iChat - View HD Video on Nook Color in full screen video playback lucy198754 - Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:21 pm Post subject: View HD Video on Nook Color in full screen video playback
Nook Color plus all tablet essentials, and costs significantly less than an iPad, Motorola Xoom, Kindle Fire and other tablets. But, you may meet some troubles about playing HD video, movies on Nook Color with some video players.
Q: 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!
In this article, we will talk about how to watch HD videos on Nook Color for ideal playback with RockPlayer, MPlayer and Vplayer. Firstly, let us learn about the three compatible video players.
RockPlayer:
File formats: avi, mkv, rmvb, mp4, mov, wmv, asf, wma, wav, mpg, ts, mpa, dvd, au, mp3, mid, ivf, aiff, ogm, ogg, cda, flic, d2v, aac, roq, flac, drc, dsm, swf, pls, pmp
Audio and Video encoders: AAC, AC3, DTS, FLV4, LPCM, ALAW, ULAW, MPEG Audio, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, RealVideo, RealAideo, Vorbis, AVC (H264), VC1, XVID, DIVX, SVQ, Theora, Bink
Disadvantages: RockPlayer on the Nook Color can handle 480p non HD videos fine in the .mkv or .avi containers.
MPlayer:
Container: 3GP, AVI, ASF, FLV, Matroska, MOV, MP4, NUT, Ogg, OGM, RealMedia, Bink
Video: Cinepak, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HuffYUV, Indeo, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, RealVideo, Sorenson, Theora, WMV, Bink
Audio: AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, FLAC, Intel Music Coder, Monkey's Audio, MP3, Musepack, RealAudio, Shorten, Speex, Vorbis, WMA, Bink
Disadvantages: It can not handle an HD file well and seems to have a very slight audio lag.
Vplayer:
Video: divx/xvid, wmv, m4v, flv, rmvb, avi, mkv, mov, mp4, 3gp, ts, tp...
Streaming: http, rtsp, mms and m3u(apple http stream, m3u8)
External subtitles: (Advanced) SubStation Alpha(.ssa/.ass), SAMI(.smi), SubViewer(.sub), Subrip(.srt), MicroDVD(.sub), MPL2(.txt).
Embedded subtitles: (Advanced) SubStation Alpha(.ssa/.ass), Subrip(.srt), MicroDVD(.sub) and Plain text in video files(.mkv, .avi ...).
Disadvantages: It lags a bit when you get to real high quality videos.
Now, you should know how to play video files on Nook Color with applicable video palyer. But, you may notice that the three applicable video palyers all can't handle HD videos like MTS, TiVo, MKV, MOV, etc well. It means you have to use a HD Video to Nook Color Converter. Here, we show the easy way to help you.
Step 1: Import MTS/TiVo/MOV/MKV to the best Nook Color HD Video Converter.
Launch the top HD video to Nook Color Converter. Click the button “File” to add HD Video file to it.
Step 2: Select an output format for Nook Color and set the output folder.
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “Android”, choose the “Nook Color (*.mp4)” format . You can also select the format from “Common Video”, the H.264, MPEG-4.
Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters for Nook Color.
Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”.
Tips:
a. If you’ve selected the Nook Color (*.mp4) format, you can keep the default parameters, and you can view HD Video on Nook Color in full screen video playback.
b. If you choose the Common Video, you can set the video size as 854*480 to play videos on Nook Color in full screen.
Step 4: Start converting your HD videos MTS/TiVo/MOV/MKV to MP4 for Nook Color.
Click the “Convert” button; it will convert HD videos MTS/TiVo/MOV/MKV to MP4 for Nook Color. You can find the process in the “Conversion” interface.
Now, you can transfer HD video files to Nook Color for playing with applicable video player for edeal enjoyment. Hope this article will give you a big help and have a good time!
