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A lot of them. Check out row 39 ("Speed change") at https://dl.dropbox.com/u/81986513/112012/201204-mm-chart.ods - it's the work-in-progress chart of my forthcoming Multimedia bible.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the link but for some reason it's not opening anything. Just downloads a zip but doesn't open anything.
Thanks for the link but for some reason it's not opening anything. Just downloads a zip but doesn't open anything.
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I have AV Player HD on my ipad 2 and I have started to notice that when I add videos to the app, it will gradually start to increase the amount of memory taken up by "other" when plugged into iTunes. I can't think of anything else that would do this except for this app. I know that it is not the size of the video that increases the "other"section of the memory. That shows p in the "apps"section. The only way to reduce it again is to do a full restore of the ipad which gets it down to 0.52GB. But after a while it gradually creeps up to over 1GB.
Does any one else have experience of this? And how do I stop it doing this?
Many thanks.
I have AV Player HD on my ipad 2 and I have started to notice that when I add videos to the app, it will gradually start to increase the amount of memory taken up by "other" when plugged into iTunes. I can't think of anything else that would do this except for this app. I know that it is not the size of the video that increases the "other"section of the memory. That shows p in the "apps"section. The only way to reduce it again is to do a full restore of the ipad which gets it down to 0.52GB. But after a while it gradually creeps up to over 1GB.
Does any one else have experience of this? And how do I stop it doing this?
Many thanks.
Instead of a full restore, did you try just deleting and, then, reinstalling the app?
Yeah I tried that and it only works sometimes. Have you come across this before?
And I know it's not really on topic. But I have a few mkv files with a resolution of 1280x544 and want to change this to 1280x720 so I don't get such big black lines at top. Is there a way to do this? Maybe remuxing? I've started to use yaplayer rather than av player and can't change screen resolution like you cold in av player hd.
Many thanks.
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That is unfortunate regarding AVPlayer HD.
I have it on my wife's IPad 2 and it works well.
Is there a way to transfer the app to my new IPad mini (Which has a separate Apple ID)?
If that is not the case, could someone recommend which current player to download (paid or otherwise)?
I primarily watch MP4 or AVI files with the odd mkv file.
Thanks
NVM, I figured out how to transfer AVPlayerHD to the IPad Mini.
I have it on my wife's IPad 2 and it works well.
Is there a way to transfer the app to my new IPad mini (Which has a separate Apple ID)?
If that is not the case, could someone recommend which current player to download (paid or otherwise)?
I primarily watch MP4 or AVI files with the odd mkv file.
Thanks
NVM, I figured out how to transfer AVPlayerHD to the IPad Mini.
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What about free apps? Isn't the infringement from selling the app commercially? Even if that is the case, I doubt there are any apps around that are good players and free? Do you know of any free ones that have dropped AC-3? Wonder if there is a loop hole in making an app free then charging for all the other codecs, i.e. the price of the app as an iap while keeping the ac-3 playback free, doubt it but be interested to know.
Not known yet. Convert your videos' AC3 track or, if your problem isn't the lack of AC-3 support but MKV playback in general, remux.
)How much is the AC3 licensing cost? MPEG2 is just about $2.5 USD per unit. AC3 shouldn't be too far.
They're asking for a LOT of money (around $1/copy + $20-$30k annual fee, independent of actual sales) - this is why, so far, no iOS dev has licensed their technology, except for their long-time partner, the CineXplayer devs. The latter may have to pay far less, being a long-time licensor and the other players being, IMHO, punished by Dolby with incredibly high, unpayable licensing fees.
new app just came out that supports ac3. Its iphone/ipod touch only app but its actually pretty good and free. get it before its gone and back it up.
Search Directplayer in the app store. There are also some other apps still with ac3 support, but they are in chinese.
Search Directplayer in the app store. There are also some other apps still with ac3 support, but they are in chinese.
It's supposed to work with iPad but it doesn't. Too bad if like to grab iPad version and back that up.
Is Dolby obligated to license in a 'Reasonable and non-discriminatory' way?
If, like you said in a different post, CINEXPLAYER (or whatever it called, it's horrible compare to olayer/goodplayer) can license ac3 for about $1.
described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing
I need goodplayer/oplayer to watch my movies...
It does work on the iPad.
They could come up with a licensing construction that is viable for most devs. Not $25k / year lincesing fees and other punishments.
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Ya it will work on iPad but in iPhone compatibility mode. If you look at the AppStore link there is an iPad tab and pics meaning there is a screw up somewhere.