Google Play Movies/TV - Not downloading in HD? - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

Is anyone else having issues with their Nexus 7 (2013) not downloading videos in HD from the Google Play store? I know we all got "La Luna" for free, but mine is only grabbing the file in SD. I do see an HD icon when I look at its store page, but my Nexus 7 is only grabbing the 21MB SD file.
Thanks for any help.

Coronado is dead said:
Is anyone else having issues with their Nexus 7 (2013) not downloading videos in HD from the Google Play store? I know we all got "La Luna" for free, but mine is only grabbing the file in SD. I do see an HD icon when I look at its store page, but my Nexus 7 is only grabbing the 21MB SD file.
Thanks for any help.
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Having the same issue . I rented the purge in HD but it plays back in SD def . when I go and download the movie it only 250mb . I just rented the conjuring and its doing the same thing . I chromecasted the movies and its in HD on the TV but SD on the tablet.

HD works and downloads fine with stock unrooted. General rule of thumb with internet video streaming is the device that's receiving the HD content has to be encrypted like with HDCP and unrooted otherwise it's stuck with SD.

I haven't received my Nexus 7 2013 yet, but HD movies play fine on my Nexus 4 running ParanoidAndroid and my stock rooted Nexus 7 2012. I don't think it's related to being rooted. I haven't tried downloading the files for offline playback, but I'll give that a try later when I'm back on WiFi.

My rooted s4 plays and downloads in HD . It just started doing this .
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Yeah, no idea. Still won't DL or play in n HD.
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Well, I tested my rooted Nexus 7 2012 and it works fine. I'm getting my 2013 today so I should be able to let you know if I run into the same issue then. For everyone having the issue, are you stock rooted? Or running a custom ROM? Or what?

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Google play movies does not seem to be working for me..
I am using ota root keeper to temp unroot my device and the movie rental is in the list but when I click on it to play it, Google play movies crashes ...
Anyone else experience this and no a way to fix?
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Try playing it from the browser...
I'll give that a shot thanks
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Google play movies/tv

Is anyone able to rent or buy movies from Google play movies on there gnex running a custom ROM if so how cause I tried on my gnex running a custom ROM and I get a error saying couldn't fetch license but it works just fine on my tablet which is stock
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I've bought tv shows with a custom ROM, But couldn't tell you wish one I was running when I bought it. I didn't have an issue though.
jsapp said:
I've bought tv shows with a custom ROM, But couldn't tell you wish one I was running when I bought it. I didn't have an issue though.
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Its letting me buy/rent them but when I start the download it fails saying it can't confirm license but when I use my stock tablet I have no issues what so ever
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Doesn't work on AOKP but it does on cm10. Although only in SD regardless of whether you purchased HD. For me anyway.
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Can't Google Play Movies on AOKP
xxprodigyxx11 said:
Doesn't work on AOKP but it does on cm10. Although only in SD regardless of whether you purchased HD. For me anyway.
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I've been able to stream and download Google Play movies on Eclipse ROMs but not on AOKP ROMs, including the latest Milestone 1. I don't know why we can't on AOKP but I'm against it.

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As per the title. I was using the free lite version but at this price it's a no-brainer for me.
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I tried buying it for my nexus 7, says is not available for my device :/
Ather said:
I tried buying it for my nexus 7, says is not available for my device :/
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That's strange, both the lite version and the paid version work fine on my 3G Nexus. I've even removed the app then reinstalled it from Play store and it downloads fine.
Do u need something to else to make it display on TV? I'm lost....
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You need a smart TV that is online. It doesn't even work with a Roku. All the channels looks like duplicate content anyway except you have saved on your phone.
Would be cool if it would work with more stuff.
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Ather said:
I tried buying it for my nexus 7, says is not available for my device :/
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Maybe you changed your DPI? try switching it back to the original DPI if you did.
As an Apple TV owner, this sale is(was?) a no brainer. It works perfectly despite the disclaimer that its "beta." Photos, music and videos streamed and, moreover, they seemed to load up faster than when I air share with my iPhone. Maybe it's psychosomatic, but I really find this app invaluable.

