I suppose then that you have a Jailbroken iPad, and have a Cydia app for downloading torrent files. Or from were do you download the MKV files?
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720P MKV iPad 2 - Which Player?
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I suppose then that you have a Jailbroken iPad, and have a Cydia app for downloading torrent files. Or from were do you download the MKV files?
Yes! I did all this, and i got an m4v file with subs, i imported it in itunes and when i tried to sync it to my iPad it said "file cant be played on this iPad..."
so i bought the AV played HD, imported the mkv and it plays with no problems and with subs.
but i would still prefer the first method as id rather have all in itunes and use the video app, if possible? Was i doing something wrong
tnx again
If it's H.264/AAC/srt and it plays in iTunes without Perian's help but not the iPad, it's using more advanced encoding features than the native player supports.
Nope. No jailbreaking for me. I'm too dependent on my iPad and iPhone to ever imagine wanting to jailbreak them. I played with the idea a long while back but when the latest major upgrade to iOS was released it addressed almost all of the things I would have jail broken for... As it stands not I am not interested in getting the additional functionality of jailbreaking at the cost of potentially making my device even a tiny bit less stable and dependable.
And to answer your other questions -- no, I don't use torrents.. I don't even think there is a torrent downloader for the iPad or iPhone.. Probably for jailbroken devices I imagine but I don't have any experience with them. I tried Bittorrent years ago on my macbook and didn't really like it.. Seemed as though my downloads would literally take half a day to download which i guess could be acceptable if I was downloading on a computer - but with the frequent off and on of an iOS device and the limited ability to run file-accessing applications in the backgound I don't think torrent downloads would be a good match for how I use my iPad and download my content.
From? If I said from that was a typo.. I use my iPad as my only computer so nothing really gets copied FROM my computer.
If you meant to ask what do I use to download files TO my IPad, I use a file/download manager program.
There are a few out there..
Google "iPad download manager"
I think the specific one I use is DownloadHD. You basically open it up like a web browser and if you are looking at a webpage you can hold-tap a link and select "download" instead of open and it will copy it to the apps own file directory. Once it's completed downloading the app allows you to open several file types in the app itself or to "open with" the file so that if you downloaded a .PDF for instance it will list all the apps on your iPad or iPhone that support opening PDF files. Once you select the app you want to use to open it it will copy the file to the selected app and then open it up in the app.
So, if you are on a website with the download manager and see a link to a PDF you can download it and will reside in the file system for the download manager app. Then you can select it and "open with" iBooks and it will open up in iBooks. Keep in mind it is making a copy so at this point you have the file in both places so you can deleted from the download manager app if you like and your copy will remain in the iBooks app..
You can, if you like, also copy files OUT of the download app through iTunes if you have a need or interest in having a copy on your computer.
^I think he wants to know where you're getting your videos from lol. I'm pretty sure that's against some rules here.
Ahh... Yeah... I think you are on your own with that last bit of information. My advice was strictly related to downloading files off the Internet using an iPad. Folks will need look elsewhere if they are looking for advice on getting any specific type of file...
AVPlayerHD
Happy with AVPlayerHD playing mkv 720p. Have not tried higher res as my TV is a 720p plasma.
Have had too many issues with remuxed or re-encoded mkv to mp4 so this is the solution i will use for the time being.
This is on iPad2 btw.
Happy with AVPlayerHD playing mkv 720p. Have not tried higher res as my TV is a 720p plasma.
Have had too many issues with remuxed or re-encoded mkv to mp4 so this is the solution i will use for the time being.
This is on iPad2 btw.
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Yeah, not too easy. It doesn't work. I downloaded MKVtools, selected the mkv did your options above and it processed, but when I play it or import it into iTunes and play it, there is no sound. The mkv file has sound.
Is there anything out there that I can just copy the mkv file onto any iPad or into iTunes without all this extra work. Yes, in general, it doesn't seem like a lot of work. But 5 minutes versus a couple of seconds is like taking something that takes a year and reducing it to 1 hour. It is all relative.
Mark
OK, I think the part that is missing from the instructions is how to correctly import/add to library the video into iTunes. Right now, I just get the video playing in iTunes, no sound. So that means no sound in the streaming to my AppleTV.
