i do not know if this is a higher or lower model than the q5ii which is a popular model here now.

but from yr description, i guess the firmware is incorrect as it is to be used in china.

you will need to find the right one and reinstall.

well, that's why buying local with local support/warranty makes sense, most of the time...

first link, audio works, video doesn't.

same with my pioneer bluray and old acryan.

works only on pc with vlc player.

second link is faulty.

i seriously doubt anyone will pay for astro on an androidtv box.

with q5ii, u already get some of the channels astro offer, foc!

ok, not the most popular hd ones but the usual news, cartoons, sports channels available from various addons/sites.

moreover, so much to watch with just hitv and xbmc, u dun need more!!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 6 2014, 10:29 AM

i just tried astroonthego on q5ii and ipadmini. i have astro beyond.

easy to install, just register at astro, go to app store, the app is there.

for both q5ii and ipad, all come out sd, incl supposedly hd channels. hd ones come out a bit better but is not hd. tablet small, so ok.

fairly smooth, not much lagging, no crashing.

not everything u subscribe is available for streaming, only selected ones.

good news is for some tv series, the old episodes are there for u to watch. same with some other shows.

this onthego is a fairly useful feature, but i won't be keeping astro for long.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 18 2014, 02:39 PM

dunno leh... what not u try to play in full n see?

i played it again. Tablet small screen, hd ones good enuf.
non hd, not so good.
on big tv, not as good as astro decoder, naturally.

which begats the question is the new maxis-astro iptv package deliver as good hd as sat dish?

no need to dwnload any app for that.

go to myapps-himedia center (preinstalled) and select your drive, photos or videos or music...
combination of enter and menu on remote will get those going in any fashion u want.

or use myapps-file manager to do that, almost the same.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Mar 4 2014, 10:25 AM

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.....

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

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

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

ok, tq. good to know.

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.

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.

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...

i'll comment in this thread since the ts/seller in the other one seems to have gone awol, no response for so long...


current model is q5ii emmc. latest firmware is 1.0.6 emmc eng.
that firmware comes with xbmc 12.2 and a customised advancedsettings.xml.
this way, it works good up to 720 dts5.1, most 1080 will jerk/lag, unwatchable.
xbmc 12.2 is not as good as 12.3, so i applied that xml to 12.3 - same result.
applied the same xml to q5ii non-emmc xbmc 12.3, same result.
conclusion - this machine can play xbmc 12.3 up to 720, no problem.
1080 - tak pakai.

good if yr watch both chinese and english video - live tv and video on demand.
tonnes of chinese stuff to watch - live tv, tv series. movies, hd, sd... not all work smoothly but good enough.
couldtv, netflix, huluplus work fine, no problem.
english stuff in xbmc already commented above.
so, if yr taste is chinese-english mixed, good.
if u only want certain english stuff in highest hd, go check out something else.

the machine can handle dtshdma, bdmv/iso/m2ts, flac, 3d files playback via usb - good.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 13 2014, 06:50 PM

i know exactly wat u r talking about...

the media player is probably too simple. can't go deeper into the folders embedded inside.

no difference if u use file manager. no difference with 1.0.6 firmware.

the only way to go about it is u cut all the m2ts files and paste onto the main folder. then when u play the main folder it will read properly, one by one.

i have seen same problem with another media player, but in that player, it offers a browse option to go deeper into the folders, bdmv->stream where it will play correctly.

u mean playback a file via usb?

r u using media center or file manager or xbmc to play that?

model?

thanks, it was good for me to read it as it is consistent with all that I encountered.

that forum captures the problem of himedia streaming xbmc 720-1080 content incl frustrations and solutions, discussions on rooting, advancedsettings.xml, a himedia customised version xbmc 12.2 hiplayer.apk, non-emmc vs emmc model and firmware up to 1.0.4. unfortunately, there isn't any post on latest firmware 1.0.6. would be good if there are new posts in that forum for us to learn something from.

after some tests, i can reconfirm that the customised xbmc 12.2 will play 1080 aac2.0/dd5.1/dts5.1 smoothly on 1.0.6. however, this 12.2 version is unable to play some good addons, e.g. kissanime and buzzy sports in mashup, so i had reverted to 12.3 but applied the customised 12.2 advancedsettings.xml that came with the 1.0.6 firmware - this worked well for 720 but not 1080. while 720 suffices for the most part in xbmc, it will be great if next firmware 1.0.7 will come with a customised xbmc 12.3 or gotham that will handle 1080 smoothly.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 19 2014, 09:09 AM