[ppoulos]

OK, I am using the regular free version from the same company. Mine seems to shut down each time the Q5 is rebooted. Does the Pro version do that? I'd like to to automatically start up each boot. There must be a way to do that. What do you get for purchasing the Pro version other than no ads?

It is odd that my watched flag doesn't work. My experience seems to be slightly different that others with the Q5. That is a little disconcerting but I guess I'll eventually figure out what is going on. I just ran into an MKV that the Media Player won't play but the Kodi DVD Player plays fine. I'd really like to report these bugs. Does someone have a contact e-mail for tech support? I can't find one on their site.

I read somewhere about auto-starting Kodi from the Himedia Q5 player home screen, but no auto-launching of any other app. Since I don't need FTP Server to run all of the time I never thought about auto-launching it. And yes, the only difference between the Pro and regular versions is the ads - go figure.

So far the only problems that I have had with Himedia Video Player playing MKV files is the occasional movie where the picture would stutter. It seems to be related to some other process running at the same time as the built in media player, and sometimes I just had to reboot the Himedia Q5 to get it to stop when I don't find that errant process. But I have so far not found any MKV file that the media player would not play at all! But practically all of my MKV files are lossless Blu-ray or DVD rips.