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iPad 2 Play Downloaded .avi Files?
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CineXplayer is awesome and Azul works pretty good for other formats as Cin only plays XVIDs.
To the people say use handbrake and other converters. I dont really want to F with converting files over when 99.99% of the stuff that is downloadable is in AVI format. Maybe its the Android side coming out in me but i much rather the drag and drop method in stead of converting and all that jazz.
To the people say use handbrake and other converters. I dont really want to F with converting files over when 99.99% of the stuff that is downloadable is in AVI format. Maybe its the Android side coming out in me but i much rather the drag and drop method in stead of converting and all that jazz.
There are plenty of video player apps. Just search the app store for ".avi" or any other format.
And next time, can I suggest you look into paying for your videos? That way you will be among those of us who are honest guys in society, and as a bonus you won't have any problems playing back your videos.
And next time, can I suggest you look into paying for your videos? That way you will be among those of us who are honest guys in society, and as a bonus you won't have any problems playing back your videos.
So tv shows cost money? If i paid itunes prices for all the tv shows i watch. I would be sooooo dang broke. I travel alot so i try to get a few episodes from my fav tv shows to watch on the plane by torrents. I know you where probably referring to movies
Chiming in for Oplayer. Will stream off a network disk, no need for server software running on a computer.
Hi everybody,
I have a question.
Is it possible to watch videos offline once Air Video streams online?
I have a question.
Is it possible to watch videos offline once Air Video streams online?
So let me clarify before I buy air video...
You can convert avi files in air video and move them to be physically stored and played on the iPad when you're not on wifi...aka on an airplane for example?
You can convert avi files in air video and move them to be physically stored and played on the iPad when you're not on wifi...aka on an airplane for example?
wassup with the big ad tho? i'd pay for this app just to get rid of it!
any app player without ads?
Yes. You just need to activate something in the server app I believe. It is pretty easy setup. Works even over 3G.
Convert to save battery perhaps. The iOS devices and most android phones have hardware decoding support for certain H264 types. Anyway I fail to see why would anyone not using AirVideo where you don't even have to convert, and it does on the fly and saves battery as well as storage space. Download the free version of the app and give it a try.
Azul Movie Player is the best one, it's quite new, and it plays all formats with Better quality than VLC and you can even download avi videos straight to the iPad (with megaupload, hotfile etc)
Not true, there are several quality uploaders who post stuff in .mp4/.m4v, in very high quality. Just gotta know where to look. I havent converted anything in a couple years.
No, this is not correct. AirVideo will convert the videos on the fly from your home machine and stream them to your iPad. It doesnt keep the video (AFAIK, could be wrong) it just streams it on the fly. Use VLC or CineXPlayer to watch videos offline. Just move the .avi's to your iPad through iTunes. I use VLC every day (not available anymore though).
If i am on an airplane and i have air video do I also have to have my home computer turned on to stream it to ipad? And will it work via wifi on a plane?
I have heard the home computer needs to be left on in order for it to stream movies. is this right?
Yes the home computer has to be on. Yes, theoretically, you could stream them to the plane but the planes bandwidth probably won't allow it.
Use airvideo's queued conversion the converted copy will be there ready for you to add to iTunes. In fact you can even automate this with a movies playlist every time you sync the converted files will sync automatically.
Unless something has changed recently this is wrong.
You can use Airvideo to convert a copy of a file which is retained on the source machine and can then be added to iTunes. I did this when I first got an Apple TV, as my library was all AVI's. I just got Airvideo to convert my favourite videos so I didn't have to be in a rush to re-rip the DVD's.
These files can be synced to your iPad through iTunes as you would any m4v file.
One issue I have had with Airvideo converted files is sometimes the audio video sync is slightly out. Doesn't bother me too much, but I'm sure some people wouldn't like it.
What ads? I haven't seen any in OPlayer HD. Maybe OPlayer HD lite has ads, but I haven't used it so I'm not sure.
You're totally wrong. you can either convert or play with live conversion (see pic). Playing with live conversion is streaming, convert converts it on the pc for later transferral to the iPad. so if you're around the house, just stream, if you're going on trip, convert, transfer then travel
