Astro OTG does not work with Android 4.4.2, not just Himedia, Minix player crashed as well. This is Astro OTG compatibility problem, you can channel to Astro Development team.

This post has been edited by nicety: Oct 29 2014, 02:43 PM

ok that is what i thought. because it work fine with previous android version
TY

the biggest advantages of q16 over q5ii is the larger memory to play all popcorn time and ability to stream wifi bdmv.
4k, uhd, h265... my tv can't cope! or too little stuff out there, no point.

then, it is the first disadvantage compared to q5ii. chances are astro hasn't caught up with 4.4.2, just like it took a while for tm to catch up for hypptv everywhere to work on 4.2.

i did not know becos when i was logging in fresh after installation, i had trouble with mele arimouse, got message i was locked out, need to call to unlock account. so, i thought that was the problem.

anyway, not a big loss, i can still access aotg on the q5ii!

Anyone here root Q16 quad core ?

Hi Nicety,

After upgraded from my old Himedia HD600A to this Q16, I have notice quite a number of my 720p and 1080p mkv(3 to 6 Gb size
) encounter distort/zig-zag effect. Do you have any idea of what had been went wrong? Any setting that need my attention? Kindly advise.
Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by dragonnasa: Oct 30 2014, 01:36 PM

Please pm me which player you use to play the movie files. There are few player apps pre-installed in the box.

This post has been edited by nicety: Oct 30 2014, 11:36 PM

Dear Customers.

Just help one of the customer rectified Popcorn Time problem, . If you experience your PopCorn Time always run between 10-20KB/s, pls take note of the below :

1). Please choose 720p instead of 1080p. Typical 720p movies required 150KB/s, below that will cause POPcorn hang.


2). Please enable VPN of the Popcorn setting to prevent ISP throttle your internet. After enable the VPN, surprisingly the speed increase from 20KB/s to 300KB/s.


This post has been edited by nicety: Oct 31 2014, 12:02 AM

ya, i think if broadboad speed is <5mbps, 1080p may not work well.
with unifi10, i hv good results with 1080p. just watched a 2hr movie 1080p, smooth all the way.
a tip i can suggest is if the movie hangs or lag, exit the movie, go back in - cache is still there but will start to play from beginning.
a drawback of popcorn is it does not resume if u exit and go back in for same movie, will start all over.
the other thing is it is hard to fast forward by using the mouse - it usually hangs or takes a very long time to get there.

vpn on or off - i m not sure becos i tested it many times, seems about the same to me. on or off, for videos with good seeds and peers, i get 500-1000kbps - max available. perhaps it kicks in only when broadband speed is not fast enough? anyway, no harm, i set it to on!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Oct 31 2014, 01:38 AM

Quick question..I managed to stream bluray with DTS-HDMA Audio fine..

However, when i try to stream bluray with Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Audio, there is no sound. I have to use 5.1 audio to get the audio..where can I set up the TrueHD audio to get it working?

I am using the himedia media center to play. I have tested HDMI settings as Auto and RAW..still the same.

My setup is Q16 > Denon AVR > TV & Speakers (7.1) using HDMI cables

By the way, my AVR does support the TrueHD 7.1 Audio

i hv encountered this.

as most are dtshdma, less ddtruehd files, i hv not seen played too many. but... i hv one that plays fine, another does not - need to select dd5.1.

don't really know why but i can only suspect something amiss in the ripping process. note there are ddtruehd files that are re-encoded as dtshdma - these will play fine.

apparently this happens to some other players too.

I dont think its the way the file was ripped..because when I stream the same file from my PC using tmt player through HDMI to the same avr and 7.1 speakers, I can get the truehd 7.1 sound.. My avr also display it as Dolby truehd

When you play from media center, the player will tell you what's the audio codec detected. Pls snapshot the screen and sent to me.

In addition, please try a few Dolby TrueHD 7.1 files.

