Himedia H8 Feature Request

[mencwelp]

Can you add support of AUDIO_DEVICE_IN_USB_DEVICE as main audio capture  ?
I'm not able to use Skype. Video is broadcast fine but as audio is one big noise.
Any  video chat  software  wechat,skype, hangout is not able to capture audio from usb webcam/mic ex c270.
I was able to capture audio from webcam/mic c270 by "usb audio recorder" without any issues ,
 so i believe that H8 have configuration problem in audio policy or default capture audio device is not set properly.

Thanks

[HDMediaplayer]

Here are my wishes for the HiMedia Player (with weighting: top/bottom -> highest/lowest priority):

1. Fast Forward in 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x with picture.

2. If the right/left arrow navigation key on the IR remote control is pressed continuously the cursor on the time line should move continuously and the actual cursor time position should also be displayed.
For example in this style:

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----|----->-------------------------------------------------------
00:12:43/00:29:18                                         01:53:48
actual-play-position/actual-cursor-position               end-time

3. Possibility to enter the time via IR remote control number keys for a jump-to-time play function.

4. Fast Rewind in 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x with picture.

5. Chapter support in mkv playback. That means, if I press short the right/left double-arrow-dash key on IR remote the player jumps to the next/previous chapter. If I press long the player plays the next/previous file.

6. Enhance the "Video Info" with the Framerate, actually only the Resolution is shown.

[futeko.com]

Can you add support of AUDIO_DEVICE_IN_USB_DEVICE as main audio capture  ?
I'm not able to use Skype. Video is broadcast fine but as audio is one big noise.
Any  video chat  software  wechat,skype, hangout is not able to capture audio from usb webcam/mic ex c270.
I was able to capture audio from webcam/mic c270 by "usb audio recorder" without any issues ,
 so i believe that H8 have configuration problem in audio policy or default capture audio device is not set properly.

Thanks

This is more a bug, and has been passed onto Himedia as such.

[kurtfelix]

Another feature request:
- fall back to English as a locale when a factory reset has done (Chinese locale is hard to read / even switching the locale is a challenge when you do not know where to look).

[futeko.com]

Another feature request:
- fall back to English as a locale when a factory reset has done (Chinese locale is hard to read / even switching the locale is a challenge when you do not know where to look).

That would be better for non-Chinese boxes, I agree.

A factory reset on an Android box is never a good idea though, you'll usually lose some pre-installed apps. It is always better to do a full firmware reinstall.

[HDMediaplayer]

The H8 does not support exFAT file format on SD-Cards.
The exFAT file system supports large files and is optimised for flash memory access.
Every actual Microsoft Windows OS is supporting this format from stock.
(Because the H8 is not rooted it is impossible to install any exFAT App.)

Please add exFAT file format support to the H8.

[Kilroy]

I would say that the ability to play audio files in good lossless quality like 192/24 or at least 96/24 over HDMI is very needed now this should be a all in one box.

Cheers

[Ft]

Improving the icon on the main interface rise hight quality,  youtube 1080p, navigation bar, download and install app in storage SD, support OTA online update, wrapper...

[pepe]

My request:

a configuration would be useful, where after a power-on the H8 goes to standby (red LED).
This should be an option for the user, which is stored in the H8.

I have a central power bar, which provides power to all my equipment.
So if I only want to use my audio equipment, the H8 will not waste power.
Now I have always to switch off the H8 with the remote in this case.

[joliverio]

1. I see a request for CEC support, it is a great feature however I suggest also to have the option CEC ON/OFF available. Some boxes (not H8) implemented CEC support however the user cannot switch off this feature, besides CEC "should" be universal compatible, very often CEC does not work properly because so many brands and variations in the market and it will cause problems for users.

2. SPDIF (optical out): Currently there are no direct options to control SPDIF such as SPDIF ON/OFF, bitstream, raw, LPCM. It have something to choose inside Settings >> Playback >> HDMI Output however in my opinion it is not enough. Currently I am facing issues using the firmware 1.0.7, my SPDIF is OFF (no light) and I only could solve this problem returning back the firmware to an older version

Suggestions:
1. CEC support with switch ON-OFF option
2. SPDIF options

[pcristi]

Himedia don't usually supply their products rooted. It causes problems with some streaming services.

What would be good is if someone could figure out how to root H8 and provided instructions.

Rooting it might void your warranty!

"Instruction to root H8 (adapted from ROOT_via_LAN for Q5/Q10 post by @puiut)
1. Download ROOT_via_LAN_5.1.1.rar to your computer from here.
2. Connect your H8 to router and write down your H8 IP address from setting / network
3. Connect your computer with the same router(network)
4. Extract the files from no 1. and run "ROOT_via_LAN_5.1.1.bat"
5. When it prompt "Press any key to continue", just press any key.
6. Type the IP address that you've wrote in no.2. and press Enter.
7. H8 will automatically restart and in My Apps there will be SuperSU which means that it already been root.
8. Run SuperSU and if is prompt for update binary, choose Yes.
9. Run application that needs Root access and SuperSU confirmation will be appear. "

[zeusje]

I would like to have a bigger range to sync the subtitles, so not max. 1 sec but like 10 sec's.

[pmjobe]

How about a screensaver feature, that'd be sweet........Sorry if someone else also requested the same.

[AndyM]

Can you please see if they can turn on the functionality to use a USB Bluetooth receiver so that audio can be streamed from a phone to the home theatre system.

Similarly, can screen mirroring be updated to allow direct from a phone using the built in screen mirroring function.  I am running Android 5.0 Lollipop on a Samsung Note 3 and can't seem to get it to work directly from the phone without a special app - the H8 wants me to register for a wechat app to download screen mirroring software. 

[4Kready]

Hi,

I just got my H8 Octa box and what I could see that there is no option to choose for Eastern Europe subtitle characters so letters like
"c", "s" and "z" with checkmark, also d with dash and "dz" combined (z again with checkmark)
are not properly displayed when using subtitles in .srt format.

It would be great if this could be implemented in both Kodi and Mediacenter in the next upgrade.