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[Q] Video Questions

I've installed RockPlayer on the NC and it seems to run standard def video (avi) that I've got in the 20-25 fps range while hd (720p) video is pretty much a slide show. What are the NC's capabilities video wise?
I ran quadrant and can see that the 3D performance isn't good compared to my Samsung Captivate but does that apply to video as well? I've played the same videos on my Captivate using RockPlayer and the stock video player and the stock player works much better than RockPlayer on the phone with much smoother playback. I've tried to copy the video player to the NC but get install errors every time so I'm guessing that it's incompatible.
Are there better video players that people recommend?

I am using mixzing to watch my movies. Works great!

Anyone else getting out of sync audio on... Everything? I've tried lots of sw player and not a one was in sync (avi, mp4, sd, hd). From what I've read, 2.2 should fix this, but bummer if it doesn't. I've got an ipad, and want to want the nook instead since the ipad isn't the laptop replace I thout it would be.
EDIT: Looks like MP4's are in Sync, so I assume it's the FFMPEG software decode that these players are using, as the MP4 should be done in hardware. Hopefully this thing'll get 2.2 before Jan. 3rd when my B&N return is up!

plympton said:
Anyone else getting out of sync audio on... Everything? I've tried lots of sw player and not a one was in sync (avi, mp4, sd, hd). From what I've read, 2.2 should fix this, but bummer if it doesn't. I've got an ipad, and want to wNt the nook instead since the ipad isn't the laptop replace I thout it would be.
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I'm having the same problem and hoping someone figures out why. I can't imagine it's a hardware problem...

What exactly is the point on watching a HD file in a non HD device? With the Nook's screen you can get away with a 480P video and it'll look fantastic. Lower resolutions will look pretty decent too. Pixels are all nice and good but there's a time and a place for everything... well, in this case only a place and that's your living room big screen TV

Using the stock player on the Nook I am having no issues with audio and video staying in sync.

Mixzing is great, but won't play avi files. I don't want to have to convert all my files just to play on one device...

act 1 video player works fine for me no sync issues

godsfilth said:
act 1 video player works fine for me no sync issues
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Per your post I checked this out and you are right...it does work great with more options while playing. I think the only way to "back" out of a movie is to use the "n" button though. ?

[Q] Best Video Player is?

Been trying to find a good video player...all seem to lag quite a bit or are quite choppy...anyone have any luck with any working really good? If so, please share!

I like rockplayer. Used it for a bit on the plane yesterday.

Is there a certain resolution you encoding videos too or will rock player handle anything?

i have an android phone and I use both rockplayer and mvideoplayer. rockplayer handles avi files well but not mkv files. mvideoplayer handles both.
i don't have a nook color but I would assume if you have a rooted nook(and have access to market) you could get these players and they should work since the processing seems the same.
i'm interested in a rooted nook color but can't seem to find if anyone has actually tried these apps.

rockplayer on the nook can handle 480p non hd videos fine in the mkv or avi containers. anything higher than that and you start to get audio and video seperation because the proc cant keep the video going at the propper pace

oscarfrancois said:
i have an android phone and I use both rockplayer and mvideoplayer. rockplayer handles avi files well but not mkv files. mvideoplayer handles both.
i don't have a nook color but I would assume if you have a rooted nook(and have access to market) you could get these players and they should work since the processing seems the same.
i'm interested in a rooted nook color but can't seem to find if anyone has actually tried these apps.
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im using mplayer on mine right now and watching some mp4 videos, not an hd file ... but the proper ratio and it looks killer ... totally worth 250 bucks

vplayer
I use Vplayer beta and i strongly recomend it. it plays most videos well and only lags a bit when you get to real high quality videos

i bought a nook color and tried it out...so far video playback is not that great.
mvideo player seems to have a very slight audio lag when i played a standard avi file(not converted or optimized for nook color) and no mkv files work on any of the players.
i think this has something to do with the internal videoplayer itself and not really the actually processing power of the nookcolor.
looks like i will have to just convert files to mp4...an extra step but I read more than watch videos.

