I'm having some frustrating problems with my Nook Color. The fact that it pretty much refuses to play Videos annoys me a lot. NO, I'm not talking about conversion problems. I'm talking about the Nook Not playing Videos in General. For Example: I go to Mobile Youtube and try to watch a video I get an error(The Picture Attatched). Now I know the Nook Color can play Mobile Youtube because I tested it out on the Store Display Models, but when I try to watch the same video on my NC I get the Attatched Error.
Now take it a step further, I have Nookie Froyo Setup on my MicroSD card and tricked out with everything including Market. Pretty much the only thing I can't get working are Protected Apps from the Market, that and again Videos. Videos absolutly refuse to play at all unless I load it within a Flash Player like on youtube, but it doesn't play smoothly in the Flash Player unless I keep the Player small(which hardly compliments my NC's screen).
So does anyone have any idea as to why my NC refuses to play Video?
What are you using to play the videos?
What kind of videos are they? (avi, mkv, mp4)
Try Rockplayer, it plays just about everything I can throw at it. I also use arcmedia for the few vidoes that RP can't play.
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 enjoy your video on Nook Color, u must convert video to these Nook Color compatible formats. I suggest u try Foxreal Video Converter, which can convert all format videos to Nook Color with the optimized format (MP4, H.264, 854×480).
U can try it, good luck!
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Thanks, I have try just like what you said.
The videos can worked well on my NC.
I think others have the same problem, so i found a tips about watch videos on Nook Color in the iCamcorder Blog
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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 enjoy your video on Nook Color, u must convert video to these Nook Color compatible formats. I suggest u try Foxreal Video Converter, which can convert all format videos to Nook Color with the optimized format (MP4, H.264, 854×480).
U can try it, good luck!
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Thanks for the info! I downloaded the foxreal converter, but I can't find or set the optimized format (MP4, H.264, 854×480) that you suggested. Can you offer any help?
BTW My computer skills are marginal at best...
TIA Rich
BTT I'm hoping that some one can help me out...
If you have protected app install problem, open Nook Tools and unchecked the Allow Non-Market App and rechecked it. I recommend VitalPlayer from the market. It's free so it has ads but if you use Adfree, you can eliminate the ads.
succulent said:
If you have protected app install problem, open Nook Tools and unchecked the Allow Non-Market App and rechecked it. I recommend VitalPlayer from the market. It's free so it has ads but if you use Adfree, you can eliminate the ads.
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Thanks!
I should have mentioned that my nook is not rooted. I just want to convert videos to a format so that I can watch them...
Actually my problem was this:
UnRooted Stock went to m.youtube.com tried to play a Video got error.
Interrestingly it would start working while at B&N store but stop working when I left. In the end I'm running Nookie Froyo off of MicroSD and can use the Android Youtube or the Youtube App, Haven't looked back. Don't want to touch my stock because I want to keep my NC as clean as Possible just in case it breaks or something. ( And while hoping for a Netflix App when B&N launch their App store)
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Actually my problem was this:
UnRooted Stock went to m.youtube.com tried to play a Video got error.
Interrestingly it would start working while at B&N store but stop working when I left. In the end I'm running Nookie Froyo off of MicroSD and can use the Android Youtube or the Youtube App, Haven't looked back. Don't want to touch my stock because I want to keep my NC as clean as Possible just in case it breaks or something. ( And while hoping for a Netflix App when B&N launch their App store)
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Many thanks!
I'm quite the computer cave man, did you find froyo hard to do?
saburai said:
Many thanks!
I'm quite the computer cave man, did you find froyo hard to do?
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Not really, although I do recommend having Linux as it will save you alot of trouble. Try Ubuntu as it requires no Partitioning to Install if you use the Windows installer.
The default NF image doesn't come with Market but there's a Gapps Howto on the Dev forums. Also I recommend a Class 6 MicroSD although a Class 4 will work.
If you have any other questions you can PM me.
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Is there a way to get the nook color video player to play full screen?
I have this installed on my Nook on CM7, but I cant get streaming video done from my MAC to my Nook.
It connects with the web interface, and I see the time playing but I don't get video and sound. I can see the playlists on the Nook, but when I select them nohing happens.
Anyone know what can be wrong?
I need to know what settings or what file type of video files I can use on my NC running phiremod 6.3. I am using handbrake. I have a ton (about 500) movies on my computer currently ecoded with Nero recode into a ipod classic format. The file type is .mp4. The nook can't seem to play them. I then converted them using the handbrake regular "high" setting. After it got done, the nook couldn't play it. I was using double twist as my player.
What am I doing wrong? or what do I need to do differently? Thanks.
I am taking a long trip and I don't want to take my laptop to watch movies, that is why I am putting them on there.
You have to encode the videos in a VERY particular way (just like iDevices). Here is how:
http://mrm3.net/nook-colorhow-to-convert-videos/
Thanks. Perfect. Exactly what I needed. Already converted a couple of shows.
I recently (early February) factory reset my HD+ and then let it update completely to the newest stock software version before rooting it. Now, whenever I try to play a video, whether it is an m4v/mp4 file I manually placed onto the SD card, or a streamed video from Vudu, or a downloaded video from Vudu, or a streamed video from Google Play Movies, or a downloaded video from Google Play Movies, it won't play. At all. It opens up whichever video player I choose (I've tried the built-in player, BS Player, MX Player, and VLC), but the player will then load endlessly. I can't seek forward by clicking the progress bar. When I try to play a movie direct from the Vudu app, it buffers endlessly, even for a video I've downloaded. Same with a video from Google Play Movies. Sometimes the loading circle or buffer notice will freeze, and I'll get a notice that whichever app I'm using is not responding and if I want to wait or close.
I haven't been able to find anything about this issue that anyone else is having. Any ideas?
I'll take a wild guess that its from rooting stock.