MiccaG2 1080p Full-HD Digital Media Player for USB Drives and SD/SDHC Cards, Digital Signage, H.264/AVC MP4 MKV Videos MP3 Music JPG Photos, HDMI and AV Output, Auto Play and Resume

I have only used this product for a short while but so far I like almost everything about it. The size is very small and perfect for travel, which is one of the reasons I purchased it*. I have been testing it with MP3 files and mkv files, both standard video and HD (1080p), and it plays all of them without any issues.HDMI Video - I had no trouble with the HDMI output connected to a 27" monitor and playing both standard video and 1080p content, though the audio volume seemed a little low. Might be better on a TV rather than a computer monitor. When stopping a movie and selecting it again it remembers where you left off and gives you the option to resume or start over. This works even after a power cycle. According to the menu that option can be turned off.Composite Video/Audio - This output works too but a couple notes are warranted. First, if your video display is not connected on power-up the G2 will not see it automatically, so either connect the display and power-cycle or select "AV" on the remote. Secondly, immediately ditch the A-V cable supplied with the box and get a good quality cable. The one that came with it is so cheap that the metal rings on the RCA plugs can be easily bent by squeezing them between my fingers, the metal is barely stronger than aluminum foil. Also, there was a very annoying constant buzzing sound in the audio and it would get worse any time a menu was brought up on the screen. Swapping to an A-V cable that was supplied with one of my inexpensive digital cameras fixed the noise problem completely, and it's certainly not a "special" cable by any means, just better quality than what comes with the box.Audio - Seems to work fine for audio playback, however the resume feature does not work with audio files, only movies, which is a shame. It would be nice to not start with the same song every time I want to play music. It can be set to auto-play music but this feature will not work if there is more than one source device connected (like an SD card AND a USB drive). If only one media source is connected it will start playing music within 10 seconds of a cold boot, which is pretty fast IMO. This means it's possible to play music without a video screen, as long as you don't need to navigate folders.Remote Control - The remote controls works like you'd expect and has good range. I could do straight-line control from 25-30 feet away and had no trouble controlling the device even when behind it - there is enough signal reflected from the room for the player to respond. I didn't notice any lag in responding to commands. When navigating the menu the TV/monitor will show a list of files and you can easily scroll and select the one you want to play. However, there is one goofy thing when playing MP3 files on a USB drive. You use the menu to select "Music", then the source as "USB", but then it makes you select "USB" a second time before giving you the list of songs. Weird, but it's just one extra button push so no big deal.For the more geeky customers, I did some current (amperage) testing because I plan to run this from a portable battery pack. The supplied power adapter is rated at 2 amps but none of my testing with SD cards or USB flash drives required even .5 amps, so I should be able to get at least 8 or 10 hours of run time using my RavPower 6-amp-hour battery pack. I assume the reserve capacity in the power adapter is there for portable hard drives that are plugged into the USB port, but I didn't test that capability.~ Idle current - .22 amps~ with 64GB SD card - .23 amps~ with USB flash drive - .26 to .30 amps, seems to vary more by drive brand rather than capacity~ playing standard video or audio from SD card - .25 amps~ playing 1080p video from SD card - .32 to .41 amps, varies by video content. Opening credits where the scene doesn't change much was only .32 amps but once the movie started and there were any "action" scenes the amperage went up to .4 or a little higher.~ playing video from USB - add .03 to .07 amps to the SD card numbers, varies by flash driveUPDATE: I have tested my G2 player with a variable power supply and found that it will operate down to 3.3 volts, at least when playing from my USB flash drives. That means it will work from a single Li-ion cell.When playing 1080p video from a 32GB USB stick it draws .45 amps at 5 volts and the current increases as the voltage drops, reaching .50 amps at 4 volts. Below 4 volts the current remains about the same and the player operated normally as far as I could tell down to 3.2 volts. Below 3.2 volts the screen went black, but I believe the USB drive quit working because as soon as I raised the voltage above 3.2 volts the movie picked up right where it left off. I did this several times and the G2 player never sputtered or rebooted, just stopped the movie when the voltage got too low for the USB drive to work and picked up again when the voltage came back up. Also, while the movie fails to play at 3.1 volts, I could still use the remote control and navigate the G2 menus which displayed on the TV like normal.I was considering using the G2 with a "power bank" but now I think I'll try running it from a Li-ion cell phone battery. My Samsung S4 Mini battery has a slightly smaller footprint than the G2, is only 1/8" thick, and should run it for about 4 hours. Perfect for travel.If you're interested in using alternate power for your G2, the power plug is 3.5 x 1.3mm, a small but standard size.==========* I initially bought a chromecast, based on the "system requirements" listed on the package that claimed it would work with a wi-fi network. I figured I could use it with my RavPower portable Wi-Fi/Powerpack to create a wi-fi network between my phone or laptop and the chromecast in order to play content stored on my devices. However, contrary to the advertised features, chromecast will NOT work with wi-fi, it must be wi-fi AND INTERNET access. It seems that unless the chromecast can talk to google it won't talk to your TV.

