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How is Infuse media player?
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We develop Infuse for iOS, so I'll chime in with a few of the big differences.
HW decoding
Infuse utilizes HW decoding, which allows for 1080p playback, even on older devices like the iPad 2. HW decoding also provides for MUCH better battery life, as the CPU does not need to be running at max capacity to keep up.
Automatic metadata
Infuse downloads movie/tv show info and artwork, and keeps everything organized.
trakt integration
If you're a trakt user (and if not you should be) Infuse will keep what you play in sync with your account.
Subtitles
In addition to supporting embedded and manually added subtitles, Infuse allows you to download subtitles on the fly from OpenSubtitles.org with just a few taps.
There are also a number of awesome things including multi-format AirPlay, Wi-Fi uploads, and more coming in Infuse 1.3, which is due in early August.
HW decoding
Infuse utilizes HW decoding, which allows for 1080p playback, even on older devices like the iPad 2. HW decoding also provides for MUCH better battery life, as the CPU does not need to be running at max capacity to keep up.
Automatic metadata
Infuse downloads movie/tv show info and artwork, and keeps everything organized.
trakt integration
If you're a trakt user (and if not you should be) Infuse will keep what you play in sync with your account.
Subtitles
In addition to supporting embedded and manually added subtitles, Infuse allows you to download subtitles on the fly from OpenSubtitles.org with just a few taps.
There are also a number of awesome things including multi-format AirPlay, Wi-Fi uploads, and more coming in Infuse 1.3, which is due in early August.
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VLC sucks really hard - see my just-published in-depth review at https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17604811/
Great job.
As always, I'm thoroughly impressed with your in-depth, detailed reviews.
wi-fi uploads does that mean i will be able to stream video from my computer to my ipad and then use airplay?
The Wi-Fi upload feature will allow videos to be transferred to an iPhone/iPad through a normal web browser...without ever having to open iTunes. A preview of what this will look like can be found here. http://fireco.re/Odz3
Streaming videos from a Mac, PC or NAS is also in the works, and will be available late summer/early fall.
FYI...
Infuse 1.3 (with AirPlay, Wi-Fi uploads, and more) was submitted to the App Store today, and should be available around Tues/Wed of next week.
Infuse 1.3 (with AirPlay, Wi-Fi uploads, and more) was submitted to the App Store today, and should be available around Tues/Wed of next week.
Infuse 1.3 with AirPlay, Wi-Fi transfers and more is now available.
More info can be found on our blog.
http://fireco.re/QhTV
More info can be found on our blog.
http://fireco.re/QhTV
I tried both Infuse and VLC. VLC sucks. I uploaded my usual 1080p videos and it wouldn't play them AT ALL without huge skips. Now Apple Video plays those just fine but it is a PAIN to load videos with the clunky iTunes interface.
I'm excited to see what the new Wifi upload enabled version of Infuse can do...
This is why I'm not recommending it either.
Too bad the VLC thread is full of blind VLC fanboys not listening to me.
Infuse 1.4 was just released and adds another round of great improvements.
More information on Infuse can be found here.
http://firecore.com/infuse
We're 100% committed to making Infuse the best player for iOS, so feel free to tweet suggestions or problems to us at @InfuseApp. You can also drop us a quick note at http://firecore.com/contact
- Stream subtitles over AirPlay!
- Choose from available subtitles directly on Apple TV
- Continue using AirPlay, even when switching to other apps
- Display movie artwork on lock screen, when using AirPlay
- Toggle Dolby Digital audio on/off, when using AirPlay
- Improved playback of some 1080p content
- Reduced app download size by 30%
- Other performance improvements and bug fixes
More information on Infuse can be found here.
http://firecore.com/infuse
We're 100% committed to making Infuse the best player for iOS, so feel free to tweet suggestions or problems to us at @InfuseApp. You can also drop us a quick note at http://firecore.com/contact