Hi guys,
I really like the H8 and the job you did to customize the ROM. But I also found a few problems with it. First thing is that some videos are jerking. I initially thought that this is because I am streaming via UPNP but it isn't. I figured out that the HiMedia mediaplayer does a good job (used a local/USB file) but Kodi 15.2 for the same file not. I think you need to know the issue but it is very annoying once you noticed that it is jerking. For it seems so that this is a FPS problem because I see that for some but not for all videos. Videos with 23,976 FPS are definitely jerking from time to time (seems to be a Kodi 15 issue for some FPS).
Second problem is that I am a MAC user and the box does neither read OSX nor ExFat filesystems (more a feature request).
Third problem is that most videos (primary tested MKV + 1080p) are jerking when streaming by UPNP. I figured out that this can be improved a lot by adding an advanced Kodi config as follows:
http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Modify_the_video_cache
(I played around with the buffer sizes and I think UPNP is now much better for me)
<advancedsettings>
<network>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<cachemembuffersize>157286400</cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>20</readbufferfactor>
</network>
</advancedsettings>
Except for that (and it does not make too much sense) I have the feeling that the videos run more smoothly when using the wireless interface (LAN interface is connected straight to a switch which is also connected to the UPNP server).
Last one is that I see problems with my HDMI devices. Seems so that the device causes HDMI-CEC problems (is it possible to block the CEC channel?).
Cheers
