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Product Support => HiMedia Q10 Pro, Q5 Pro => Topic started by: honto on November 23, 2016, 11:15:34 AM

Title: [Q10] Native Himedia video player is clearer than Kodi
Post by: honto on November 23, 2016, 11:15:34 AM
I notice the native himedia player is clearer than the Kodi player

I captured images to make comparison

This is played by Kodi (16.1 Jarvis)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uTE33EwsyiQ/WDV411gg0fI/AAAAAAAAHos/Fka1ILc-idc2VOqJDT6-EfucQlYKm03tQCLcB/s1600/kodi.jpg)
See, there are some annoying horizontal lines when the scene is dark.


And this, played by himediaplayer
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j2c4RD53rew/WDV48b5ChqI/AAAAAAAAHow/pB7JtiK5HrcVz--WSI4VLnBuu0fF_cboQCLcB/s1600/nativehimedia.jpg)
The picture is clear, no horizontal lines.

Too bad, there's no sound when the native player plays video with 7.1 audio channel. :'(
Title: Re: [Q10] Native Himedia video player is clearer than Kodi
Post by: futeko.com on November 23, 2016, 11:19:30 AM
Quote from: honto on November 23, 2016, 11:15:34 AM
Too bad, there's no sound when the native player plays video with 7.1 audio channel. :'(

What audio codec?

DTS-HD MA, True-HD, ATMOS, DTS:X should all be OK.

If it's AAC 7.1 then have you tried adding a second audio track as described here: http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=1362.msg10799#msg10799
Title: Re: [Q10] Native Himedia video player is clearer than Kodi
Post by: honto on November 23, 2016, 12:31:03 PM
Quote from: futeko.com on November 23, 2016, 11:19:30 AM
Quote from: honto on November 23, 2016, 11:15:34 AM
Too bad, there's no sound when the native player plays video with 7.1 audio channel. :'(

What audio codec?

DTS-HD MA, True-HD, ATMOS, DTS:X should all be OK.

If it's AAC 7.1 then have you tried adding a second audio track as described here: http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=1362.msg10799#msg10799
It's AAC 7.1
Can you tell me how to do it step by step?
I'm so lost here
Title: Re: [Q10] Native Himedia video player is clearer than Kodi
Post by: futeko.com on November 23, 2016, 02:35:01 PM
Use something like mkvtoolnix to add a second audio track. http://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVtoolnix

The second track can contain anything or nothing but, if the info in the other thread is correct, it's presence will overcome a bug in Q5/Q10 Pro FW and allow the AAC 7.1 track to play.

This bug has been reported to HiMedia and we are waiting for a fix..
Title: Re: [Q10] Native Himedia video player is clearer than Kodi
Post by: honto on November 23, 2016, 07:46:07 PM
Quote from: futeko.com on November 23, 2016, 02:35:01 PM
Use something like mkvtoolnix to add a second audio track. http://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVtoolnix

The second track can contain anything or nothing but, if the info in the other thread is correct, it's presence will overcome a bug in Q5/Q10 Pro FW and allow the AAC 7.1 track to play.

This bug has been reported to HiMedia and we are waiting for a fix..
Hmm..  it worked after I converted it to 5.1
But I still hope Himedia will fix this audio issue in the next update, because I have hundred movies with aac 7.1 audio channel.
Title: Re: [Q10] Native Himedia video player is clearer than Kodi
Post by: onyxx1995 on November 27, 2016, 01:45:13 PM
Is it fixed in fw 2.0.0?