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Netflix - Sound but no Video (VZW)

My wife received a replacement phone and her netflix has no video. Everything works until you get to the actual video where the sound plays and everything shows (e.g. timer at bottom), but there is no video. I've tried various ROMs and OS version (4.0.1-4.0.4). I set it up to mirror my phone exactly and then even restored my nandroid on her phone but still nothing!
Anybody else have this problem and may be a fix??
Thanks!

I've been having this same thing happen using the Netflix app on my tablet. I just let it play for ten seconds or so and then grab the slider and pull it back to the beginning. Picture shows up and the video plays fine from there on out.
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ajk511 said:
I've been having this same thing happen using the Netflix app on my tablet. I just let it play for ten seconds or so and then grab the slider and pull it back to the beginning. Picture shows up and the video plays fine from there on out.
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Thanks, but didn't work

Any ideas?
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try an older version of the app

joshnichols189 said:
try an older version of the app
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Thanks but no luck. I tried several older versions.
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Hi, Netflix newer versions are with hdcp protection, download version from may/16

google play store movies won't play on my rooted phone

Hey guys searched for this before posting but couldnt find an answer. I bought some movie's from the google play store and when I go to play them it gives an error. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks for any help

try OTA rootkeeper on play

Download an apk called " hide my root" free in the play store.
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Thanks guys for the help. But that didn't solve the problem. Any more ideas of what could be going on?
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Long ago confirmed that Google flicks won't play on rooted devices. As to possible workarounds, sorry, IDK.
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Why the **** not lol...
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yeah google play movies do play on rooted devices..I have a Rooted Nexus 7 and my free transformers movie plays on it. I had an issue on my GS3 playing the same movie but I did a clean wipe and went to a new ROM and I can now play the transformers on my Rooted GS#

biggggant said:
yeah google play movies do play on rooted devices..I have a Rooted Nexus 7 and my free transformers movie plays on it. I had an issue on my GS3 playing the same movie but I did a clean wipe and went to a new ROM and I can now play the transformers on my Rooted GS#
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Hey bigggant you mind telling me what rom you are running. Thanks!:highfive:

tdc207 said:
Hey bigggant you mind telling me what rom you are running. Thanks!:highfive:
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Hey TDC I was running the latest rooted ICS leak. ch1 I think. I was on the somewhat modded leak ch1 when I was having an issue. And I am now on the JB TWiz port and the transformers is playing/streaming fine for me.. I would suggest a wipe and retry and if you restore apps try just restoring the app and not app + data

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Hey TDC I was running the latest rooted ICS leak. ch1 I think. I was on the somewhat modded leak ch1 when I was having an issue. And I am now on the JB TWiz port and the transformers is playing/streaming fine for me.. I would suggest a wipe and retry and if you restore apps try just restoring the app and not app + data
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Thanks I'll try to find it and give it a go and see what I come up with. And thanks again!

Hey guys just an update, loaded Triangle Away and presto now I can watch movies.Thanks Chainfire!:good:

I never thought about the flash counter...I always flash no counter roots on my Samsungs
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triangle away worked for my on my verizon s3. it was driving me nuts trying to get the videos working, thanks.

Google Play Movies WILL NOT Play my Movies.

So I have some purchased movies from Google. I recently tried to play one. It loads up, starts playing, and plays the first 9 seconds, buffers, jumps back to second 8 and boot loops between second 8 and 9 constantly. I went to Play Store and tried everything they suggested to troubleshoot the issue. Cleared cache. Pinned(downloaded the movie) for offline viewing. I even deleted it from system and reinstalled it. Nothing works. It plays 9 seconds and bootloops. I searched Google and XDA and couldn't find any threads relating to this issue. I have contacted Google directly and am awaiting a response.
Anyone else who can confirm this issue? Im running stock rooted LG8.
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Could ve issue with that movie get yo money bak
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I thought Google play movies wouldn't work on a rooted phone
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rgregg504 said:
I thought Google play movies wouldn't work on a rooted phone
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Correct Answer, you cannot play Google movies on a rooted phone or tablet, has to be stock. DRM(digital rights management) comes in to play which checks for root access, if root, then no play, because its easier to pirate a movie with root access
message brought to u by my JellyBombed GalaxyS3

Not true, movies work on my rooted nexus7 and this phone as well. Google updated play to stop root issues and playback a couple months ago. I'm using cm10 on my phone and just downloaded all my movies as well as watched one, tablet is on paranoid ROM.
Earlier I was on codename, which would not let me download any movies.
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dante32278 said:
Not true, movies work on my rooted nexus7 and this phone as well. Google updated play to stop root issues and playback a couple months ago. I'm using cm10 on my phone and just downloaded all my movies as well as watched one, tablet is on paranoid ROM.
Earlier I was on codename, which would not let me download any movies.
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Did not know this, still doesn't work on my Acer Iconia500, haven't tried on my GS3 yet.
message brought to u by my JellyBombed GalaxyS3

dante32278 said:
Not true, movies work on my rooted nexus7 and this phone as well. Google updated play to stop root issues and playback a couple months ago. I'm using cm10 on my phone and just downloaded all my movies as well as watched one, tablet is on paranoid ROM.
Earlier I was on codename, which would not let me download any movies.
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Google made a big point last year (or was it hte year before?) to say that rooted devices will not be able to stream movies from Google.
I wonder if maybe AOSP ROm's like CM10 don't include the DRM APK's that would report on root to Google?

Still no response from Google. Still no movies streaming.
Google does allow rooted devices to stream. Im now running a stock jellybean rom leak. Still having the same exact problem.

I'm facing this issue too.. rooted deodex'd LJ7 build. I've seen some ROMs have removed DRM or something... Is that a way to get around this problem?

Try a different ROM. I am on free gs3 right now and just tested my movies, playback works fine.
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Well this is troubling.. I flashed a stock odex'd rom and still facing the problem.
flashing sextape's stock tar now.. :\ hoping this helps
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stock unrooted ROM did not present this issue.. Even after rooting no issue.
When I flashed a deodex'd rom is where I encountered this problem. This sucks lol

issues here as well
google play movies only streams for me again when i go back to stock kernal. doesnt work on custom kernal running stock rooted rom on the note 3

los82 said:
google play movies only streams for me again when i go back to stock kernal. doesnt work on custom kernal running stock rooted rom on the note 3
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I'm on a Galaxy S4 rooted deodexed and no custom kernel lets me play movies past 9 seconds besides stock kernel.

Not able to use Netflix

Hello all. I have a GT-N7100 running liqidsmooth ROM. I cannot run Netflix, it gets to loading film and stays there. I changed ROM back to Hawkish extreme ROM with a stock kernel, and lo and behold it worked got to load film screen and it streamed it straight away. Could my problem be to do with the non stock kernel(Liquidsmooth). So my question really is, is there a stock kernel that I could flash. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. By the way I also tried Avatar ROM.
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Had this issue myself, my google skills told me that netflix uses a different video player on 4.2 roms, which all kernels (that I know of) dont seem to support. There is an xposed plugin that tricks netflix into thinking you have ICS, which then causes the app to use the video player that most kernels actually support.
User MikeySmikey has posted the details here.

Well thanks for enlightening me. I am going to try this straight away. I will post back the results. Once again thank you for the info.
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Thanks again RAGEANDCAR for the help it worked lovely.
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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

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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
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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

XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
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?

XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
Custom kernel too?
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Cm11 kernel.
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