25 August 2018 - I had some trouble with this media player and another similar one with the same chipset, but I found the solution from the manufacturer. You need to use these with drives that are set up for master boot record (MBR) versus the newer GPT (GUI partition Table). This is why it will only read drives up to 2 TB. MBR does not support over 2 TB. I thought it was the drive brand. Toshibas worked, but not Western Digital. Then I went into disk manager and discovered that how they are configured depends on the manufacturer, but they all work when converted. I have used FAT32, NTFS and exFat formats. Not a problem. GPT is a problem. I hope this helps folks that have been tearing their hair out trying to figure out why their hard drives don’t work. Now, on with my original review.... I’ll hit the high points to keep it short. The Micca Spec G2 plays a bunch of different formats. The ones I tested: .mkv; a standard definition (480P) DVD.iso file, .mp4 video, .mp3, all from a flash drive. They worked flawlessly. Then I took the files that would be on a DVD - not an .iso file, but the actual folder that one would find on the media itself. I told the unit (so to speak...) to play the folder, and it did...just like it were a DVD or .iso file, menus and all. Then, I saw in the menu, “Optical Drive” listed, so I took my Samsung USB Blu-ray reader/writer and plugged it in. The Micca Speck played standard definition DVDs with no problem. However, when I attempted to play a Blu-ray Disc, I received a “file read error”. I tried a couple of Blu-ray Discs just to make sure it wasn’t the disc. Apparently this box doesn’t have the horsepower to decode Blu-ray Discs, but I can play HD videos ripped from Blu-rays with no problem. It could be compatibility with the Samsung reader/burner, too. I didn’t try my other brand of external Blu-ray player/burner with it.Subtitles and Audio tracks: I read another review that the individual could only read one audio track. That was not the case for me. I could read two language audio tracks. I only had two tracks on the .mkv I used so I can’t say if it would play more than that. The second track was dubbed in German and the volume was lower than the primary English track, but that could just be the way the original disc was recorded. Accessing subtitles was problematic for me. I couldn’t make it work, but it just may that I haven’t found the right sequence of buttons. This unit is fairly intuitive though.Bottom line: it’s small, economical and just works. I liked it so much I just purchased two more. These will make great stocking stuffers.

The Mecca 4K multiplayer is very small in size yet functions quite well as advertised. It plays HD and UHD videos of various formats without any issues. It's display quality thru the HDMI port is very good. Still photos of various densities also run thru slide shows with good resolution and color fidelity. The provided remote control is simple to use and works well too.One thing that I noticed is that, may be due to its small size, heat dissipation while running HDand 4K videos is strained. The unit felt warm. The USB flash drive (1Gb) inserted was also touching very hot while running . I don't encounter this high temperature of this USB flash drive on my other media players. Hope this high thermal effect will not cause accelerated device degradation (reliability) down the road.Overall, it is a very capable small size multimedia player for its price.I would recommend it.

This reads 4 tb HD quite fast and loads movies quickly. Much faster than the TV.It has a clean graphic interface. Remote works wellIt has played everyting we have tried, including H265, only failed to see embeded subs on one movieBut, perhaps I didnt have the settings rightRecommended

NO lee todas las tarjetas, o todos los formatos, el navegador es básico pero funcional, sirve sobre todo si tu pantalla es muy vieja, y no tiene capacidad para leer usb

Mediaplayer funktionierte weder am TV noch am Beamer. Habe ihn dann retourniert. Scheint eben doch Billigschrott zu sein.

Product arrived quickly, out of the box it worked. Needed it for a Medical office to play and loop about ten .MP3 and .MP4 video files on two TVs in different locations in the office. Ran two runs of Fiber HDMI from an HDMI splitter out to both TVs plugged in the Micca Speck G2 plugged in the USB stick with the ten video files. Turned on the Micca used the remote to tell it to play all the files in the folder. Was able to use the mute button on the Micca remote to turn off the sound on the Micca rather than the two TVs because we do not need the sound only the video. Works great, simple to use. Could have used two Micca units one at each TV and two sets of USB sticks and files for way less money. But this is one set of files and one remote and everyone is happy. Great product.

It plays video off USB storage or micro SD. If that’s something you need done, this unit will do it cheaply and reliably.