[Q] ESPN, BBC iplayer, ITV Player - all streaming players - Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have Nook Color running CM 10.1 RC2, I have it dual boot so I can boot into stock (but I may erase soon).
Any video streaming app with the exception of You Tube fails. I can play movies using Vplayer fine, but anything that streams seems to just sit there, either a blank screen or a busy circle in the middle, Eventually, the app comes back and asks me to wait of close.
I use a VPN or SmartDNS for my BBC iplayer and other UK needs. For Watch ESPN I use my regular. All these apps work on my HTC Rezound.
Is there something I need to do like change the name of the device in some setting to make this work any thoughts ?
I have not tried Hulu, but as all the others have failed I believe it will as well.
Has anyone come across this ? Are these apps too much for the Nook Color and should move on to the HD+ ?
I can move back to single boot for CM 10.1 if I need to.
Thanks
Tiberius.

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Not sure about 10.3 flash...but why not just go back to 10.2 for hulu?? And if you would...Id like to get that modded hulu app and player info for myself.. how can I get it?
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MJ-12 said:
Try this...
Works on my iconia and sgs2. have to drum my fingers on the tab for a bit but it works 100%
Complete with live channels
ROM is Thor A500 v11 HC 3.2.1
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Thanks for that. When you say you drum your fingers, how do you get that to get it going? It just sits there for me.
coercri said:
Thanks for that. When you say you drum your fingers, how do you get that to get it going? It just sits there for me.
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LOL yeah it just sits there for me too, but if I tap my fingers about the screen it starts full screen go figure...

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Im posting here because I have just registered and cant go to dev. forum.
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Just got a new N7 2013 32gb from Best Buy to replace my existing N7 16 gb and while the new one is definitely better in almost every way, the CNN and Xfinity apps do not seem to work at present. None of the videos on CNN or the Live TV feature work, they just say 'Video Not Available' when trying to play a video. Xfinity app also just shows a blank screen when trying to play a video. Both of these apps work fine on the older N7.
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Any one else experienced the same or knows a fix for this? This seems to be an app level issue : may be they need to be updated for 4.3 / N7 but if there is workaround, that would be great. The Live TV feature on CNN is particularly useful and would be great to have it back.
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This is not something that root and unlocking can fix so not really inclined to do that right now.
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