I have just three video tutorials on my iPad, and was having no problem at all (until just tonight) watching them. It was only a moment ago that I was watching one when, all of a sudden, the screen went totally black. Now I can't watch any videos at all, and have no idea what happened. Any ideas for me?
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Problems with playing videos on my Gen1.
- Thread starter NLAlston
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Tim SPRACKLEN
iPF Noob
The easiest first way to try to solve âunexplainedâ or âunusualâ problems with the iPad are:-
Force the offending app to close. If you have iOS 4.2 or 4.3 double-press the âHomeâ button to bring up the multi-task bar at the bottom of the screen. Press *and hold* any icon until they start to âjiggleâ. Then tap the top left-hand corner of the app that you want to close. It will âdisappearâ from the list. Donât panic - youâve not deleted it, just closed it. Now tap the Home screen and the multi-task bar will disappear. Re-open the iPadâs app and see if the problem has resolved itself. If not, itâs on to possible solution number two!!
Restart the iPad. Press *and hold* the Power button. After a couple of seconds a slider control will appear asking you to confirm that you really want to switch the iPad off (this is all youâll be doing). Slide the control to accept. A rotating white âbezelâ will appear in the iPad screen as the iPad powers down (it takes a few seconds, just like it would if you were shutting down your PC). When the screen of the iPad has gone completely blank, press *and hold* the Power button for a couple of seconds until the white Apple logo appears and the iPad starts to power up. This takes several seconds, so be patient. During the power up the automatic screen orientation function is disabled, so donât panic. A few seconds before the power up is complete, the iPad plays a little âjingleâ and then youâre back to the Home screen. Restart the iPadâs app and see if the problem persists. Apple (and Forum members) recommend that you power down your iPad at least once a week, just as you might regularly completely switch off your PC. The normal procedure of just briefly pressing the Power button of the iPad merely puts it to âsleepâ. Most Forum members have found that one of the two methods Iâve mentioned here cure a whole bunch of unexplained problems and are an easy first step to resolving most anything that happens on the iPad.
Tim
Scotland
Force the offending app to close. If you have iOS 4.2 or 4.3 double-press the âHomeâ button to bring up the multi-task bar at the bottom of the screen. Press *and hold* any icon until they start to âjiggleâ. Then tap the top left-hand corner of the app that you want to close. It will âdisappearâ from the list. Donât panic - youâve not deleted it, just closed it. Now tap the Home screen and the multi-task bar will disappear. Re-open the iPadâs app and see if the problem has resolved itself. If not, itâs on to possible solution number two!!
Restart the iPad. Press *and hold* the Power button. After a couple of seconds a slider control will appear asking you to confirm that you really want to switch the iPad off (this is all youâll be doing). Slide the control to accept. A rotating white âbezelâ will appear in the iPad screen as the iPad powers down (it takes a few seconds, just like it would if you were shutting down your PC). When the screen of the iPad has gone completely blank, press *and hold* the Power button for a couple of seconds until the white Apple logo appears and the iPad starts to power up. This takes several seconds, so be patient. During the power up the automatic screen orientation function is disabled, so donât panic. A few seconds before the power up is complete, the iPad plays a little âjingleâ and then youâre back to the Home screen. Restart the iPadâs app and see if the problem persists. Apple (and Forum members) recommend that you power down your iPad at least once a week, just as you might regularly completely switch off your PC. The normal procedure of just briefly pressing the Power button of the iPad merely puts it to âsleepâ. Most Forum members have found that one of the two methods Iâve mentioned here cure a whole bunch of unexplained problems and are an easy first step to resolving most anything that happens on the iPad.
Tim
Scotland
- Thread Starter
- #3
Hi Tim - and thanks for your quick response.
I have tried both of your suggestions, and the problem still exists. As mentioned already, all was playing just fine - then WHAM, nothing but blackness. Well, I shouldn't actually say that because a dim, and very brief flash of that bezeled wheel will show within the blackness - right after tapping the 'VIDEO' icon. It's life is only about a millisecond, and there's absolutely nothing after that. The only thing I can think of would be to uninstall/reinstall them (if possible) from iTunes, later on today. At least I will giveit a shot.
I have tried both of your suggestions, and the problem still exists. As mentioned already, all was playing just fine - then WHAM, nothing but blackness. Well, I shouldn't actually say that because a dim, and very brief flash of that bezeled wheel will show within the blackness - right after tapping the 'VIDEO' icon. It's life is only about a millisecond, and there's absolutely nothing after that. The only thing I can think of would be to uninstall/reinstall them (if possible) from iTunes, later on today. At least I will giveit a shot.
Tim SPRACKLEN
iPF Noob
OK - one more idea - just in case. Why not try a reboot? Switch the iPad off and then press and hold the Power and Home buttons until the white Apple logo appears - it can take quite a while. The iPad will then reboot - also takes a while. Might be easier than trying to uninstall and reinstall..
Good Luck...
Tim
Good Luck...
Tim
DrHouse
iPF Noob
Is it a JB iPad? If this is the case, have you installed a component from cydia to enable Airplay video on all apps? If so, just uninstall that componsnt and everything will be back to normal. I had the exact same behaviour with that tweak installed, but cant remember the exact name of the tweak...
Otherwise, what app are you using to play those movies? And what are those movie formats? Oplayer HD is having some issue when using the native player and it does exactly that, a black screen... You have to disable the native plugin and it will work.
Just a few ideas...
VicoPad addict!
Otherwise, what app are you using to play those movies? And what are those movie formats? Oplayer HD is having some issue when using the native player and it does exactly that, a black screen... You have to disable the native plugin and it will work.
Just a few ideas...
VicoPad addict!
- Thread Starter
- #6
I will give that a shot also, Tim (had forgotten all about the reboot procedure).
- Thread Starter
- #7
No, my iPad isn't jail-broken (4.3.5), and I am using just the basic, stock video player which comes standard on all IPad units.
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