Play Movies and TV - No Video - Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Nexus 10, stock 5.1.1 (although the same is true for other 5.1 and 5.1.1 ROMs I've tried).
When I try to stream or play a downloaded show it seems that my tablet believes there is an HDMI screen connected even though there is not. As a result, all I get is sound on the tablet and no video. All I can see is the "Second Screen" interface with the actor info etc.
I've done lots of google searching and can't find anything. Anyone else having this issue?

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[Q] Unable to stream any media to phone, able to stream to Chromecast

I've recently come across a strange issue with my G2. I've been unable to stream any type of media to my phone since about a week ago. Literally, any kind of media...Youtube app, Youtube in the browser, Google play music app, Pandora, any other video from a browser, etc... I believe it started when I flashed a recent nightly of Carbon last week. Figuring it was just an issue with that particular nightly, I flashed a newer version a couple days ago. When the issue persisted, I switched over to the latest version of the Gummy rom. This hasn't fixed the issue though.
What throws me for a loop is that my internet connection works great for browsing the web, email, and texting (google voice). It's only streaming audio or video that doesn't work. I can, however, cast audio/video to my Chromecast (though it's obviously not streaming thru my phone).
Nothing actually gives me an error except for Google Play Music, which just says "Music temporarily unavailable - Couldn't play the stream you requested". Pandora just skips from song to song every few seconds, never actually playing any of them, and Youtube (both app and in browser) just stay at 0:00 time and a black screen.
I've search around a bit and can't seem to find the same issue anywhere else. Hopefully somebody has an idea? I could re-flash my phone with the manufacturer's utility s/w but I'd prefer to avoid that if possible.
Has anybody even experienced this problem before?
Nobody?

Green flickering w/ Google Play and Netflix

I purchased a Nexus Player the other day and rooted the device. Did all sorts of cool things for testing to see how I'd like to get a final setup going. Once I had everything set, I decided to catch a movie on Netflix. After choosing a movie, I hit play and the movie starts to load. However, right when it got ready to play, the screen started to flicker green. I backed out and tried again but same green flickering.
At that point, I tried to cast from my phone and tablet to the Nexus Player and still got the green flickering screen. I then tried to just play something from Netflix directly from my TV's Netflix app to see if it was an issue with the TV or the Netflix service but it played fine.
So, seems like the Netflix app was broken on the Nexus Player. That's when I decided to try Google Play Movies on the Nexus Player. Same deal... Screen flickers green when I hit play on a movie. I then tried to cast to it and still get green flickering. If I cast to the Chromecast on that same TV, it works fine. So, I thought "ok so looks like video playback is broken on the Nexus Player" .
Wrong again! I tried the Hulu app and YouTube app directly from the Nexus Player and those stream fine. Looked like only Netflix and Google Play Movies apps were broken. So I uninstalled the apps and cleared data/cache but still the same issue.
I unrooted and did a factory reset but still got the green flickering. I checked for updates but I was already updated. I returned my unit thinking I had a defect and when I got the new one, I tested again. This time without a rooted unit. Before I did an app update on the new device and fresh out of the box, I tried Netflix and Google Play Movies. Same deal...green screen flickers when I hit play. So, I then proceed to update Google Play Movies and Netflix since they had updates available. Still the same issue.
With that said, the two units (rooted and stock) have issues with those two apps. I called Google for support and we got up to level three support. They suggested I try to exchange it one more time and now I have a third unit with the same issue on those two apps. Still green flickering. Even my HDHomeRun works well streaming live TV to it.
I don't know what to do at this point. Is anyone experiencing these issues with Netflix and Google Play Movies on their Nexus Player? Any other suggestions? I switched the HDMI cable and even the ports. For what it's worth, my TV has HDMI 2.0
For what it's worth, it sounds like the only thing you haven't tried is a different tv/monitor. Do you have another screen you can try it out on? What kind of TV is it?
Google results are weird on this one. Free recommendations to find and install Netflix 1.3 and if that doesn't work then try installing "Full!Screen" or a screen rotation forcing app and rotate it a few times to make the flicker go away. Not a solution, I know, but maybe a workaround.
Same here
unix4linux said:
I purchased a Nexus Player the other day and rooted the device. Did all sorts of cool things for testing to see how I'd like to get a final setup going. Once I had everything set, I decided to catch a movie on Netflix. After choosing a movie, I hit play and the movie starts to load. However, right when it got ready to play, the screen started to flicker green. I backed out and tried again but same green flickering.
At that point, I tried to cast from my phone and tablet to the Nexus Player and still got the green flickering screen. I then tried to just play something from Netflix directly from my TV's Netflix app to see if it was an issue with the TV or the Netflix service but it played fine.
So, seems like the Netflix app was broken on the Nexus Player. That's when I decided to try Google Play Movies on the Nexus Player. Same deal... Screen flickers green when I hit play on a movie. I then tried to cast to it and still get green flickering. If I cast to the Chromecast on that same TV, it works fine. So, I thought "ok so looks like video playback is broken on the Nexus Player" .
Wrong again! I tried the Hulu app and YouTube app directly from the Nexus Player and those stream fine. Looked like only Netflix and Google Play Movies apps were broken. So I uninstalled the apps and cleared data/cache but still the same issue.
I unrooted and did a factory reset but still got the green flickering. I checked for updates but I was already updated. I returned my unit thinking I had a defect and when I got the new one, I tested again. This time without a rooted unit. Before I did an app update on the new device and fresh out of the box, I tried Netflix and Google Play Movies. Same deal...green screen flickers when I hit play. So, I then proceed to update Google Play Movies and Netflix since they had updates available. Still the same issue.
With that said, the two units (rooted and stock) have issues with those two apps. I called Google for support and we got up to level three support. They suggested I try to exchange it one more time and now I have a third unit with the same issue on those two apps. Still green flickering. Even my HDHomeRun works well streaming live TV to it.
I don't know what to do at this point. Is anyone experiencing these issues with Netflix and Google Play Movies on their Nexus Player? Any other suggestions? I switched the HDMI cable and even the ports. For what it's worth, my TV has HDMI 2.0
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I've had these exact same problems with mine since day 1. these things are trash.

