i hope u already know this thread is started by and for use by seller nicety in this commercial section, so you can ask him!

anyway, nicety's skydrive is a private site for his customers to dwnld stuff - firmwares, apps, updates, tips, etc...

better he explain to you...

i played with that a bit before with q5ii, similar results.

seems to me there is only one common single video output, i.e. if set to hdmi higher resolutions, the av composite output can't work on crttv. if set to low resolution, poor video for hdmi. so, one or the other.

audio, i think different outputs. hdmi will give hd audio while digital coaxial/toslink gives core dd/dts and l/r gives stereo - all can be used at same time.

i suspect yr file is corrupted. tried it on another player?

i have played many mkv, m2ts, remux, bdmv, iso on q5ii and q16 - all good, no problem.

but seen some bad ones, though. just junk it, find other.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Dec 23 2014, 12:28 AM

that particular show, i have both 1080p mkv and bdmv, both plays fine on q5ii and q16. so, i really doubt that is due to the player.

there is one other possibility - yr hdd has some bad sectors or errors, can try to rectify it on yr pc. i say this because i had one hdd like that giving me the same kind of problem u described. you can also try this - copy the file onto another folder in the same hdd and try. if the second file plays fine, u know what it means.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Dec 23 2014, 07:41 PM

one last question... r u using the native player or mx or xbmc player or...?

remux bitrate is not higher than bdmv/iso 40-50gb files...

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Dec 23 2014, 10:41 PM

with that, and what i have suggested, i can't think of what's wrong.

been busy with oil price collapse n stock markets, little time for movies and tv lately...

anyway, just to share...

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

that is a shame for minix... becos high chance a higher end device user will want hd audio n not just hd video. anywy, good for q16 then! u can use composite video and l/r audio for old crt's, select right settings.

the thing is that is quite a waste - q16 can deliver hd video n audio, i.e. 1080p/4k to tv and dtshdma/ddtruehd to avr.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 8 2015, 07:11 PM

the 4K capability of the q16 only comes in only if u play 4k video. n i think there arent many now, so unlikely u want 4k output to tv all the time.

i havent tried bu i wud think if u do play 4k, input to the avr will just be downgraded to max the avr can handle. so, may be a little lower in quality. note also when we say 4k, it also largely depends on yr source - is it really 4k or just labelled 4k?!

if u go q16->tv, you will b assured of 4k video whenever u play it but... u give up on hd audio since the hdmi is not going into avr. you can only get core dts/dd with q16->avr via toslink or coaxial.

best to try both and see which setup comes out better for yr eyes n ears.

unless u have lots of 4k video to playbac and don't care much about hd audio, i suspect u will be happier with q16->avr->uhdtv.

nicety,

i failed to get it to work...

can only see 1 channel installed, then message comes out ".... can't play" - in chinese, of course.

i suspect i did something wrong about the diy.js file... but where..?

i created the folder and inserted that file there.
copy folder onto sdcard.
start the apk
got that message.

when i looked into the Diytvlist folder later, i can see 3 more files incl tvlist1, tvlist2...

any tip?

ok, got it working.

not sure if it was actually ok the first time as not all selections work, only one of them does.

and i suspect there could be a problem with the old app still there.

so, remove everything, reinstall everything.

got a no. of channels working, so, ok!


but i must say there is much to improve for this app.

comparing to hdplive, it is not better. hope it gets better with next update.

also, i tried it with the free vpn i still have working - yes, it helps.

some channels come out hd, good!

china sites users will already know by now...

"unifi china quota finished disease" has returned.

it recurs every 2 months - sep 2014, nov 2104 and now, jan 2015.

the last 2 times, it took about 2 weeks for the disease to be cured.

but can expect it to return in mar, may, july....

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jan 25 2015, 12:41 PM

was able to stream china sites like normal this evening.

hope this 24 hrs turnaround is real, and not 2 weeks like the last 2 times!

Becos nicety is using streamyx, not affected.

Unifi has this bad problem of a bimonthly period... China broad bandwidth used up, wait for next cylcle, maybe 1-2 weeks. Happened in sep 2014, nov 2014, and now jan/feb 2015. It will come again.

