Hey guys,
I was thinking about buying a Nook color but I had one question.
Will the Nook Color be able to play 720p mkv files? With subtitles? I noticed that the archos 70 can play 720p mkv files and It seems to me the cpu is similar in both units.
I am pretty uninformed about this topic so I was hoping if anyone could enlighten me? I did not want false expectations that one day someone will be able to get it to work on the Nook Color.
Btw I know that Nook Color can not play it natively, but since the archos 70 I was wondering if the Nook Color could 2 in the future?
Thanks for your help!
is there an app?
At the moment, I don't believe the nook will play .mkv files without rooting it. I haven't rooted mine yet (waiting to see if 2.2 really does come out next month and what changes it brings, first) so can't say if there is an app that will play them.
I would think that it could, as long as the necessary app is installed and the codecs are available. The hardware seems like it would be perfectly capable of playing a 720p file, no matter the format, it would just be squished down to the correct resolution of 600 (or smaller depending on ratio).
Don't know about 720p, but as long as the video and audio streams are something the NC recognizes it should play an MKV (h.264, mp4 for video, aac or mp3 for audio). Although I had much better luck with just straight up mp4 files.
The built in player only even showed subtitles if they were hardcoded to the video.
i can play 720p mp4 files just fine with no lag what so ever.. Quality is awesome.. Rock Player doesn't like MKVs or AVIs, it will play them just really really slow..
ws6kid said:
i can play 720p mp4 files just fine with no lag what so ever.. Quality is awesome.. Rock Player doesn't like MKVs or AVIs, it will play them just really really slow..
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Are you using the stock player or Rock Player?
rock player plays mkv's fine on my evo but i cant get it to activate on my nook
mvideo player plays mkv 720p anime with subtitles that i have on my samsung captivate. (although it seems you have to start the video from beginning to end (ie: can't skip around) or the audio will get out of sync)
wondering if you download android market and get mvideo player if mkv 720p subtitles will work on nook color as well.
if so i would be interested in the ereader/tablet
Why? The root takes approximitly 15 to 20 minutes. Is practically completly automated, and improves the device 500%.
ws6kid said:
i can play 720p mp4 files just fine with no lag what so ever.. Quality is awesome.. Rock Player doesn't like MKVs or AVIs, it will play them just really really slow..
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I loaded up a 800mb standard def AVI and it played fine in rockplayer. Bit of stutter at the start but it smooths right out after about 10 seconds. Just FYI
smithgood9 said:
Nook Color can only play these video formats: 3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4V, and OGG. And supports MPEG-4 Simple Profile up to 854×480, H.263 up to 352×288, and H.264 Baseline profile up to 854×480. So if u want to enjoy video on Nook Color, u should convert video to Nook Color compatible formats. I suggest u a powerful video converter called Foxreal Video Converter, which enables convert all video formats to Nook Color with the optimized video format (MP4, 854×480, H.264 codec, 1500kbps avg bitrate, AAC 48KHz 160Kbps) to give user the best visual enjoyment.
U can try it, hopefully it can help u.
Tim
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You can download an app from market and then you can watch rmvb on Nook Color. So, your post is not 100% accurate.
There are a couple apps vplayer and rockplayer that can play just about every format on armv7l (our cpu)
More importantly I heard the ffree and awesome VLC player is coming to android VERY soon, that will be the best for the NC for sure
I have tried half a dozen video apps and have been unable to play 720p mkv.
720p youtube vids don't work
I tried downloading 720p and 1080p videos from youtube with tubemate and they wouldn't play. They'd skip and stutter - totally unwatchable.
Also just tried playing a 180meg 720p AVI of the office in VPlayer. The video plays fluidly but the audio is completely out of sync.
wy1d said:
I have tried half a dozen video apps and have been unable to play 720p mkv.
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Nook color's GPU limitation. Max it can play back is 854×480.
See 3 posts up.
From Nook color spec on nookdevs.com site.
GPU Processor: PowerVR SGX530 - Hardware Scaling: 854x480 scaled to 1024x600
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I'm afraid 720p and 1080p are out of the question.
