OFFICIAL Q10 PRO FIRMWARE. FUTEKO. HMD-2.0.5 2017-09-13

[Phil181]

I have now 2.0.3  and Kodi 17.4 and is working fine for me, do I need to update to 2.0.5?
If so, do I need to install 2.0.4 first?
And there will be no more OTA updates?

If you want full Blu-ray menu access (the main advantage found), then it is worthwhile installing 2.0.4 then 2.0.5 and the Beta app. 
You should be able to complete both firmware upgrades via a flash drive without resorting to the pin method (that deletes everything).  My Kodi kept unchanged.  The player has been very stable with this release (HDD and NAS playback).

[Q10Pro 2.0.5, Kodi 17.4, Windows 10 network]

[HereIsTom]

[guyrab]

was happy to install but not happy they didn't fix the NFS bug!

I have 3 nfs sources (2 WD network drives and one mac). Kodi accesses all sources fine, but the media player of the machine gets stuck with one of my network drives (I believe it's a matter of how many elements are using NFS when more than 2 - the third one doesn't work). this has been working a few versions of FW ago, but the last three versions has stopped working!

does anybody have a clue?

[Elco]

First, this is a wonderful forum and as a lurker, I've learned so much here.

My Q10 pro was previously running firmware version 1.06 and Kodi 17.4. An HDMI 1.4 cable connects it to a Denon AVR-4810 receiver powering a 5.1 system. Another similar cable connects the Denon to my Sony 50W800C TV. Aside from known bugs, I've been generally happy with my Q10 Pro. I have it playing Bluray rips from Windows SMB shares (no password) over the home gigabit LAN. No stutters, no buffering. My old Denon passes 1080p and decodes Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master. And as an Android box, I don't use my Q10 Pro for anything else except to run Kodi.

Last week I replaced my TV with an LG OLED 65E7. My old old Denon doesn't not support 4K, so I set it aside and ordered a Marantz SR7012 receiver. It hasn't arrived yet, so a new 4K60Hz-rated HDMI 2.0 cable connects the OLED TV directly to the Q10 Pro. After setting the resolution of the Q10 Pro to 2160p, 4K rips played just fine.

My problems began today when I decided to upgrade the firmware to version 2.05.

Of course, I read and followed all the steps, going to version 1.10 first, then 2.04, then 2.05. I didn't bother to test Kodi playback between upgrades, nor did I bother to back up my Kodi library or anything else since I had just rearranged the movies folder on my computer following the addition of new Western Digital MyBook external drives.

In short, the wrapper wouldn't work when playing videos on the Kodi app that came with firmware 2.05. I properly set up my Samba shares and waited for the library to finish populating. But select a video and it would just ask me to hit a button on the remote once video playback ends. No actual playback happens, no matter what I tried.

So I looked up and followed the procedure to downgrade to Android 5 and now wrapper works. The firmware comes with Kodi Jarvis, so I upgraded to 17.4 from the Play Store. Wrapper still worked. Everything plays, including 4K videos after setting the resolution of the Q10 Pro to 2160p. I didn't have to run the wrapper app at all, nor mess with its settings. It just worked. This gave me some confidence, so I decided to follow the prescribed procedure and upgrade to firmware version 2.05. Sadly, wrapper wouldn't work.

Now my Q10 Pro is using the firmware that allows a downgrade from 2.05 to Android 5. For me, this firmware is reliable. All I did was properly set up my Samba shares in Kodi and wrapper just works. No messing with any wrapper settings, at all. And for the incoming Marantz receiver, wrapper has to work as Kodi alone still won't pass 7.1 channels over HDMI.

So my question is, what did I miss?

How can I get wrapper to work with version 2.05?

Thanks, guys. Appreciate your help.

[Phil181]

My problems began today when I decided to upgrade the firmware to version 2.05.

In short, the wrapper wouldn't work when playing videos on the Kodi app that came with firmware 2.05. I properly set up my Samba shares and waited for the library to finish populating. But select a video and it would just ask me to hit a button on the remote once video playback ends. No actual playback happens, no matter what I tried.

So my question is, what did I miss?

How can I get wrapper to work with version 2.05?

Thanks, guys. Appreciate your help.

I'd suggest re-installing 2.0.5 (using the pin method) as it comes with the newer version of wrapper and should install itself correctly.
Re-check all your settings as the firmware will change everything to defaults.  You will also need to "disable Joystick Control" in Kodi 17.4 to make sure the remote works correctly.  Make sure Media Center playback works fine for you first, then test with Kodi + wrapper.
All the best.

[Elco]

My problems began today when I decided to upgrade the firmware to version 2.05.

In short, the wrapper wouldn't work when playing videos on the Kodi app that came with firmware 2.05. I properly set up my Samba shares and waited for the library to finish populating. But select a video and it would just ask me to hit a button on the remote once video playback ends. No actual playback happens, no matter what I tried.

So my question is, what did I miss?

How can I get wrapper to work with version 2.05?

Thanks, guys. Appreciate your help.

I'd suggest re-installing 2.0.5 (using the pin method) as it comes with the newer version of wrapper and should install itself correctly.
Re-check all your settings as the firmware will change everything to defaults.  You will also need to "disable Joystick Control" in Kodi 17.4 to make sure the remote works correctly.  Make sure Media Center playback works fine for you first, then test with Kodi + wrapper.
All the best.

Thanks, Phil. Will give it a try and get back to you.

[davenm]

First, this is a wonderful forum and as a lurker, I've learned so much here.

