GoodPlayer review/report

[hustmobile]

Thanks.
The iOS 5 changes the URI strings that the GoodPayer gets from iOS system. So for now the URI scheme support is broken on iOS 5 (still works on iOS 4). The next GoodPlayer 4.4 version will fix this iOS 5 issue.

Hi,

First I want to thank you for a nice application!

I would like to ask about how to get the goodplayer:// URI scheme linking to work.
I have a web page with links to videos, but I can't seem to get it to work. The link takes me to the player, and the filename (or rather, the last part of the URL) is displayed, but nothing is played. The http server receives no connection from the iPad.

There are no problems with the URL, I can access the file if I remove the goodplayer:// part.
I can also play the files if I use the browser inside goodplayer, but I don't want to do that. I also had no better results trying to do it through FTP.

URL Example:
goodplayer://http://192.168.0.199/Test/test.avi

Is this the correct way to do it?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Tasaio]

Thank you for the quick answer. Was really wondering what I did wrong...

I will wait for the update, then.

 

[HengenJL]

I've had Goodplayer for quite some time and truly enjoy having this app. I do have one feature request which may have already been asked for and that is a Thumbnail view of the files I have loaded in Gooodplayer. I know VLC for iPad had this feature and I really liked it and am hoping that possibly in a future update that Goodplayer might add this feature.

 

[MrGilbo]

TV Out Resolution / Aspect Ratio

Hi there,

Great application! However, there's something I'm having some trouble with that I hope you can help with.

I have an Apple Digital AV Adapter with my iPad which I connect to my Sony Bravia television to watch programmes. Principally I use this with AirVideo to transcode / stream content from my PC to the television but I'd like to use GoodPlayer a lot more.

However, I have a problem with the TV Output from GoodPlayer not using all of the available screen size regardless of which resolution I pick. If I use any resolution under 1280x720 then the picture is squashed vertically with a couple of inches of black at the top and bottom of the screen. This is playing 16:9 content with the television set to native widescreen but it looks like the output is 16:8.

If I use a resolution of 1280x720, however, the video plays at the correct aspect ratio but the picture output is smaller than the screen and there's a black border around the entire picture as though the video is being scaled to 1150x680 or something.

Unfortunately the results are the same regardless of the resolution I choose, the aspect / zoom settings on the television or the media file I try to play. AirVideo and all my other media apps don't have this problem. AirVideo, in particular, has superb TV Out and allows me to override the aspect ratio or overscan the picture.

Is this something you can look into? I can post photos of what I mean if that will help.

Many thanks.

 

[hustmobile]

thanks, it is on our to do list

I've had Goodplayer for quite some time and truly enjoy having this app. I do have one feature request which may have already been asked for and that is a Thumbnail view of the files I have loaded in Gooodplayer. I know VLC for iPad had this feature and I really liked it and am hoping that possibly in a future update that Goodplayer might add this feature.

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Thanks, the next GoodPlayer 4.5 will support aspect ratio setting, hope it will solve this issue.

Hi there,

Great application! However, there's something I'm having some trouble with that I hope you can help with.

I have an Apple Digital AV Adapter with my iPad which I connect to my Sony Bravia television to watch programmes. Principally I use this with AirVideo to transcode / stream content from my PC to the television but I'd like to use GoodPlayer a lot more.

However, I have a problem with the TV Output from GoodPlayer not using all of the available screen size regardless of which resolution I pick. If I use any resolution under 1280x720 then the picture is squashed vertically with a couple of inches of black at the top and bottom of the screen. This is playing 16:9 content with the television set to native widescreen but it looks like the output is 16:8.

If I use a resolution of 1280x720, however, the video plays at the correct aspect ratio but the picture output is smaller than the screen and there's a black border around the entire picture as though the video is being scaled to 1150x680 or something.

Unfortunately the results are the same regardless of the resolution I choose, the aspect / zoom settings on the television or the media file I try to play. AirVideo and all my other media apps don't have this problem. AirVideo, in particular, has superb TV Out and allows me to override the aspect ratio or overscan the picture.

