Best app for playing video files not supported by iPad?

[kuwisdelu]

Just a question, if the native player, plays these, why would you need another player?

I said that it doesn't play them. The native player doesn't support all of the more complex encoding features of some higher profile H.264 videos.

 

[Xeanor]

AV Player HD is excellent. Plays all the .mkv's I torrent and you can just transfer the files into the app through iTunes in a few seconds. Amazing. No converting whatsoever.

 

[Enigmah]

AV Player HD For the Win !!!

Plays everything I have thrown at it, including 720p .mkv files but if it gets to an action scene i noticed it could get quite choppy, I converted my 720p .mkv files to .mp4 files and the choppyness went.

usb/wifi file transfer.

basically does everything that the pulled vlc player app did but much better. maybe this is why vlc player was free lol.

 

[Colors6]

I got goodplayer

It's great. Thanks all for the input.

 

[thedon1]

AVplayerHD as it uses both cores of the ipad 2. Plays 720p mkvs with no problems. I have not yet tried, but i'm pretty sure it supports video out too.

 

[Donka]

AVplayerHD as it uses both cores of the ipad 2. Plays 720p mkvs with no problems. I have not yet tried, but i'm pretty sure it supports video out too.

Goodplayer as of today supports both cores as well. Not sure if Buzz Player does but it does playback 720p MKV files on the iPad 2 fine for me.

 

[ImperialX]

AV Player HD is excellent. Plays all the .mkv's I torrent and you can just transfer the files into the app through iTunes in a few seconds. Amazing. No converting whatsoever.

The only reason I'm on Android is because iOS doesn't support hardware acceleration and can play my MKVs unconverted. Can you confirm it plays as smoothly as my Galaxy S II plays them in the video below?

If the answer is yes, my next phone is gonna be an iPhone 5.