I cant play YouTube or other videos on nexus 7 2013

I have a nexus 7 2013 rooted running stock JSS15R. Its driving me crazy that I can't play videos specific on YouTube and Internet streaming video or files loaded on nexus. Is there anybody that can point in the right direction much help would be appreciated thanks in advance
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[Q] Why can't I watch my movies in HD on Google Play Movies with an AOSP ROM?

On every AOSP ROM I've tried, I can't seem to find a way to play my movies from Google in HD or download them in HD. They only play in sd quality. And download a file that's only 200MB prior to the HD file that's supposed to download which is 2gigs+ does anyone else have this problem or found a fix for it? I really like what AOSP has turned out to be but I keep coming back to TW cuz of my movies.
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XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
On every AOSP ROM I've tried, I can't seem to find a way to play my movies from Google in HD or download them in HD. They only play in sd quality. And download a file that's only 200MB prior to the HD file that's supposed to download which is 2gigs+ does anyone else have this problem or found a fix for it? I really like what AOSP has turned out to be but I keep coming back to TW cuz of my movies.
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Are you using an AOSP built for the new bootloader (4.4.2)? The new device tree has issues with hd
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Yes I am and even before that I couldn't watch HD movies. It's been like that since the old boot loader
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I had issues with watching HD Google play movies on AOSP with the old bootloader too but YouTube and downloaded videos were fine. Now I only experience the problem with HD on AOSP when on the new builds. I'm still on the 4.3 bootloader so I have the option to choose thankfully. I haven't tried Google play for videos lately though. I just use moviedroid for my video watching needs.
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Hmmm. How did you get it to work on the 4.3 boot loader?
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I haven't had Hd video issues on 4.3 AOSP since way early builds so I can't answer that. It was more a change done to the ROM by the developer.
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This is still an issue for me btw.
I'm in the same boat. Luckily, I can at least cast them to my Chromecast, but it does suck not being able to watch them on my device if I'm away from my TV.
I have this issue on both my 2012 Nexus 7 (running CM11) and my Droid RAZR HD (XT926) running CM11, Gummy, etc.
It only works when I'm on stock KK for both devices.
Not sure if it's an issue with AOSP in general (seems to be) or an issue with GAPPs. I don't think it's GAPPs as I've removed and reinstalled Google Play Movies from the Google Play store.
I also notice that I cannot send apps to my phone from the Google Play web page if I attempt to install from the web page.
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This is still an issue for me btw.
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I'm wondering of its because you're rooted. I remember when Google play movies could not play on rooted devices. I had to use voodoo to unroot & root again to get it to play.
nickster1 said:
I'm wondering of its because you're rooted. I remember when Google play movies could not play on rooted devices. I had to use voodoo to unroot & root again to get it to play.
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Ummm I don't think so because my note 3 is running a rooted stock ROM but I think it's a kernel issue because I put a custom kernel on my stock ROM and it made google play movies to stop playing completely
I just don't know what is making custom kernels not google play movie friendly
XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
Ummm I don't think so because my note 3 is running a rooted stock ROM but I think it's a kernel issue because I put a custom kernel on my stock ROM and it made google play movies to stop playing completely
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I agree. Under stock, I'm rooted and movies will play. Under non-stock roms, they won't work except via Chromecast.
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iBolski said:
I agree. Under stock, I'm rooted and movies will play. Under non-stock roms, they won't work except via Chromecast.
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Yea or anything with a custom kernel. This is the only phone that I have a problem with Google play movies playing. That's why I'm stuck in Stock rooted rom. The only rom that didn't cause trouble for me was wicked
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Yea or anything with a custom kernel. This is the only phone that I have a problem with Google play movies playing. That's why I'm stuck in Stock rooted rom. The only rom that didn't cause trouble for me was wicked
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I have the same issue on my Nexus 7 2012 tablet, not just my RAZR HD.
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iBolski said:
I have the same issue on my Nexus 7 2012 tablet, not just my RAZR HD.
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Custom kernel too?
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Custom kernel too?
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Cm11 kernel.
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