Is this something you can look into? I can post photos of what I mean if that will help.

Many thanks.

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4.4 is on app store now, this issue is fixed in it.

Thank you for the quick answer. Was really wondering what I did wrong...

I will wait for the update, then.

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GoodPlayer 4.4 released
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodplayer-movie-player-downloader/id416756729?mt=8


What's New in Version 4.4
1. Greek localization added, thanks Makis Simatos
2. French localization improved, thanks Nicolas again
3. goodplayer:// URL scheme support improved for iOS 5
4. Home page setting issue fixed
5. "Copy", "Select All" and "Select None" feature added in GoodPlayer file manger (main GoodPlayer window, bottom left icon)
6. Network playback auto next item issue fixed

 

[correos.e]

Hi, I've been using Oplayer but this looks promising. Will it read ISO files created from DVDs? With full menus?
Thanks!

 

[hustmobile]

GoodPlayer supports ISO files created from DVDs. However, there is no DVD menu support for iso file. GoodPlayer just plays .iso file as a normal media file.

Please use swipe to control audio and subtitle.
✔ Swipe fingers up/down on playing, to change the subtitle or turn off subtitle on the fly (for media files with subtitles)
✔ Swipe fingers left/right on playing, to change the audio track on the fly (for media files with multiple audio tracks)

Hi, I've been using Oplayer but this looks promising. Will it read ISO files created from DVDs? With full menus?
Thanks!

 

[Kanunu]

Seagate Satellite

Are you going to add upnp/dlna client to good player?
I have just bought a seagate satellite and I have to use buzz player hd with it, good player doesn't browse it. Good player is better with mkv hd and it would be the best choice for seagate satellite.

thx

We are now working on the UPnP/DLNA support. However when it can be stable and comes to app store is still unknown, please wait.

This question and reply are from back in May 11. I understand the app that Seagate put out for the drive is only good to load mp4's into the native Apple movie player.

I really have no idea what UPnP/DLNA stands for but I will buy this drive only if I know that Goodplayer can stream avi files with subs directly from the drive. Any progress?

Thanks Hustmobile. Goodplayer is the best.

 

[hustmobile]

Thanks.
GoodPlayer has added the UPnP/DLNA for a long time since then.
However, we do not have seagate satellite to test.

After googling "seagate satellite goodplayer", there are some information about it. It looks okay from the search result.
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-accessories/44313-goflex-satellite-problems.html#post311230

This question and reply are from back in May 11. I understand the app that Seagate put out for the drive is only good to load mp4's into the native Apple movie player.

I really have no idea what UPnP/DLNA stands for but I will buy this drive only if I know that Goodplayer can stream avi files with subs directly from the drive. Any progress?

Thanks Hustmobile. Goodplayer is the best.

 

[hustmobile]

GoodPlayer 4.5 released.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodplayer-movie-player-downloader/id416756729?mt=8
What's New in Version 4.5
1. Downloader improved
2. SMB/CIFS support improved
3. Support .ram file format
4. Aspect Ratio setting added
5. High Quality Mode setting added, please only turn on it when the iOS device has enough processing power, such as iPad 2 playing a standard definition media file
6. Playback Control Time Out setting added, this setting is to control the playback control disappearing time
7. Fast Forward and Fast Rewind step value can be set independently
8. Swedish localization improved, thanks Tim

 

[SpaceCapsule]

PGS subtitles

Hi =)

Any progress in the adoption of PGS subtitles embedded in .mkv ?

This is the last thing missing in your app to make it PERFECT.

best regards

k.

 

[hustmobile]

So far, there is no progress on PGS subtitles support.

Hi =)

Any progress in the adoption of PGS subtitles embedded in .mkv ?

This is the last thing missing in your app to make it PERFECT.

best regards

k.

 

[MrGilbo]

Aspect Ratio

Hi there,

Many thanks for the updates! However, it doesn't fix the aspect ratio problems I'm having when using TV-Out. My television is 16:9 and my content, in this example, is also 16:9. It plays fine within the App but on the TV it's squashed vertically.

