HIMEDIA H8 OCTA. 10-NOV-2015. FIRMWARE HMD-1.0.7 (FINAL) FUTEKO-EN

[futeko.com]

I hope there is one thing we can agree on:

23.976 is an inconvenient number of frames per second.

24fps / 25fps / 30fps would have been better.

It comes from American standard NTSC TV.

More 23.976 info to be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24p#23.976p

[waeguk]

Noticed ever since installed latest firmware, the wifi speed gets worse and its not due to my home wifi, as i compare it with other media players side by side.

Even downloading from play store is crawling.

Each time i factory reset, the speed is back to good, then after an indefinite time, it crawls ... happens to media center, youtube, etc.

[XMAS]

Newbie Question: Can you install the firmware 1.0.7 upgrade using a method that does NOT wipe out all of the other software and apps and settings??

I read elsewhere in a forum that you could using the following:
Method 1. An update using this method will update the operating system but leave all apps and data intact.

1. Copy update.zip to the root of a USB pen drive.
2. Insert the USB pen drive into any USB port of the H8.
3. Navigate to Settings - Upgrade - Local Upgrade. Choose the USB device containing the update archive.
4. The box will reboot and you will be taken to the Android update screen. DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR INTERRUPT THE UPDATE.
5. The box will reboot again when the update is complete. Check the version number using Settings - About.


Will this work for HMD-1.0.7??

[Drexus]

[Drexus]

Giving up on USB (and the unknown spec on how they should be formatted), I dropped the zip file onto an SD card and the system then recognized the update. Once the update was complete, I was pleased to find the UI was updated.

Now, how to get 2TB of movies recognized while on an HFS+ formatted (Mac) external drive. I'd rather not spend 6 hours moving my archive off the drive just to format it (to a still unknown format) just to place everything back on it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Droid not based on Linux... and therefore more accepting of Mac volumes?

Thanks.

[futeko.com]

Giving up on USB (and the unknown spec on how they should be formatted), I dropped the zip file onto an SD card and the system then recognized the update. Once the update was complete, I was pleased to find the UI was updated.

Now, how to get 2TB of movies recognized while on an HFS+ formatted (Mac) external drive. I'd rather not spend 6 hours moving my archive off the drive just to format it (to a still unknown format) just to place everything back on it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Droid not based on Linux... and therefore more accepting of Mac volumes?

Thanks.

H8 (and Android generally) doesn't support HFS+ format drives.

If you could root H8 you could install Paragon, which would give you HFS+ access, but I have no idea how to root H8..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter&hl=en_GB

[Ft]

Any news for ETA?

[futeko.com]

Any news for ETA?

I am sorry to report that it will be after New Year.

Himedia feel (correctly in my opinion) that it would be counter-productive at this stage to release a firmware that users will find unsatisfactory. So I wait, we all wait.

[gambitz]

Hi, is there a himedia forum?

[futeko.com]

Hi, is there a himedia forum?

Yes, a massively popular one, but it's in Chinese. It can be read using Google Translate or similar.

Please don't try and install firmware meant for China hardware. It probably won't work and if you do somehow force install it is likely to brick your box.

Forum here: http://bbs.himedia.cn/
H8 (Chinese hardware version, also known as H7) section: http://bbs.himedia.cn/forum-126-1.html

[bejangeorgevalentin]

Can Himedia H8 decode files like this "Chappie (2015) WEB-DL HEVC 2160p UHD 4K"  Some info about the file (  Codec: HEVC H265 Quality: WEB-DL Video: 3840x1602, UHD 4K, 23.976 fps, ~ 54.6 Mbps Sound:
Audio # 1: English: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1 , ~ 2932.00 kbps avg Blu-ray Audio # 2: Russian: 48 kHz, AC3, 3/2 (L, C, R, l, r) + LFE ch, ~ 640.00 kbps avg Audio # 3: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2946.00 kbps avg
Audio # 4: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2946.00 kbps avg
Audio # 5: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2971.00 kbps avg
Audio # 6: Ukrainian: 48 kHz, AC3, 3/2 (L, C, R, l, r) + LFE ch, ~ 640.00 kbps avg Subtitles: Russian (Forced, the iTunes ), Russian (iTunes), Ukrainian (iTunes), English (iTunes)  ). Size 61.5GB  I want to play it via network share from my pc.  Thx !

[futeko.com]

Can Himedia H8 decode files like this "Chappie (2015) WEB-DL HEVC 2160p UHD 4K"  Some info about the file (  Codec: HEVC H265 Quality: WEB-DL Video: 3840x1602, UHD 4K, 23.976 fps, ~ 54.6 Mbps Sound:
Audio # 1: English: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1 , ~ 2932.00 kbps avg Blu-ray Audio # 2: Russian: 48 kHz, AC3, 3/2 (L, C, R, l, r) + LFE ch, ~ 640.00 kbps avg Audio # 3: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2946.00 kbps avg
Audio # 4: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2946.00 kbps avg
Audio # 5: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2971.00 kbps avg
Audio # 6: Ukrainian: 48 kHz, AC3, 3/2 (L, C, R, l, r) + LFE ch, ~ 640.00 kbps avg Subtitles: Russian (Forced, the iTunes ), Russian (iTunes), Ukrainian (iTunes), English (iTunes)  ). Size 61.5GB  I want to play it via network share from my pc.  Thx !

Yes if colour depth is 8bit. No if it's 10 or 12bit.

I'd recommend wired ethernet rather than wi-fi.

[bejangeorgevalentin]

Can Himedia H8 decode files like this "Chappie (2015) WEB-DL HEVC 2160p UHD 4K"  Some info about the file (  Codec: HEVC H265 Quality: WEB-DL Video: 3840x1602, UHD 4K, 23.976 fps, ~ 54.6 Mbps Sound:
Audio # 1: English: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1 , ~ 2932.00 kbps avg Blu-ray Audio # 2: Russian: 48 kHz, AC3, 3/2 (L, C, R, l, r) + LFE ch, ~ 640.00 kbps avg Audio # 3: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2946.00 kbps avg
Audio # 4: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2946.00 kbps avg
Audio # 5: Russian: 48 kHz / 16-bit, DTS-HD MA 7.1, ~ 2971.00 kbps avg
Audio # 6: Ukrainian: 48 kHz, AC3, 3/2 (L, C, R, l, r) + LFE ch, ~ 640.00 kbps avg Subtitles: Russian (Forced, the iTunes ), Russian (iTunes), Ukrainian (iTunes), English (iTunes)  ). Size 61.5GB  I want to play it via network share from my pc.  Thx !

Yes if colour depth is 8bit. No if it's 10 or 12bit.

I'd recommend wired ethernet rather than wi-fi.

I`m not interested in using wifi. It`s a hardware or software problem ? Most of 2160p that i downloded are 10bit. 

[futeko.com]

I`m not interested in using wifi. It`s a hardware or software problem ? Most of 2160p that i downloded are 10bit. 

RK3368 hardware supports 8bit colour max.

The upcoming (April) HiSilicon Hi3798CV200 based Himedia products will support 10bit.

[ilcartaio]

but new firmware when it comes out ??