What's the point of 720p on a 480p device? Do you just not want to convert your video files?
Sent from my Nook Color.
Vplayer works better than rockplayer. Plays mkv. Ratings are bad because developer said application would always be free than started to charge for it. Paid version is highly rated
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Clienterror said:
What's the point of 720p on a 480p device? Do you just not want to convert your video files?
Sent from my Nook Color.
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Because the nook's screen is 600 pixels so 720 would be the smallest "standard" size that doesn't have to be up-converted.
I play mkv files on my HTC Desire - Rockplayer and others all stuttered and displayed a blocky effect.
Then I installed Vital Player (neon) and they all player wonderfully - even 70p ones! For some reason it struggles with 720p mp4 files but who uses those?
The chip that handles video on the NC wants to play video smaller than 854x480.
Any video larger than that will not go through the hardware accelerator.
I have a thread where I attached a handbrake preset for the NC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992214
If you use that preset, you have to set the video size yourself (defaults to original size)
Use the original size if it is smaller than 854x480. If it is larger (like 720p would be) then set it to 854 width with "Keep Aspect Ratio" and the video file that handbrake puts out will be nook hardware accelerated.
Also, MoboPlayer is much better than the alternatives as far as the player itself goes.
Juboha said:
Nook color's GPU limitation. Max it can play back is 854×480.
See 3 posts up.
From Nook color spec on nookdevs.com site.
I'm afraid 720p and 1080p are out of the question.
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I read entire thread but I really want to know why archos 70 or 101 (with same GPU!) manages to play 720p hardware accelerated.
I have a handset that can record 320*240 videos. I know 854*480 can be well played on Nook Color, but whether the 320*240 movies which recorded by my handset can also be played on it? If can, I can directly play them on my NC without any conversion.
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I have a handset that can record 320*240 videos. I know 854*480 can be well played on Nook Color, but whether the 320*240 movies which recorded by my handset can also be played on it? If can, I can directly play them on my NC without any conversion.
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854 x480 video: http://uploading.com/files/9a5495f3/851x480.1500.mp4/
320 x 240 video: http://uploading.com/files/4aaa79a4/320x240.1000.mp4/
every one who have nook color can help me test it, which is bettet play on nook color
What is the best media player for the nook color rooted, also what is a good ereader?
Advance Thanks!
bobo81963
I'd suggest VLC as a media player.
For e-readers, I find no single app does it all. EZ PDF, Perfect Viewer, Aldiko, and Cool Reader all get used on my Nook depending on the format of the content.
bobo81963 said:
What is the best media player for the nook color rooted, also what is a good ereader?
Advance Thanks!
bobo81963
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We went through this very recently... I know the thread is very close.
Video Player Opinion Thread
Cool Reader
I do like the Cool Reader, works like a charm for reading books
boblinds said:
I'd suggest VLC as a media player.
For e-readers, I find no single app does it all. EZ PDF, Perfect Viewer, Aldiko, and Cool Reader all get used on my Nook depending on the format of the content.
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Rockplayer for Videos, Player Pro for Audio and Mantano Reader for epubs/pdfs.
Mobo Player for video
Aldiko reader and I'm using Rock player right now.
Where do you find the vlc app?
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Sent from my NookColor CM7.1
I would recommend:
Mx video player (standard video player),
G-mote for video streaming from pc (also remote app),
Mantano reader for PDF files,
Perfect viewer for comics,
Kindle app for epubs,
Google Music 4.0 for music of course.
Running Nook HD+ with CM 10.1.3 and have vlc player, xbmc, and bs player pro installed, and the most I get is laggy audio and artifact filled video on some of the listed players with an 1080p MKV file with AC3 audio.
I re-encoded the file to H.264 video and AAC audio, and bam vlc plays it just fine crystal clear no artifacts no slow down. However bs player hiccups, and xbmc has just a slight lag every so often, may be able to fix with video playback settings.
My question is, is there any way to get the ac3 codec to work, or is there a work around someone could PM me?
I hate that I would have to re-encode files to work.... not sure if this would work under xbmc and out through an hdmi cable as I have seen those options in xbmc for the audio out.
Can anyone help?