However, if I deliberately set GoodPlayer's aspect ratio to 16:10, it fills my 16:9 television screen perfectly. This is the same for all content I play... the TV output is vertically squashed by about 10% unless I deliberately choose an aspect ratio slightly taller than the content itself.

It does seem as though there's an overriding aspect ratio calculation problem specifically for TV-Out. I've tested this on a number of different TVs as well, same issue on all of them.

Thanks.

 

[hustmobile]

Thanks.
For TV-Out, the aspect ratio will also be affected by the "TV-Out resolution" setting. For some "TV-Out resolution" setting, the aspect ratio will be incorrect on the TV. For others, the aspect ratio will be correct in our test. Please set a suitable "TV-Out resolution" setting for your TV.

Hi there,

Many thanks for the updates! However, it doesn't fix the aspect ratio problems I'm having when using TV-Out. My television is 16:9 and my content, in this example, is also 16:9. It plays fine within the App but on the TV it's squashed vertically.

However, if I deliberately set GoodPlayer's aspect ratio to 16:10, it fills my 16:9 television screen perfectly. This is the same for all content I play... the TV output is vertically squashed by about 10% unless I deliberately choose an aspect ratio slightly taller than the content itself.

It does seem as though there's an overriding aspect ratio calculation problem specifically for TV-Out. I've tested this on a number of different TVs as well, same issue on all of them.

Thanks.

 

[ImperialX]

Hi there, I've posted in this thread before. I just pre-ordered the newly announced iPad with the A5X chip that contains the Quad-Core graphics. I've experienced that some 720p MKV files will play fine on the iPad 2 while some are a bit choppy. With this new A5X processor, will it be possible for all 720p MKV files to be played without problem? It would be a great update!

 

[matt90036]

no icons no good review. I'm sorry but a media app without icons for each media is not worth buying

 

[fhall1]

n/m.......wrong app

 

[hustmobile]

This needs an iPad 3 (it is so hard to call it the new iPad) to test. We will order our iPad 3 soon. Hopefully, iPad 3 can bring some performance boost.

1. CPU for software decoding, iPad 3 still comes with 2-core CPU, the frequency is still unknown
2. Memory speed (for data copy), it is important for the performance, the iPad 3 memory speed is still unknown
3. GPU for rendering, iPad 3 comes with 4-core GPU, so it is nearly 2x powerful than iPad 2 here, however it comes with a higher resolution screen.

So generally we think iPad 3 will be faster than the iPad 2, but we need the iPad 3 to test to tell how much boost it gets.

Hi there, I've posted in this thread before. I just pre-ordered the newly announced iPad with the A5X chip that contains the Quad-Core graphics. I've experienced that some 720p MKV files will play fine on the iPad 2 while some are a bit choppy. With this new A5X processor, will it be possible for all 720p MKV files to be played without problem? It would be a great update!

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By "icon", do you mean "thumbnail" here? The thumbnail is still on our long todo list.

no icons no good review. I'm sorry but a media app without icons for each media is not worth buying

 

[Kanunu]

Waiting to hear from you on new iPad

We will order our iPad 3 soon. Hopefully, iPad 3 can bring some performance boost.
So generally we think iPad 3 will be faster than the iPad 2, but we need the iPad 3 to test to tell how much boost it gets.

I hope Apple has a method to move serious developers like yourself to the top of the supply list, just as it does with Beta copies of iOS. I am in a wait and see mode for the new iPad just on this issue. Although I love not having to convert movies to mp4, I do find I have to reduce the bit rate on most 720p movies to get them to play smoothly.

By "icon", do you mean "thumbnail" here? The thumbnail is still on our long todo list.

My personal opinion is that the ability to play multiple formats well is far more important than thumbnails. With the native iPad player, what the thumbnails show is variable. Sometimes it is a beginning scene but sometimes it is just the studio logo. Playing movies well is more important and nothing else beats Goodplayer for that.

