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General iOS *8.1: VLC for iOS Stability

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HUGE AL

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Aug 4, 2010
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We all know VLC for iOS was pulled (AGAIN) from the App Store and SUPPOSEDLY they are working on a new version that plays nice with iOS 8.X. But I was wondering if there was anything I can to to get this player to consistently play videos as it's spotty whenever it will actually not crash. Is there a certain number of videos to keep under? Is there a certain limit of GBs to transfer into the player?

Or am I going back to RushPlayer+ without subtitle support?

Yes, I know this is the Jailbreaks and iOS Hacks area, but most of the best advice comes out of here. ;)
 
HUGE AL said:
We all know VLC for iOS was pulled (AGAIN) from the App Store and SUPPOSEDLY they are working on a new version that plays nice with iOS 8.X. But I was wondering if there was anything I can to to get this player to consistently play videos as it's spotty whenever it will actually not crash. Is there a certain number of videos to keep under? Is there a certain limit of GBs to transfer into the player?

Or am I going back to RushPlayer+ without subtitle support?

Yes, I know this is the Jailbreaks and iOS Hacks area, but most of the best advice comes out of here. ;)
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1, you want to keep an eye on my constant flow of multimedia player reviews posted in the iPad Apps forum here.

2, Infuse player, recommended above, is a sound choice, particularly if you need AirPlay + MKV and DTS. However, if you don't need those, nPlayer might turn out to be better.
 
famoussasjohn said:
Infuse is similar to VLC.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/infuse-3/id577130046?mt=8
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Menneisyys2 said:
1, you want to keep an eye on my constant flow of multimedia player reviews posted in the iPad Apps forum here.

2, Infuse player, recommended above, is a sound choice, particularly if you need AirPlay + MKV and DTS. However, if you don't need those, nPlayer might turn out to be better.
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I believe I have Infuse sitting in iTunes someplace. IIRC, it did require in-app purchases, didn't it?

Menneisyys2, the RushPlayer+ mention was because of your recommendation to me quite some time ago. Currently, you don't recommend it?

kalirob99 said:
Course his was an insanely indirect noobish question and prolly troll bait.
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I know. Just thought it was hilarious as more valid questions were being ignored. LOL
 
HUGE AL said:
I believe I have Infuse sitting in iTunes someplace. IIRC, it did require in-app purchases, didn't it?

Menneisyys2, the RushPlayer+ mention was because of your recommendation to me quite some time ago. Currently, you don't recommend it?



I know. Just thought it was hilarious as more valid questions were being ignored. LOL
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Yeah depending on the files you need to play, it will more than likely require the in app purchase to play the file you wish to play. Still a great option compared to VLC which isn't available currently.
 
mrmister said:
I use nPlayer—it seems to handle .mkv. Does it not?
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It does. However, if you plan to stream MKV's over AirPlay, get Infuse instead.

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HUGE AL said:
Menneisyys2, the RushPlayer+ mention was because of your recommendation to me quite some time ago. Currently, you don't recommend it?
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I still recommend it as a decent free(!) player - much more CPU-efficient than, say, the also-JB-only and also-free XBMC.

However, as it hasn't been lately updated with new features, some AppStore players handle some specific areas (e.g., AirPlay streaming; streaming from network drives; displaying non-textual subtitles like VobSub ones; gesture support) much-much better than back 2.5 years ago, when RushPlayer+ was one of the best and most recommended players.
 
For some odd reason, VLC gets working after a random number of relaunches. Will wait for the impending re-re-release. :)
 
VLC 2.4.1 is back in purchased tab for a week now. The app, somehow, is not yt out, but at least you can download it.
 
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