My Q10 pro was previously running firmware version 1.06 and Kodi 17.4. An HDMI 1.4 cable connects it to a Denon AVR-4810 receiver powering a 5.1 system. Another similar cable connects the Denon to my Sony 50W800C TV. Aside from known bugs, I've been generally happy with my Q10 Pro. I have it playing Bluray rips from Windows SMB shares (no password) over the home gigabit LAN. No stutters, no buffering. My old Denon passes 1080p and decodes Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master. And as an Android box, I don't use my Q10 Pro for anything else except to run Kodi.

Last week I replaced my TV with an LG OLED 65E7. My old old Denon doesn't not support 4K, so I set it aside and ordered a Marantz SR7012 receiver. It hasn't arrived yet, so a new 4K60Hz-rated HDMI 2.0 cable connects the OLED TV directly to the Q10 Pro. After setting the resolution of the Q10 Pro to 2160p, 4K rips played just fine.

My problems began today when I decided to upgrade the firmware to version 2.05.

Of course, I read and followed all the steps, going to version 1.10 first, then 2.04, then 2.05. I didn't bother to test Kodi playback between upgrades, nor did I bother to back up my Kodi library or anything else since I had just rearranged the movies folder on my computer following the addition of new Western Digital MyBook external drives.

In short, the wrapper wouldn't work when playing videos on the Kodi app that came with firmware 2.05. I properly set up my Samba shares and waited for the library to finish populating. But select a video and it would just ask me to hit a button on the remote once video playback ends. No actual playback happens, no matter what I tried.

So I looked up and followed the procedure to downgrade to Android 5 and now wrapper works. The firmware comes with Kodi Jarvis, so I upgraded to 17.4 from the Play Store. Wrapper still worked. Everything plays, including 4K videos after setting the resolution of the Q10 Pro to 2160p. I didn't have to run the wrapper app at all, nor mess with its settings. It just worked. This gave me some confidence, so I decided to follow the prescribed procedure and upgrade to firmware version 2.05. Sadly, wrapper wouldn't work.

Now my Q10 Pro is using the firmware that allows a downgrade from 2.05 to Android 5. For me, this firmware is reliable. All I did was properly set up my Samba shares in Kodi and wrapper just works. No messing with any wrapper settings, at all. And for the incoming Marantz receiver, wrapper has to work as Kodi alone still won't pass 7.1 channels over HDMI.

So my question is, what did I miss?

How can I get wrapper to work with version 2.05?

Thanks, guys. Appreciate your help.

You could try this first from an earlier post by Futeko...
* How to reinstall wrapper? Shutdown Kodi. Find wrapper app at My Apps - Wrapper. Select 'use Kodi player'. Exit wrapper app. Run wrapper app again. Select 'use wrapper player'. Exit wrapper app. Restart Kodi.

I think as you upgraded Kodi that this might solve the problem.

[amasingh]

Same Problem here
The Builtin Mediaplayer works well but Kodi does not, HD Sound is not working in Kodi, which means the wrapper is not working :\
Tried nearly everything.. Enabled the wrapper, disabled the wrapper, reboot, enable, disable.. reboot usw usw Still not working
On Android 5 everything worked perfectly well.

[harpreetz]

can anyone confirm if the new firmware is taking care of Subtitle Download in Kodi ? this was a miss in the previous firmware

[futeko.com]

Same Problem here
The Builtin Mediaplayer works well but Kodi does not, HD Sound is not working in Kodi, which means the wrapper is not working :\
Tried nearly everything.. Enabled the wrapper, disabled the wrapper, reboot, enable, disable.. reboot usw usw Still not working
On Android 5 everything worked perfectly well.

For the wrapper problems, what if anything is in your playercorefactory.xml file (this file controls the wrapper)?

- Enable Samba sharing on Q5/Q10 Pro (Settings - More - SAMBA Service - Enable)
- Navigate to Q5/Q10 Pro on a PC and then to /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/
- View playercorefactory.xml using PC file editor

There's more about playercorefactory here: http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=2145.0

As a more general answer, reinstalling firmware 2.0.5 using restore button method should fix all wrapper problems. It's not many people having problems so a normal 2.0.5 install works with wrapper pre-installed for 99% of users.

[fghbmep]

Finally Managed to install the Sept 2017 update. The problem was that I had not formatted my USB Thumb Drive to Fat 32 !   It was an ExFat format. What threw me was that when I attempted the update I had been getting the Android Coloured Circle as described  and a progress bar, so I assumed that the update was taking place.
     I'm surprised that nobody here had asked if I was using  Fat 32 . I'm posting this in case any body else here has made the same mistake.

[SSThing]

     I'm surprised that nobody here had asked if I was using  Fat 32 . I'm posting this in case any body else here has made the same mistake.

Perhaps because the very first line of the instructions tells you to use FAT32?

[amasingh]

There's more about playercorefactory here: http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=2145.0

Thanks for the link! Worked perfectly!

[Icarium20]

I don't get these peeps @ HiMedia. I have the Q10 Pro and none of the updates are ever delivered OTA. Plus, why would they pack this update with Kodi 17.0 when 17.4 is and has been available.  I guess they really think about the customer....

Have to agree. If your doing a firmware update, surely common sense and customer satisfaction of your product dictates that all the factory apps installed ( regardless of whether individuals want them ) should  be updated to the latest version available at time of release as far as possible.

Is this not something that could be bought to Himedia's firmware contollers and acted upon in the future? 

[tlchuan]

DVD - ISO still have issue did not start at title 1, it random start at other title, use kodi to test work just fine

if somebody have report it just ignore.