Play any video format on iPhone 5/4S

Oplayer and MoliPlayer both play a variety of formats and have free versions. The latter is highly recommended for playing .mkv files.

I've had great success with AVPlayerHD. Plays about everything I throw at it.

or go to download.com and download a free video converter software , or shock horror gasp get the pro version and actually buy one !!!

Some of them have pre-built in setup to convert exactly to the 4s screen size and audio codec already

James

Ronnoco said:

I've had great success with AVPlayerHD. Plays about everything I throw at it.

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Same here, a great app

Get HandBrake. It's a free, amazing converter that will convert everything you toss at it. It works incredibly well and has no stupid gimmicks that come alongside it.

I've had great success with AVPlayerHD.

Ronnoco said:

I've had great success with AVPlayerHD. Plays about everything I throw at it.

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Agreed!

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Minhimalism said:

Get HandBrake. It's a free, amazing converter that will convert everything you toss at it. It works incredibly well and has no stupid gimmicks that come alongside it.

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Why convert?

Flex player
Playas everything without converting.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/flex-player/id451024857?mt=8

AVPlayerHD isn't available any longer, unless I'm missing something.

Does anyone now a free player that has been update to support the iPhone 5?

AVS Media Player is a good player. And it is free. I use it and it supports a wide variety of video file types.

Highly recommend RockPlayer2 and OPlayer to you. Personally, I like the OPlayer. Works well on my device.

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Merkie said:

Does anyone now a free player that has been update to support the iPhone 5?

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Have you tried iMedia Player ? It is free and This app is optimized for iPhone 5. You can download to have a try. Here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imedia-player/id544635606?mt=8

mandark100 said:

Hey guys, as you all know that iPhone plays only mp4 (and may be 3gp too) videos. It does not support for xVid or DivX. But android can play multiple video formats like mp4, wmv, mkv and 3gp and has support for xVid/DivX also. So, which are the best free and paid apps to play any kind of video format for iPhone 5/4S?

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There are apps that will.

The A5/A6 cpu has enough grunt to decode them.

You are better off using a compatible mp4 codec because it supports hardware decode to maximize battery life and storage space though. Same goes for Android handsets. They use basically the same ARM cores and similar GPU's. Even though Android supports the other formats, it takes a processing and power life penalty on them as well.

GPlayer has been great for me.

mapledress said:

Highly recommend RockPlayer2 and OPlayer to you. Personally, I like the OPlayer. Works well on my device.

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Have you tried iMedia Player ? It is free and This app is optimized for iPhone 5. You can download to have a try. Here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imedia-player/id544635606?mt=8

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Thanks, but it's been 5 months already since I asked the question .