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Video App. just shows black screen...

This is the second time this has happened..

i click on the video icon from desktop.. opens and just shows a black screen.. restarted app and iPad itself several times and it doesn't fix it.. restored from backup and problem fixed but now it's back again..

anyone else have this problem and/or a permanent solution..

2.0GHz MacMini Core2Duo 4GB/120GB, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Dual 2GHz G5 (10.5.8), 40GB AppleTV, AEGigE, 64GB iPad

Posted on Dec 13, 2010 8:28 AM

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Dec 14, 2010 7:20 AM in response to bthompson224

i just have an iPad playlist that i sync.. so last night i synced 2 movies not in that playlist... tested it and videos worked again.. then i synced the playlist back (30 movies) and it works again!?! ..no rhyme or reason to it, it seems. don't know if that will work if i try it again.. thought i'd give it a go since restoring everything takes a really long time.. anyway.. it worked..

Dec 22, 2010 8:16 AM in response to iPadAd

Same problem...but I'm traveling abroad at the moment without my PC so can't do a restore.

background for what it's worth: downloaded a movie from iTunes which took about 10 hours since I have a relatively slow broadband connection here and it was hi-def. shortly after the download indicated in iTunes that it was around 60pct complete it disappeared from iTunes download screen, which I was suspicious off when I saw it had appeared in the video app. I played the movie, fine, but half-way it suddenly stopped....there was no more. Rechecked iTunes for download, still not there, then went back to the video app and since then it's just an unresponsive black screen. New downloads do not show up here and restarts do nothing.

iOS 4.2

Dec 30, 2010 2:33 PM in response to MarkC5

Same issue here. Downloaded 4 TV shows episodes on my macbook (itunes), transfered them to the ipad. Videos show on the videos app - not on itunes. Was watching the first one last night and it suddenly froze. Now when i click on the videos app, it only shows a blank screen. I have reseted the device and turned it off many times but nothing has changed. I am currently travelling and don't have access to a computer, so I guess I'have to wait until I am back. Big disapointment on apple devices, not reliable.

Dec 30, 2010 5:30 PM in response to Isiah_BR

Initial troubleshooting steps for misbehavior in the iPad or any installed apps can be found on and around p. 170 of your User's Guide, in the Tips & Troubleshooting section. Once you've worked through those without success it's probably time to talk to Apple or the developers.

Next time it happens assume that the app is running but frozen. Try to Force Quit from that point; procedures for that in the section referred to above.

Jan 5, 2011 1:34 AM in response to ridergroov

My ipad also suffered the black screen issue over the xmas period, tried various things removing videos and re installing them, but to no avail.
by pure chance thought id try playing a pod cast in the Ipod app that worked fine then went back to video app and all was well......odd not had any more problems since.
very strange wonder if there is a sync issue between Ipod and Video app that is causing the problem.
Apple its over to you?

Jan 13, 2011 3:50 AM in response to ridergroov

Thanks, that fix worked for me too. It is interesting I have a sneaking suspicion that it happens when you have too many concurrent apps multitasking in the background. When this happened to me I had 38 apps multitasking on my iPad.
This only started happening when I moved to the multitasking version of iOS4. Please check this out Apple.
Initially I thought it started happening when I turned on AirPlay on my AppleTV (black) but this may have been a co-incidence.
Perhaps there is a Bug in iOS4.2.1

Jan 13, 2011 6:27 AM in response to ridergroov

Found another workaround...

go to the iPod App (i.e. instead of the Video App) find and play a movie from there (different one than was playing and got stuck).. it will play.. then if you go back to the video app it will work like normal again..

sure beats deleting and re-syncing 30 movies in my case.. use for movie watching in the car for the kids..

if it happens again i'll try the double-click method you describe.. and see if that works for me.. Thanks!

Video App. just shows black screen...

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