Bad resolution

Hey guys
I just got my nexus player about an hour ago and straight away tried to cast some TV shows to it but apon this I discovered the resolution for whatever reason really really sucks even though it should be in 1080p.
It's all pixelated when people/characters move there's distortion around them too anyone have any idea why this is?
EDIT: Same happens even with files directly downloaded onto the nexus player :S
No one able to help at all?
I havent tried casting anything yet. I will try tonight when I get home. What are you casting and from where, phone, tablet, pc? What application are you using to cast? Ill try and mimic your setup and see what the results are. On another note I did notice the screen getting better on youtube and what not when I changed the settings for my display from auto to 1080p 60mhz. Have you checked your display settings in your options?
Roxas598 said:
Hey guys
I just got my nexus player about an hour ago and straight away tried to cast some TV shows to it but apon this I discovered the resolution for whatever reason really really sucks even though it should be in 1080p.
It's all pixelated when people/characters move there's distortion around them too anyone have any idea why this is?
EDIT: Same happens even with files directly downloaded onto the nexus player :S
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Same thing happen to my NP after casting a video it got stuck 720p resolution I had to change hdmi port to get back 1080p

LG V20 plays sound but shows no videos?

For the past couple of days now, whenever I try to play a video, I hear the audio fine, but don't see any video, just a black screen. At first I thought it was trouble with my YouTube app since that's basically where I only watch videos and read on several forums that the issue was caused by having the official twitter app (which is weird since I don't have twitter). I also tried restarting my phone, uninstalling/reinstalling youtube, installing older versions of youtube, all of which never worked.
So I decided to swallow my pride and just download a fake youtube alternative. To my surprise, the videos still show a black screen and only play audio. This had me thinking, so I tried to play a video in my camera roll I downloaded... Same problem, however, if I play a video I recorded myself on the phone it works... The even weirer part is though, that if I play a video through youtube via the Chrome browser it works (despite it looking like 140p and horrible audio) but it works! I've also tried smart cleaning, deleting cache and data but to no avail.
Is there a problem with my phones flash player, or whatever extension it uses? I know Chrome uses its own built in player which could explain why it sorks in Chrome but not anywhere else.
This all seemed to happen randomly, I didnt do anything. Games and other media including music still seem to work fine. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Also I am rooted on 12A and have been for the past 6 months.
I'm also having the same issue with my vs995 running on rooted 12A

Can’t stream videos on disneylife and netflix

So I bought a new nexus player for 30 bucks hoping to have a simple player that plays disneylife and netflix for my kids. Big mistake. I can’t stream any videos on disneylife, I get “an unexpected error occurred, try playing video again”. And on netflix it says “we’re having trouble playing this title right now. please try again later or select a different title” i tried reinstalling the apps, even factory resetting the nexus even though it’s new. Still same problem.
Can anyone help? It’s version 5.0 and it says it’s up to date in the system update.

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