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How do "you" watch avi's on OS4?

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tryppy

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Nov 26, 2007
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Hey everyone,

Does anyone know of another working avi player for a jailbroken OS4? (I'm using a 3Gs).

mplayer is currently broken as we know.
AVPlayer tells me the video is not supported.

the only one i've got working was OpenStreamer. This player is a little choppy and I must adjust the settings to get it to play right. It works rather well once set up properly. The thing is, there are ads at the bottom of the video and from what I can tell there's no way to fast forward to the last spot I was at. The ads I can deal with. Not being able to fast forward is the issue.

Does anyone happen to have an alternative that works with OS4? Searching around hasn't helped much.

Would appreciate any direction.

Thanks
 
Download Handbrake. It'll convert the AVI to a file the iPhone can read, as well as resize it so it looks good on the iPhone. And it's free :D
 
Bandolier said:
Got some illegal .avis you want to watch? Download AirVideo.
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lol, did you get some enjoyment saying that?

I work for the internet provider in my city and we base our speeds results on the amount of time one can download a "TV show you missed" or a movie.

Now most of us have downloaded movies before :rolleyes: , but if you must know it's a tv series. Can't really access my pvr from here and want to watch it.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions but I know about converting them and that's not the route I'm going. Might as well just wait till I'm home to watch it on tv.

Looks like I'll either go back to 3.x and use mplayer or wait till it's working with OS4.

OR, stick with openstreamer from cydia and be unable to fastforward or rewind. (from what i can tell)
 
How I play my .avi's

I know it was mentioned before, but AirVideo is awesome. It converts a video (.avi) you are watching in real time on your computer at home and streams it to your iPhone over 3g or WiFi.

When I'm away from home, I use iTeleport to download and unpack my files on the mac from my phone, and then I use AirVideo to stream the vid to wherever I am. I get excellent results from it, but I've only ever used it on WiFi.

I know this is not natively playing .avi's, but this is the best work-around I've been able to come up with... I hate taking the time to convert the vids and sync to my phone anyway.
 
Another vote for OPlayer. I watched a 720p avi of Avatar tonight on my ip4. Great quality, played flawlessly. Didn't think I would like the "adding files through iTunes" thing, but it works really well (does not require a proper sync to move the files across).
 
f4780y said:
Another vote for OPlayer. I watched a 720p avi of Avatar tonight on my ip4. Great quality, played flawlessly. Didn't think I would like the "adding files through iTunes" thing, but it works really well (does not require a proper sync to move the files across).
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just wondering where did u get avatar :p
 
f4780y said:
Another vote for OPlayer. I watched a 720p avi of Avatar tonight on my ip4. Great quality, played flawlessly. Didn't think I would like the "adding files through iTunes" thing, but it works really well (does not require a proper sync to move the files across).
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Perhaps I just don't "get it", but why would anyone want to watch a movie (especially Avatar) on a iPhone screen ?
 
dhlizard said:
Perhaps I just don't "get it", but why would anyone want to watch a movie (especially Avatar) on a iPhone screen ?
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I spend two hours on a train every day to and from work. Sometime's its music or podcasts. Sometimes its a TV show / series. Sometimes its a Movie. Passes the time...

And showing someone who hasn't seen an iP4 Avatar on the retina display at full resolution usually blows them away!
 
Dr Kevorkian94 said:
just wondering where did u get avatar :p
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it's been out for a long time on blue ray at least 3-4 months. I know because it was the 1st blue-ray I bought! Only time I bother with a movie is if I have to pull a over night or going on a trip with me daughter but she has her own touch. I delete them with in a week.
 
720p video on iPhone 4 looks nearly flawless, that's why! (in response to why you'd watch a video on iPhone)
 
yxflash

Had some luck looking through all the multimedia apps in cydia and came across this one. yxflash

9.99$ cost. Does exactly what I needed. Allows you to browse the directory structure of the iPhone and select the video to play. Works on my 3Gs 4.0.

Don't think i'll get it (full) , already back at home and can watch it here lol. Hopefully a free model comes out soon that works well. Not sure I can justify paying that to watch an episode
 
Just get Oplayer from iTunes.. For $2.99 it'll play almost everything, including .avi's.. Files can be synced 3 different ways, including right from iTunes..
 
rspy said:
Just get Oplayer from iTunes.. For $2.99 it'll play almost everything, including .avi's.. Files can be synced 3 different ways, including right from iTunes..
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oplayer is quite good actually, however .wmv files got kinda slow. the audio was there but the video was behind. avi files were better but they still exhibited that problem for a bit
 
impulse462 said:
oplayer is quite good actually, however .wmv files got kinda slow. the audio was there but the video was behind. avi files were better but they still exhibited that problem for a bit
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Have you tried skipping a frame and loop filter in settings?
 
CineXPlayer from the iPad, installed on the iPhone, is how I watch .avi's then with Display out and the iPad VGA out to a 20in monitor. Works great.
 
nobias said:
Handbrake and convert to mp4
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Bandolier said:
Got some illegal .avis you want to watch? Download AirVideo.
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I use handbrake and airvideo. Some files I choose to convert to play in the stock ipod app and some I choose to convert on the fly and stream. Depends on whether or not I will have 3G or wifi signal when I watch them (i.e. on a plane I use handbrake and for catching up on a show at lunchtime at work I stream it through air video).
 
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