If you are using anything other than an mp4 file extension then you're using software decoding. Software decoding will only go as smoothly as the CPU allows. I've found when using software decoding I can handle AVIs up to standard def in Rockplayer. (480) I get a tiny bit of stutter at the start, but it smooths out within 60 seconds.
However, if you use hardware decoding, (only works with mp4 files) you can probably push the resolution up a bit. I have a 720x400 file at a video bitrate of 800 that plays instantly and smoothly in the native player and in Rockplayer. I plan to go home and push the resolution a bit further and see where it starts to desync, so once I do I'll report back.
tl;dr: Anything other than mp4 has to be standard def or lower and played in a 3rd party player that can do software decoding, like Rockplayer. Anything in mp4 can be played in anything that does hardware decoding, and can probably go quite a bit higher than SD.

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urbanengine1 said:
I use Vplayer beta and i strongly recomend it. it plays most videos well and only lags a bit when you get to real high quality videos
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I encountered an error while installing vplayer beta. didn't you get any?

Playing MP4 videos on rooted NC?

I transferred several MP4 videos I shot with my G2 onto the rooted NC but they can't be played.
I'm guessing that because the NC doesn't have a camera, it's GPU may not have the hardware codec necessary to play the MP4 files.
Has anyone else had any success playing various video formats?

I had some success using rock player. I was able to load a 1024x576 mp4 video on the nc and play it in rock player. It wasn't silky smooth, but perfectly acceptable for watching. I used handbrake to rip it. I can post more details and maybe upload a sample if you'd like.

johnnyb138 said:
I had some success using rock player. I was able to load a 1024x576 mp4 video on the nc and play it in rock player. It wasn't silky smooth, but perfectly acceptable for watching. I used handbrake to rip it. I can post more details and maybe upload a sample if you'd like.
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Yes, please.
Looking at bn.com it looks as though playing mp4 videos should be working out of the box...
I would appreciate a sample video and your HB settings so I can transcode some content of my own to carry around.
Thanks!

I wans't able to get the video to play with the B&N player as advertised, but that may have been because of my handbrake settings, which as promised are as follows:
Container: MP4 File
Picture: Anamorphic Loose, Width 1024 (to fit the nook)
Video Filters: All Off (shouldn't matter for playback, only for how good of quality the transfer is)
Video Codec: MPEG-4 (FFMpeg)
Framerate: 29.97
Average Bitrate: 997kbps
Audio: AAC (faac), Bitrate: 160
I have a 3MB sample here.

NC default player doesn't support video width above I think 854. You can find the exact specs in the FAQ on BN support.
Audio needs to be aac rather than mp3. To make a long story short, mp4 and m4v aren't video formats. They're containers for a video stream plus an audio stream, and there are a wide variety of video and audio stream types that can go in this container. NC default player doesn't support all of them, but the ones it does handle I've found it handles better than RockPlayer.
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Anyone try Vplayer, works on my epic. Will test it on my NC tomorrow!
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Android video playback?

So far I'm fine with Android but I still complain I playback video in Android doesn't work well. The problem is that in WinMO could perfectly reproduce videos in format AVI, resolution: 320 * 240 and FPS 18 but in Android can't do reproduce only recognized of all videos and movies that I have one that is in WMV, therefore transform a video that I had to that format while maintaining the same settings as in AVI and does not play well is unstable and closes only while playing and I tried moving some things in the converter of video formats and still did not play well.
My question is: is there any hack or something like that to make the playback of videos go better in Android or one player as CorePlayer it was that used in WinMO and had no problems with that AVI video format.
Greetings and I hope help me.

Josue_181 said:
So far I'm fine with Android but I still complain I playback video in Android doesn't work well. The problem is that in WinMO could perfectly reproduce videos in format AVI, resolution: 320 * 240 and FPS 18 but in Android can't do reproduce only recognized of all videos and movies that I have one that is in WMV, therefore transform a video that I had to that format while maintaining the same settings as in AVI and does not play well is unstable and closes only while playing and I tried moving some things in the converter of video formats and still did not play well.
My question is: is there any hack or something like that to make the playback of videos go better in Android or one player as CorePlayer it was that used in WinMO and had no problems with that AVI video format.
Greetings and I hope help me.
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Convert them to MP4. You also might try yxplayer, which plays a lot of avi videos(not all though) for me although it's not free.