It has been like that for a week now. Certain times of the day or night, still can get a bit. Other times, nothing.

I just tried. My unifi10 showed 400kbps (=50KBps) on MG. Ethernet or wifi, can't watch anything. Normally, it will go to >5000kbps (>625KBps or >0.625MBps). Non-China sites all ok.

Only way is to use vpn, gotta pay....

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Feb 3 2015, 08:52 PM

Bbts is working.

What u experienced is common. U can check and read about it in the kodi/XBMC thread in entertainment section. Also widely reported in Kodi forum, happened to all kinds of devices.

I have it working but I can't explain it. I had been using bbts since Kodi helix beta2. Helix had been changing to beta 2, 3,4,5 then rc1,2,3.... And finally now official helix. Each time I upgraded, it behaved weird. Some updates, BBTS work, others, it doesn't. I am now on helix official, it works. May lose it at next update. Safe to say those numerous updates in a short period of time wasn't good for bbts, failed to keep up sometimes, I suppose.

If u happen to keep a copy of the org.xbmc.kodi or just .kodi folder when bbts was working, can reinstall that to try.

something to share...

thanks to bro whitelighter, posted in another thread, sure he will not mind sharing here:
http://www.mobdro.com/

this is a simple yet powerful apk.

hundreds of live tv stations from many countries - sports, news, music, movies, tv shows, etc.

almost all sd, a bit off color and some with wrong aspect ratios. but... just about all of them work, stable.

if looking for skypsorts 1-5 and the like, they are all there.

3 things u need to understand first:
1. HD mean diff things to diff people... can be 480p (?), 720, 1080, rips, mp4, hd audio sometimes...
2. HD LIVE sports and movies - these are usually not free anywhere, they are usually paid iptv.
3. how good is yr broadband? consumer broadband in Msia is not that good, so cannot expect 100% HD 100% smooth 100% of the time.

having said that, with a good adroidbox with the right apps, on-going updates and yr constant personal involvement can deliver some very good enough stuff incl free sd/hd movies and live sports (channels may or may not be what u want). and it is very cost effective. just don't assume the box by itself will work to all yr expectations on auto mode. this box is totally software driven subject to broadband speed/stability, internet geoblocks, etc. not like astro decoder where u just push buttons!

this, i agree... i had thought of rooting... but then i realized there is no need. all apps, playback, hd video, hd audio, dns, vpn, samba, etc... all works good, ... why the need to root?

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Feb 11 2015, 10:57 AM

unifi is having its monthly "period":
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3507225

mangotv is one of the difficult ones to get smoothly all the time. u wil hv better luck with hitv and pudding.

with that unifi problem now, all china sites become hard to access.

problem does not apply to european or north american sites.

problem does not apply to streamyx or maxis.

use of vpn will work but you will hv to pay, and may not be very reliable also.

good news for you and others.

"unifi monthly period" problem is just over for now. u can now access all of it nicely - hitv, pudding, vst, togic, mangtv - all good.

but based on past 6 months history, the problem will return in a few weeks... again n again... until 1 of 2 things happen: either unifi china site users cancel unifi and switch isp to maxis or time, etc... or unifi pays more $ to purchase more china traffic bandwidth.

meanwhile, while it is good, unifi subscribers please enjoy it to the full for a month or so before the shix returns.

i just watched the pilot of a new tv series in hd on mangotv, v good.

if u like chinese mythology incl 封神榜, 哪吒, 二郎神, etc., this is good - good cgi/special effects. can clearly see the chinese is busy catching up with hollywood tech for movies and tv series.

that was the mistake. anyway, u got it now.

for new users, the android q16 is connected via ethernet just like yr pc or other devices. nothing to do with hypptv box.

generally, the cables:

fiber-> btu (modem)
modem-> router, voip phone
router->pc, android, hypptv stb (a fixed slot), etc.

the (wireless) router also serves all wifi connected devices, incl the android if that is desired.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Mar 1 2015, 12:16 PM