the native player is excellent. handles everything nicely, incl iso n bdmv playlists, chapter lists correctly.

i hv tried mx player, XBMC player and a couple, more....none are as good.

r u nicety's customer?
if u bought from other seller, best to get the seller's help.
xbmc or kodi can be a real b**** if u dun know how.

anyway, for bbts livetv, i suggest u read and watch the suggested videos mentioned in posts #910-939 xbmc-kodi thread at least.
u can tell from the posts some users struggled with it but got it in the end.
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3139601/+900

i assure u q5ii or q16 (and by inference, q5iii) can take kodi 14.0 helix beta2 or beta3, have bbts live tv working.
looking forward to epl live matches this sat on skysports 1 and 5.

hitv is slow but still working, all the other china sites dead...

seems this is unifi only... again.

this, i believe is the root problem.

unifi's explanation "we r seeing increase in china traffic" = the bandwidth they paid for is too small but seems reluctant to get more, pay more. if that is true, then users paying for 20mbps or higher for china sites will just be wasting money...

there r many types of vpn...
some free ones work a bit better but can't get stream smoothing from china also.
paid ones probably work better.
i m also searching for a viable one since this unifi problem is not going away.
as it has happened twice already, they dun seem to be bothered.
it looks like like those wanting china sites can forget unifi or pay extra for vpn.

since streamyx is fine, any maxis fiber or time fiber user here who can comment?
may be forced to change isp if one simply wont work and the others can.

q5ii does support vpn if native vpn is used.
i tried one, it connects but not good for china sites.

but think u r right that some vpns using apks may not work on this model.
i tried one, can't get thru, something not right abut the kernel... or rooting required...?

u r not alone.... unifi cannot, all popular china vod sites dead.
unifi dun bother, says u go other country sites la...
only good vpn can, cheapo ones cannot.

thanks, bro.

if this crapify situation persist, i will have to talk to maxis.

yes, yes... it's back now.

given the recent record of twice in a span of 2 months, i.e. sep and nov, can expect it be at least a bi-monthly affair.

will have to find a backup...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Nov 28 2014, 12:08 AM

ya, if they dun fix this and let it repeat every month or so despite charging more than others, many unifi users may be forced to change to an isp w/o such a recurring problem.

personally, accessing china sites a priority for me, so i am clear about it.

i just discovered a great new app, share with all - showbox:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAOXmOO7JbQ&feature=youtu.be


some discussion already here, post #216 onwards:
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3126605/+200

showbox is good!

users, just take note:
.. to get subs, u must register with opensubtitles:
http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/newuser
.. if u get "server error", it means your dns can't get thru to showbox. solution is to use another open dns or switch to wifi

showbox is excellent for tv shows and 720p mp4 movies.

popcorn time is excellent for 1080p (q16 only, not q5ii, q5iii?) mp4/mkv movies, not so good for tv shows.

these two combined - u have it all for english vod's!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Dec 6 2014, 06:02 PM

works fine for q5ii. apparently no torrents:


This post has been edited by AVFAN: Dec 7 2014, 01:19 PM

it's soft comparatively, need to put 20/60 of tv volume. but there are others that need 30/60...

u can try archos player from playsotre - there is a volume control to boost audio.

anyway, showbox has been down since early morning, reported worldwide if not mistaken...

which app/addon r u referring to - xbmc/kodi? xbmctorrent? showbox? popcorntime?

like popcorn time, u need to use a mouse or the mouse function on remote.

think i mentioned this before.

that does not work for q5ii. think same for q5iii or q3.

after specifying path to usb ext hdd, it appears to dwnld n play but the speed/seeds/peers very quickly goes to zero.

somewhere in this thread, i remember another user while exchanging comments with me said he tried with ext sd card - doesn't work as well.

reading about this issue with other devices in other forums, it seems popcorn dwnld/play only works with the flash, not ext memory.

if u find otherwise, i'll be surprised.

i actually tried ext hdd on q16, same result, won't work. works only with flash memory. but for q16, that is good enough for almost everything popcorn has to offer.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 7 2015, 11:54 PM

i just installed n tried kodi 14.0 helix (official, not beta or rc).
http://kodi.tv/download/

interesting... my findings so far:

.. this version, setting with mediacodec acceleration on for himedia q16 (should be same for q5iii, q5ii) was fine, unlike previous versions. so, that's very good! nb: this aspect is irrelevant for for other brand devices.
.. works better for bbts - skysports
.. works good with ilive-livestreams - skysports, skynews, cnn, bloomberg
.. works fine with abemin's livestreamspro - supersports, foxsports
.. works good with xbmctorrent - eztv, kickass, yify
.. no good with genesis - think genesis is down or got clipped like mashup?

so, all is good, well done kodi! will see what they come up with for kodi 14.1.

actually, for me, kodi is now more for live tv streams - news and sports. vod movies n tv series, i m better off with popcorn and showbox.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 8 2015, 07:12 PM

did u do it all the way, it plays nicely?

maybe possible for small files?

my experience... the bar will show, then it all goes to zero, nothing happens...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 8 2015, 07:42 PM

and dun forget to change the settings on yr pc to allow access.

i had trouble doing that with old vista but a breeze with windows 8.1.

go for q16 quadcore 16gb.

u will not regret pay a bit more for bigger memory which is required for some apps.

haven't been using kodi much! i use popcorn and showbox more these days....



just a side remark... esp for those who have q5ii and thinking of going q16 but reluctant to "waste" q5ii:

i now have q16 and q5ii connected to same tv.
q5ii wireless for showbox (dunno why ethernet cannot) and astro-on-the-go (it can't work on q16).
q16 ethernet for everything else - popcorn, hitv, pudding, kodi, etc...

both used, not wasted.