-Arturo- said:
Convert them to MP4. You also might try yxplayer, which plays a lot of avi videos(not all though) for me although it's not free.
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Thanks a lot! Transforming it to. mp4 and playing with yxplayer works well but I will have to transform everything again but the important thing is that it works.
Best regards.

I have had most success with arcmedia in the android market. It uses the FFMPEG codec library rather then the codecs built into android which means it plays more file types successfully then most others i have tried. It even has a stab at playing higher quality videos where you would normally only get sound in the standard player, but they still stutter a little.

scooter1556 said:
I have had most success with arcmedia in the android market. It uses the FFMPEG codec library rather then the codecs built into android which means it plays more file types successfully then most others i have tried. It even has a stab at playing higher quality videos where you would normally only get sound in the standard player, but they still stutter a little.
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The I installed it and I did not get worked perhaps I need to install the codecs FFMPEG you mention but equally no matter because with the yxplayer and transforming the videos to. mp4 goes me well.
Best regards.

you could try rockplayer. plays avi files. i do not remember where i found the apk but i guess it is on market.

peter s said:
you could try rockplayer. plays avi files. i do not remember where i found the apk but i guess it is on market.
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Thanks for the recommendation but if you saw the answers the problem was solved transforming the videos to .mp4 and using the player YXPLayer, the player you mention does not work but I accept suggestions of other players who have best interface to YXPlayer.

are you saying rockplayer fails to play your original avis? (at least this is what i was recommending it for)

peter s said:
are you saying rockplayer fails to play your original avis? (at least this is what i was recommending it for)
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Does not play the videos that transforms .mp4 only showed audio.

Nook problems when playing video

I try to play 720p video on nook and the voice and picture is out of sync
when I try to play 480p video, the voice and video is a bit out of sync too though only a bit
both video is mkv type
I guess that Nook is bad with playing MKV video files for either quality, I haven't yet try to play other format, anyway will there any differences? Will other tablets like viewsonic has this problem?

Nook is not really designed to do this but try a different format like mp4 or mpeg-4

innosia said:
I try to play 720p video on nook and the voice and picture is out of sync
when I try to play 480p video, the voice and video is a bit out of sync too though only a bit
both video is mkv type
I guess that Nook is bad with playing MKV video files for either quality, I haven't yet try to play other format, anyway will there any differences? Will other tablets like viewsonic has this problem?
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I have had this problem too. If you don't want to convert your video, you might want to try QQPlayer. It can even play avi files. With AVI files, it can get a little choppy like it is skipping a frame every few frames but it doesn't stop and start and it is watchable.
If you don't mind converting videos, I have had good luck using handbrake for windows which is free and using the iPhone setting.

richdaley said:
I have had this problem too. If you don't want to convert your video, you might want to try QQPlayer. It can even play avi files. With AVI files, it can get a little choppy like it is skipping a frame every few frames but it doesn't stop and start and it is watchable.
If you don't mind converting videos, I have had good luck using handbrake for windows which is free and using the iPhone setting.
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hi darley, what format to convert to? iphone setting means quicktime format?

Movies
Not sure which version pf OS you're running but, I watched lots of movies during airplane trips on the stock Nook, and a very early rooted version (1.1) with great high quality viewing. No sync issues. My movies were in MP4 format using Format Factory (free) . It takes any format converts to another and can compress, kepp same etc. When I switched to CM7 recently started getting slight out of sync issues - but barely noticeable. I'm ordering a new higher class card now which will hopefully make things better.
You have the Nook now - try Format Factory with MP4 medium quality setting, use Moboplayer (free) and play with the file size. WOrked great for me. Also, the SD card makes a HUGE difference. Try a few different ones.