HIMEDIA H8 OCTA. 16-OCT-2015. FIRMWARE HMD-1.0.7 FUTEKO-EN

[dorol]

Pausing the unpausing works for me with DTS HD.. I've watch a whole movie with no issues after doing this...

Standard Dolby and DTS I still have major issues with though.... I'll have to give the HW acceleration thing a try later...
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Strange but pausing and unpausing not working for me.

[skank]

@MortUK

Zidoo X6 has artefacts in picture, and is same chip
Does this himedia has those?

[rafarataneneces]

Pausing the unpausing works for me with DTS HD.. I've watch a whole movie with no issues after doing this...

Standard Dolby and DTS I still have major issues with though.... I'll have to give the HW acceleration thing a try later...

What about Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus?

When was the HiMedia H8 released?

[MortUK]

Pausing the unpausing works for me with DTS HD.. I've watch a whole movie with no issues after doing this...

Standard Dolby and DTS I still have major issues with though.... I'll have to give the HW acceleration thing a try later...

What about Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus?

When was the HiMedia H8 released?

Dolby TrueHD works perfectly.. Haven't tried Dolby Digital Plus, haven't got anything to test it either.. Dolby Atmos passes through fine as TrueHD on my non Atmos system..

@skank

I have no issues with picture quality.. I've watched 2 full movies on it now... Both Remux from Blurays.. The quality is actually better than my Raspberry Pi 2.. Noticeably better...

[TS-FUT]

Same Dolby / DTS HD  weird audio here in Kodi.
I'm using Denon 1610 amp.
Also i have random video freezing problems when playing DTS HD movies with HW and HW+. Something like 20-30 times for a movie.
Only in SW not freezing but no HD audio and poor video quality.

UPDATE
I think the weird audio in Kodi is related to hardware acceleration.
Disabling and then re-enabling hardware acceleration i was able to play an entire movie without the weird audio bug.
Seems to work only until next boot.

I have that weird Audio-Thing too, can you tell me what exactly you disabled? A screenshot would be great! :-D

[rafarataneneces]

Hello.

Does the HiMedia H8 has the same audio/HDMI passthrough problems as the Zidoo X6 Pro?

I just bought the Zidoo X6 Pro and I am totally upset with the one bug that is destroying what would be a wonderful product.

Every time I switch audio with the Yamaha AV receiver, I hear a HIIISSSSSS and the ONLY way I can stop it is by disabling/reenabling Audio Options -> Passthrough.

I like the product, but come on, this will damage my $3000+ speakers.

Any advice?
I am using the latest firmware 1.0.16.

Is HiMedia's problem the same as Zidoo?

Anybody had that problem with HiMedia and was able to fix it with a firmware update 1.0.16 or through some configuration in Kodi and/or Android?

[skank]

Hello.

Does the HiMedia H8 has the same audio/HDMI passthrough problems as the Zidoo X6 Pro?

I just bought the Zidoo X6 Pro and I am totally upset with the one bug that is destroying what would be a wonderful product.

Every time I switch audio with the Yamaha AV receiver, I hear a HIIISSSSSS and the ONLY way I can stop it is by disabling/reenabling Audio Options -> Passthrough.

I like the product, but come on, this will damage my $3000+ speakers.

Any advice?
I am using the latest firmware 1.0.16.

Is HiMedia's problem the same as Zidoo?

Anybody had that problem with HiMedia and was able to fix it with a firmware update 1.0.16 or through some configuration in Kodi and/or Android?

that noise is fixed in beta 18 (not for public yet)

[dorol]

TS-FUT
screenshot
disable any, play, re-enable, play


rafarataneneces
no HIIISSSSSS since FIRMWARE HMD-1.0.7

[rafarataneneces]

I think we are talking about different noises.

I am talking about the noise I get when switching AV inputs.

Basically, DTS (or Dolby Digital, or DTS-HD, etc) changes to PCM, and I hear a HORRIBLE noise super super loud

It happens when I change AV inputs, for instance I am watching movies on AV2, then I change to AV1, then I switch back to AV2.

It's horrible.

Does HiMedia H8 has this problem?

I think you are talking about choppy audio which is different.

[dorol]

Im not talking about choppy audio.
All is working fine now except random video freezing 1 to 5 seconds long, and not for all movies.

Media info from a movie with freezing problems

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Duration                                 : 1h 41mn
Overall bit rate                         : 5 911 Kbps
Movie name                               : Jubowo @ WiKi
Encoded date                             : UTC 2015-10-18 18:30:35

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DURATION                                 : 01:36:43.875000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES                         : 1095
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_STATISTICS_TAGS                         : BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 12 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1h 41mn
Bit rate                                 : 5 274 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 24.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.316
Stream size                              : 3.65 GiB (87%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 129 r2245+704+36 8e61944 tMod+MixAQ [8-bit@4:2:0 X86_64]
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=12 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=11 / psy=1 / fade_compensate=0.00 / psy_rd=1.05:0.10 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=18 / lookahead_threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=10 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=80 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5274 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.70 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=3 / aq-strength=0.85 / aq-sensitivity=10.00 / aq-ifactor=1.00 / aq-pfactor=1.00 / aq-bfactor=1.00 / aq2=0
Language                                 : Chinese
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
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NUMBER_OF_FRAMES                         : 146044
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Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
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Bit rate mode                            : Constant
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Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
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Stream size                              : 464 MiB (11%)
Title                                    : Cantonese
Language                                 : Chinese
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Update
I converted this to mp4 and no more video freezing.

[futeko.com]

I just bought the Zidoo X6 Pro and I am totally upset with the one bug that is destroying what would be a wonderful product.

Every time I switch audio with the Yamaha AV receiver, I hear a HIIISSSSSS and the ONLY way I can stop it is by disabling/reenabling Audio Options -> Passthrough.

I like the product, but come on, this will damage my $3000+ speakers.

Any advice?
I am using the latest firmware 1.0.16.

This is a support forum for Himedia H8. From now on I will delete any support requests for other products (rafarataneneces - I already deleted one of your posts yesterday). You should direct support questions for other products to the manufacturer / retailer for those products.

[TS-FUT]

[rafarataneneces]

I just bought the Zidoo X6 Pro and I am totally upset with the one bug that is destroying what would be a wonderful product.

Every time I switch audio with the Yamaha AV receiver, I hear a HIIISSSSSS and the ONLY way I can stop it is by disabling/reenabling Audio Options -> Passthrough.

I like the product, but come on, this will damage my $3000+ speakers.

Any advice?
I am using the latest firmware 1.0.16.

This is a support forum for Himedia H8. From now on I will delete any support requests for other products (rafarataneneces - I already deleted one of your posts yesterday). You should direct support questions for other products to the manufacturer / retailer for those products.

I was under the impression that it was the same bug that is why I posted here.

Apologies

[futeko.com]

I was under the impression that it was the same bug that is why I posted here.

Apologies

H8 with firmware 1.0.7 does not have the Zidoo X6 hissing bug.

[futeko.com]

H8 with firmware 1.0.7 does not have the Zidoo X6 hissing bug.

Ok please help me buying this item.
Amazon.com it says I need to wait until November/December to get it from Luckymall.

HiMedia sold me the Q5 directly.

Any way I can get my hands in one of those?

Well, umm, let me think...

YOU ARE POSTING ON THE FORUM OF A RETAILER WITH A BIG BANNER ADVERT SELLING H8 AT THE TOP OF THE FORUM! 

We would happily sell you a Himedia H8.

Beyond that, please don't post stuff about other retailers on our forum. You posted the same thing yesterday and I deleted it.