hi there,

i'm currently searching for a media player. can u recommend me a good full HD media player based on my requirements below:

1. budget around 200-400 (might stretch a bit if player is good)
2. menu in english
3. wifi optional
4. built in HDD slot would be preferable
5. 3D support not required
6. Supports up to 7.1 sound. Gonna connect it to my AVR.

i'm very new in this and not sure what else is needed in a good media player. can u recommend me any? thank you in advance.

seems nice. price is nearly the 500 range rite?  and also i read ur post about this lagging issue with software renderers when playing movie in full HD. is this player affected with the issue? sorry with the noob questions as i'm quite clueless when it comes to media players.   

can someone guide me how to access my laptop movies from himedia q5II??? and also where to download the latest Himedia firmware????

can't read chinese well... T.T

mine is the non-emmc model... i tried the NFS Server but can't get Himedia to detect my shared folder...

thanks in advance for your guidance ^^

good news for qe5ii owners finding lagging in xbmc 720p/1080p streaming.

one way (not sure if it is the only way) is to overwrite a file to change the cache size so that a bigger buffer is used.

very impt, first read and do what this page says:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-T...the_video_cache
save the file named advancedsettings.xml described in the article on a usb drive (sd1), plug into machine.
using es file explorer, find this file:
/sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata
copy the xml file onto it; u will be asked to overwrite existing file, ok.

the xml file is this:

<advancedsettings>
  <network>
    <cachemembuffersize>104857600</cachemembuffersize>
  </network>
</advancedsettings>

not sure if all default is the same but that new file modifies the cache size, increases it by 5 times. 100mb cache apparently requires 300mb ram which is ok for q5ii which has 1gb ram.

720p aac2.0 is now easy, 720p dd5.1 even dts 5.1 ok. 1080p dd5.1 seems to be a bit jerky still.

not responsible if the above will give you problems but it worked for me, so just sharing, ya?
another tip - the "grrrr" noise when streaming 720p/1080p... this seems to be the problem only with hdmi. if you connect the audio via coaxial/optical to avr, the audio is perfect - for both dolby and dts.

actually, is 1.0.5 a beta version?

becos when i checked at system upgrade, it says my current firmware is the latest, no update...

think i'll wait for official release... dun wanna lose playstore n anything else!

the xml file i showed is supposedly good for xbmc v12.
i did that on frodo 12.3, worked good.

did more research on SMB and NFS... it seems that SMB is more for SD quality media, it is recommended to use NFS for HD quality media.

source: http://www.mpcclub.com/temp/MPC_SMB_and_NFS_Guide_PCH.pdf

How to get back this menu  ?When i start CloudTV, it played the last channels i watch..before this it has this menu appeared on the side..thanks