[texmansru47]

How can we watch movies on the playbook. I have two movies downloaded from Digital Copies (MP4 format).. What do I need to watch these movies and are they in the correct format?

Thanks.

Tom

[Jean-luc_Picard]

The playbook can play MP4s, but it can only read certain audio and video codecs, so you may need to convert to the right format using Handbrake

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[wobly]

^^^What he said. I have had to convert movies that "should" have worked with Handbrake. Once I did that, they worked fine.

[texmansru47]

Great... what is the correct codecs for the playbook? Please forgive my ignorance... new to the Playbook world... first day.

[texmansru47]

Also did you all get an application error when you loaded your source file into Handbrake? That is scary.

[hooper]

Issues usually occur on the audio track. The Playbook can't handle AC3 which most movies/shows are in. Have to convert to AAC audio.

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This program, while meant for tivo users has encoding profiles you can use for re-encoding local files using handbrake or ffmpeg. The ipad or Xoom profiles work OK. You can tweak if you like.

[texmansru47]

I have two movies that I had to register via iTunes... does this matter?