whether u can stream them nicely with yr box/broadband. i get some, can't get some.
.. livetv for chinese channels have better video, many in hd, all in correct aspect ratio; cctv5 is in hd, sports channel - hope this will carry worldcup 2014 live!

as mentioned by nicety, current 1.0.6 is a china version, not all suitable here. best to wait for coming 1.0.6 eng version for use here.

Hi.. Anyone here know where is the server of this box located? If possible the IP address?

slim chance for world cup action to be shown on CCTV5. if there is may be just a couple of matches. im pretty sure there will be dedicated channels for world cup being added when the season's approaching

I am looking for a himedia tvbox. I have very 8MBPS fibre optics from time.com, very fast and stable. Now my question is : can I watch china tv at HD (at least 720 or 1080) ? Hope anyone can answer my question before I can invest in a unit of Himedia !

there is no guarantee for smooth streaming china or uk or usa hd, be it himedia or lomedia or xyzbox, even with 20mbps. becos many factors involved.

my exp, i say himedia free china tv streaming is fair.

sd stuff, good, usually good enough. hd... depends which one u access. sometimes good, sometimes bad.

also, the same tv station can be good at one time and crap at another.

lower yr expectations vis-a-vis the price, u will be pleased.

one thing... u can try paid iptv sites, shud work better, i believe.

You mentioned paid IPTV sites, can give some examples such as the links to those websites for me to subscribe (must have china tv programs), thanks in advance !!!

i only know cloudtv, netflix and huluplus. chinese ones, think there r a few too. i have not used any of them.

off and on, u'll read some seller posting them for sale, some offer free trials. u'll have to lcoate the threads/posts, pm them.

or maybe start a new thread, invite them to pm you!

do check thoroughly... my view on this new exploding world of iptv via all kinds of boxes is that technology is changing very fast, many things get obsolete within a couple of years. so, reliable support and updates for hardware-firmwares-apps is critical. if not u spend the money only to find it gathering dust very quickly...