2015-08-08, 19:06
Thanks guys for continuing to try to help.
Successfully updated firmware to HMD-1.0.9 2015-06-11.141322. Note to anyone else having problems updating. Although the Q5 specs states it works with EXT3 file system on USB drives, I was unable to get the install to start until I formatted the drive to FAT32.
I set up another share - SMB on Win7 and turned off password sharing. I was able to mount the share in Kodi under Videos->Files->Add Videos... but it required a username and password even though I turned off password sharing in Windows!? I was able to play a 3D ISO in 2D only (limitation of Kodi player I think). As I mentioned above, I also tried Videos->Files->Add Videos... for NFS and SMB shares on OS X but neither would work.
Installed himediaWrapper.apk and it is working in place of the Kodi player. However, I think it broke the Win7 share (because it required a password) and instead of playing the 3D ISO, I got an eternal spinner screen. If someone can tell me how to upload pictures to my gallery, I can post pictures of the screen.
So how the heck do people set up a share that this thing can use? Obviously, I am not doing it right but it seems very picky. I wish HiMedia would spend a little time making their networking more robust. I've never had this much trouble getting any device connected to a share.
Even when I get a file to play from a local USB stick, the player and Kodi crashes a lot and the file stutters. I am going to try NTFS file format on the USB stick to see if that helps.
I sure want to make this box work but I'm starting to wonder if I can.
(2015-08-08, 11:35)looun Wrote: update firmware.
Successfully updated firmware to HMD-1.0.9 2015-06-11.141322. Note to anyone else having problems updating. Although the Q5 specs states it works with EXT3 file system on USB drives, I was unable to get the install to start until I formatted the drive to FAT32.
(2015-08-08, 11:35)looun Wrote: why you use File Manager ,you want copy file?
you must add folder on "video" section.
I set up another share - SMB on Win7 and turned off password sharing. I was able to mount the share in Kodi under Videos->Files->Add Videos... but it required a username and password even though I turned off password sharing in Windows!? I was able to play a 3D ISO in 2D only (limitation of Kodi player I think). As I mentioned above, I also tried Videos->Files->Add Videos... for NFS and SMB shares on OS X but neither would work.
Installed himediaWrapper.apk and it is working in place of the Kodi player. However, I think it broke the Win7 share (because it required a password) and instead of playing the 3D ISO, I got an eternal spinner screen. If someone can tell me how to upload pictures to my gallery, I can post pictures of the screen.
So how the heck do people set up a share that this thing can use? Obviously, I am not doing it right but it seems very picky. I wish HiMedia would spend a little time making their networking more robust. I've never had this much trouble getting any device connected to a share.
Even when I get a file to play from a local USB stick, the player and Kodi crashes a lot and the file stutters. I am going to try NTFS file format on the USB stick to see if that helps.
I sure want to make this box work but I'm starting to wonder if I can.