This post has been edited by nicety: Nov 2 2014, 01:07 PM

when using popcorn time, i only get audio output from my right speaker n woofer (using 5.1HT)...understood that most of the movie are 2.0, but shouldn't it be coming from left and right speaker instead?

any1 facing the same issue?

btw: seller is really responsive and I manage to get the media player the 2 days after payment (considering my payment was at 11pm that night)

yes, it is true some of them are single audio, i.e. left or right channel only.

these videos are probably the smallest size compressed mp4 files meant to cater to low speed, low memory devices like handphones and small tablets - single audio will do. even for androids 4gb like q5ii dual core, with many apps installed n little memory left, can't get some 720p to play!

after movie selection, the proposed video is always the one with most no. of seeds and peers (that's how p2p torrent work). click on the file info line, see what else is there; there can be up to 5 files to choose from for same movie. how the nos. work:

case 1. "720p 800mb 2 hrs" video=>111KBps average. 111KBps=>888kbps, so even 1mbps speed will work, theoretically.
case 2. "1080p" 4.7gb 2 hrs" video=>653KBps=>5.2mbps, so even Unifi VIP5 won't stream smoothly, theoretically.

i now know how to select to get the best ones. if decent no. of seeds n peers, with vip10, i can get case 2 easily, assuming no other device is hogging bandwidth. you can see how fast it is streaming. and i actually took a look into one 4.7gb file with the popcorn windows version, found it is an mkv ac3 file, i.e. dolby 5.1. i copied that file on hdd to playback on android in dolby 5.1! but... same video on android comes out lcpm stereo, probably because the android version 2.3 is way behind the much more developed pc version 5.0.

last tip for you - the free vpn may not be useful, may even slow the streaming - test it to confirm.

enjoy!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Nov 9 2014, 06:58 PM

Nicety

Just transferred RM490 to your MBB account. Kindly check. Damned, its been a crazy weekend for me.

Rgds

Thank your bro, payment received. For warranty purpose, please place the order at the below link :

http://penangapps.com/Common/Ads.aspx?AdsID=166

about popcorn time, i tried a few more shows. the largest file i managed to stream without message "insufficient memory" is 5.5gb.
tried 6.5gb, 7.5gb, insufficient memory. will need q32 to do the job!

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boyz n girlz...


there is new firmware 1.0.6. i just updated, good. seems to work a little faster and smoother.

a few comments:

.. if u can't find where to update/upgrade via usb in launcher page settings, go to myapps page and click settings there. it will lead you to a simplified page where u can find it.

.. this firmware comes with the simple ui launcher, no more mango launcher. if u prefer other launcher, can do.

.. mangotv see some changes, a few more minor features, some english now used. mouse seems not to work in some parts, need remote control.

.. i m not sure if due to 106 but hitv works now!


nicety, kindly add to above, correct me if i erred, tq!

Thank you AVFAN being my first test user. Really appreciated you feedback of the firmware 106.

Dear Customers,

Q16 Quad Core Firmware 1.0.6 is using Simple UI launcher mainly to resolve native VPN setup issue. The firmware already in my Skydrive, just download and try. You could upgrade via Restore button method or Settings -> Upgrade. The firmware contain Google Play Store, no need to apply Google Patch.

Change log:
1. Setup icon changed
2. remove all Chinese info in browser
3. fix the input, timezone and OSD problem after reboot
4. VPN supported
5. fix the AUDIO and subtitle function on RC
6. Vietnam subtitle supported

As usual, if you are satisfied with your current firmware version, please do not upgrade. Unless you would like to explore it.

This post has been edited by nicety: Nov 11 2014, 02:01 AM

is this similar like the old durian tv?

No, Durian TV is icontent provider.

Himedia produce android media player same as your Android phone, but output to your TV via HDMI port. Himedia do not provide content service, you can get many free Android apps in the market to stream from various free content server.

This post has been edited by nicety: Nov 11 2014, 01:20 PM