11-22-2010, 05:20 PM | #1 |
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Movies/Videos on Nook Color ?
Just wondering if anyone has had a chance to watch and videos on the Nook Color ? How do they look ? Any performance issues ?
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11-22-2010, 05:24 PM | #2 |
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I watched several YouTube videos...yeah, they were good. No flash on websites like CNET TV so I'm going to assume HTML 5 what being used or an earlier version of flash.
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11-22-2010, 05:29 PM | #3 | |
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11-22-2010, 05:33 PM | #4 |
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Is it possible to sideloads Android apps (APK's) onto the Nook Color yet ? I use RockPlayer on my Droid X phone and it works great. Handles a lot of additional file types (Divx, Xvid, etc.)
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11-22-2010, 09:47 PM | #5 | ||
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Edit: I hadn't tried YouTube out on the nookcolor before so I just did. When you load up the page it automatically redirects you to the mobile YouTube page. There's a link at the bottom to switch to the desktop version, but when I did that I wasn't able to load up any video as the desktop version is Flash only. Going back to the mobile page version I pulled up the Green Hornet trailer as a test. The page gave me two options, Normal and HQ. The normal version wasn't really watchable, the 'HQ' one was better. Last edited by Baka no Kami; 11-22-2010 at 10:03 PM. Reason: Just tried it. |
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11-23-2010, 09:57 AM | #6 |
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this thing looks fabulous as a video player. at that size screen and the distance i keep it 720p is really a waste of drive space.
a book reader is actually last on the list for what i bought this for. at $250 it's hard to find a better android tablet (hardware wise, software will hopefully catch up if they figure how to root it). |
11-23-2010, 10:08 AM | #7 |
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11-23-2010, 10:46 AM | #8 |
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Same here. Web browser and videos will be my primary uses for this device.
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11-24-2010, 06:56 PM | #9 |
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As to side loaded videos...B&N specs say mp4 is the supported format so I gave a few files a test drive.
Case 1: Simple 30Mb mp4 file = played fine. There is some lag to start Case 2: HD TV grab converted to mp4 = played fine, excellent rendering...even longer lag Case 3: Large 720p video (560Mb) mp4 = NC reported that this video was not supported Conclusion: I don't know if it was because it was the frame rate or size or what...so if anyone has some ideas I'm all ears. Cheers. |
11-24-2010, 07:11 PM | #10 |
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I was able to play videos encoded for my iPhone.
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11-24-2010, 08:52 PM | #11 |
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video specs are in the User's Guide, I use MP4 encoded by CloneDVDmobile at 852x480 and they play great.
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11-26-2010, 11:17 AM | #12 |
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Would this device be suitable for taking a DVD/Divx/Whatever and converting it to the supported mp4 format for watching on an airplane? I wonder how long the battery lasts if you're watching a movie, especially if it's HD?
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11-26-2010, 10:50 PM | #13 |
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Your NOOkcolor supports the following video file formats: 3gp, 3g2, mp4, m4v; MPEG-4 Simple Profile up to 854x480; H.263 up to 352x288; H.264 Baseline profile up to 854x480
Your NOOKcolor will not support the following video file formats: Flash (Flv/swf); Mov/qt; AVI; MKV; Xvid/divx; WMV / VC-1; H.264 Main and High profile; and videos with a resolution higher than 854x480 I use Handbrake and use the standard IPhone format and just up the Rez to stay below the 854x480 and it works Beautifully, |
11-26-2010, 11:06 PM | #14 | |
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11-26-2010, 11:33 PM | #15 | |
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I completely understand the frustrations of having to convert files tho, Once this is Rooted and we can install a better player we wont have that problem |
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