Replace HiMedia Player with MX Player completely

[Eriol]

Any lehman steps by steps to install n use mx player for video playing?
I kinda lost at the step 3 n beyond.
The coding need to use a pc to edit or enter in?

Edited the first post to make it more clear.
But basically:
You need to shutdown Kodi, use your PC to open the SAMBA share on the device (using the device's IP), find the file and edit it.

[Deadrick]

ok thanks, now i starting to uinderstand what is file sharing! Samba is file sharing..

 now im stucked at the
5. Use a computer to open the samba share on the device using it's IP address (eg: \\192.168.1.100)
6. Find and edit \sdcard\Android\data\org.xbmc.kodi\files\.kodi\userdata\playercorefactory.xml on the device as follows:

I managed to access  himedia under computer - > Network -> Android blabblah -> Share - > sdcard . .. . .. .
But the last playercorefactory.xml  is not opening or working. error show: window cannot access, check the spelling etc.
diagnosing the error doesnt help anything.

[Eriol]

Go to this folder on the device:
\sdcard\Android\data\org.xbmc.kodi\files\.kodi\userdata\

Then look for a file called playercorefactory.xml
Right click on the file and select Edit from the menu
Now you need to delete the whole content of the file and paste the code from the first post. If you using Kodi 17, you need to replace all DVDPlayer entries with VideoPlayer

[Deadrick]

This is the problem, im not seeing any playercorefactory.xml file.. theres a bunch of files in there but not this file.

[Eriol]

Then create one. 

[Deadrick]

haha done! now i watch in mx player in Kodi app.

Thanks for follow up and assistance!
and wow mx player is pretty good!

Subtitle online downloading,
HDR is playing without issues.
2 important issues himedia did not solve.

[Eriol]

Welcome! I'm glad that you like it. 

[oxanna]

ERIOL
Unfortunately also mxplayer does not read the new 4k full 1.1 movies, that is, the 4 titles  without AACS2 protection: puffs 2, patriot days, inferno, LA LA LAND

[mihailuican]

What is PUFFS2, because I could not find it on IMDB? I will play Inferno today and bring back an answer. Maybe SMURFS 2?

[Eriol]

ERIOL
Unfortunately also mxplayer does not read the new 4k full 1.1 movies, that is, the 4 titles  without AACS2 protection: puffs 2, patriot days, inferno, LA LA LAND

That's correct, MX Player doesn't play bluray/dvd menus, it's only plays the m2ts files from the folder structure.

[Deadrick]

anyway to use the next chapter buttom during playback with mx player?
cant seem to fwd to next chapter

[Eriol]

anyway to use the next chapter buttom during playback with mx player?
cant seem to fwd to next chapter

MX Player unfortunately has zero support for any of the MKV chapter specification.

[Eriol]

Better DVD / Bluray detection in playercorefactory.xml implemented. Also updated to default code for Kodi 17.
Update your config if you wish to.

[Eriol]

Refreshing to MX Player 1.9.3 is not recommended because of a new seeking bug introduced in that version. Already reported on MX Player's forum:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/short-seeking-goes-to-beginning-video-t3647737

[Eriol]

Refreshing to MX Player 1.9.3 is not recommended because of a new seeking bug introduced in that version. Already reported on MX Player's forum:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/short-seeking-goes-to-beginning-video-t3647737

MX Player 1.9.5 fixes the seeking issue.