I can use MPlayerX on my Mac to play the video with audio, but that won't stream to my AppleTV. I should be able to add it to iTunes. I selected play on AppleTV in the options, is that correct?
Thanks
Mark
I can use MPlayerX on my Mac to play the video with audio, but that won't stream to my AppleTV. I should be able to add it to iTunes. I selected play on AppleTV in the options, is that correct?
Thanks
Mark
Yep, it was something like that, because i have converted/remuxed several other series and they work super! Its nice having all in iTunes, using the native video app, plus using AirPlay to stream to iPad.
It requires some time, but its worth it in my opinion.
Try using Subler. I find MKVTools often has issues with audio.
AV Player HD works. After the recent update, GoodPlayer might work too, but I haven't tested it yet.
Yeah, it's worth it to me. The computer hosting the video part of my iTunes library is an older MacBook, so I don't want to stress it with AirVideo. About 1/3 or so of my re-muxed mkv's player fine in the native player on the iPad 2 (except for that annoying subtitle size issue). The others have more complex H.264 features. I'm hoping iOS 5 might fix it, since it seems to be more of a not-yet-implemented problem than the A5 not being powerful enough.
For GoodPlayer 2.1 version, MKV playback performance improved greatly. Now for iPad 2, 720P(1280x720) MKV/H.264/AVC playback supported
It takes quite some time, but I use ********* ipad video converter for mac. I was using MacX Video Converter and was having problems with the audio sync. I tried ********* and it seems to work, but it sure does take a long time to convert. I just set it up right before I go to bed. It usually takes at least an hour to convert.
This works like a charm and its so simple:
1. Just load Subler, then go to file and hit NEW
2. From there click on the plus sign, find your MKV h264 file and click OPEN
3. Check off everything if its not checked off already, then click SAVE
4. Select movie-MPEG4 from the drop down list, then click SAVE
That's it. I have tried this about 6 times and it has worked every time and saved me HOURS of conversion time and works very well on my iPad.
Can't understand why some people are having problems with this unless there's something different between the iPad 2 and iPad.
Finally found an iPad 2 last night. Had to settle for a 32gb though. Hopefully I find one before my two weeks are up so I can pocket that extra cash. Anyways, avplayer hd is great. Plays all my tv shows and anime just fine, including subs. So far at least.
It's what I do, but there are two easy ways for it to get much more difficult.
1. The video contains high profile features that AVFoundation doesn't support. Just because it's H.264 video in an m4v doesn't guarantee the iPad can play it. There are multiple profiles to worry about.
2. Those of us with subtitles have a few extra steps in there.
But Subler is definitely great and my remuxer of choice.
After trying both MKV Tools and Subler now this week. I agree Subler is a little easier to use. Plus it just creates one file the m4v file, not split into many files like MKV Tools did.
With "send to iTunes" it really just becomes three steps. 1) Open the mkv file in Subler. 2) hit save to create the m4v file. 3) Click Send to iTunes.
At that point you use the typical copying to your iPad.
I will say though that for the same mkv file I was using, in both cases the m4v playing in iTunes resulted in no audio, the video played, but no sound. But if I played the file in any other player I would get audio.
Mark
With "send to iTunes" it really just becomes three steps. 1) Open the mkv file in Subler. 2) hit save to create the m4v file. 3) Click Send to iTunes.
At that point you use the typical copying to your iPad.
I will say though that for the same mkv file I was using, in both cases the m4v playing in iTunes resulted in no audio, the video played, but no sound. But if I played the file in any other player I would get audio.
Mark
This is why I use MKVtools, Subler seems to have some bugs when muxing files. If you time it, MKVtools take an extra 2-3 minutes to mux a file compared to Stubler.
Just choose the option to delete the logs automatically in preferences.
Hmm, MKVTools usually gives me more bugs. It's never once managed to convert the whole audio track when doing ogg, for me, for example.
The only reason I'm on Android is because iOS doesn't support hardware acceleration. Can you confirm your 720p MKV anime in h.264 and ASS subs ACC audio plays without a problem with subs? If it's true I'm definitely getting an iPhone as my next phone as it will use the same A5 chip.
By smoothly, this is what I mean:
If you jailbreak your ipad2 then you can use XBMC to play anime MKVs. It plays them just fine and uses hardware acceleration. 720P MKVs play smooth as butter with subtitles.