 

[correos.e]

Thanks! I have several DVDs with more than one movie, and I access each of the movies through the main menu. How would I be able to see movies 1, 2, 3 etc.? by pressing next? thanks again!

GoodPlayer supports ISO files created from DVDs. However, there is no DVD menu support for iso file. GoodPlayer just plays .iso file as a normal media file.

Please use swipe to control audio and subtitle.
✔ Swipe fingers up/down on playing, to change the subtitle or turn off subtitle on the fly (for media files with subtitles)
✔ Swipe fingers left/right on playing, to change the audio track on the fly (for media files with multiple audio tracks)

 

[MrGilbo]

Yes, I have tried this already. As I mentioned in my first post about this issue, at all resolutions under 1280x720 the output is vertically squashed by about 10%. At resolutions above 1280x720, the aspect ratio is correct but the picture fills only 95% of the screen size with a black border around the picture.

So there are two TV-Out problems: At low resolutions the aspect ratio is wrong, at high resolutions the output isn't being scaled to use the entire screen.

Thanks.
For TV-Out, the aspect ratio will also be affected by the "TV-Out resolution" setting. For some "TV-Out resolution" setting, the aspect ratio will be incorrect on the TV. For others, the aspect ratio will be correct in our test. Please set a suitable "TV-Out resolution" setting for your TV.

 

[hustmobile]

We do not have chance to test with this kind of DVD iso file. GoodPlayer just treats .iso as a plain media file, you can only select via the different time position.

We are fighting with .iso for the chapter support in the future, but there is no promise on it. We just give it a try here.

Thanks! I have several DVDs with more than one movie, and I access each of the movies through the main menu. How would I be able to see movies 1, 2, 3 etc.? by pressing next? thanks again!

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Thanks.
Here are some details for GoodPlayer TV-out: when a TV-Out resolution is selected, GoodPlayer will try to find a best match TV resolution to use later.

If the TV supported resolution is not perfect match with the given resolution list, a nearest match TV resolution will be used, maybe there will be something wrong happen here.

Please check your TV supported resolution.
We will check if we could improve the support on this case.

Yes, I have tried this already. As I mentioned in my first post about this issue, at all resolutions under 1280x720 the output is vertically squashed by about 10%. At resolutions above 1280x720, the aspect ratio is correct but the picture fills only 95% of the screen size with a black border around the picture.

So there are two TV-Out problems: At low resolutions the aspect ratio is wrong, at high resolutions the output isn't being scaled to use the entire screen.

 

[correos.e]

Thanks again.
Any chance of TV out support for ipod touch 3g?

 

[hustmobile]

Sorry, this limitation is by Apple official API.

Thanks again.
Any chance of TV out support for ipod touch 3g?

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GoodPlayer 4.6 released

What's New in Version 4.6
1. Manually subtitle selection supported, click the playback control information button, then click "Select Subtitle". This feature is useful when the automatic subtitle match does not work. For example some UPnP/DLNA servers will change the filename strings in the URL, so the automatic subtitle match would not work.
2. m3u support improved
3. "Cut" file issue fixed. And "Copy" file would not block the UI now. However, please note that the actual Copy will take some time to complete in the background
4. “Start Playing” settings added, you can choose “Where Left Off" or “From Beginning” for media playback
5. Password support improved
6. Russian localization improved, thanks Kireev again
7. Italian and Spanish localization improved, thanks Puffo
8. Norwegian localization added, thanks Fredrik Arvesen Magnussen
9. Danish localization added, thanks Samir

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodplayer-movie-player-downloader/id416756729?mt=8

 

[hustmobile]

We do not get the iPad 3 yet.
However, some lucky users tested iPad 3 with GoodPlayer. 1080P could not be supported on GoodPlayer with iPad 3.
With the CPU information of new iPad 3 (CPU is nearly the same with iPad 2), the bottleneck is on CPU, GoodPlayer needs the CPU for software decoding.