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ipad reading other movie codecs
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Yep, so far Av player has run through everything I've thrown at it without any issues. Just sync across through iTunes and you're good to go.
AVPlayerHD. The best out there.
Link your iPad to your computer and open iTunes. You don't need to do any syncing. Stop the process if you have auto sync.
Click on your iPad name on left side of screen. Click on "Apps link" at top of page. Scroll down. At the bottom you should see AVPlayer (after it has been downloaded).
Open finder. Drag and drop whatever video you want into the open space for AVPlayer. Everything auto syncs after that.
Link your iPad to your computer and open iTunes. You don't need to do any syncing. Stop the process if you have auto sync.
Click on your iPad name on left side of screen. Click on "Apps link" at top of page. Scroll down. At the bottom you should see AVPlayer (after it has been downloaded).
Open finder. Drag and drop whatever video you want into the open space for AVPlayer. Everything auto syncs after that.
yea that would be great for home but i am going on a long plane ride and i want to load some movies onto my ipad.
How does AVPlayer actually work? (i.e. what goes on behind the scenes)
And does it work with AirPlay? (I'd guess not?)
And does it work with AirPlay? (I'd guess not?)
IMHO it's worth converting media to H.264 m4v if you have iOS devices. The ATV2 Handbrake setting works across the entire iOS & OSX line.
Yes, I don't think many people understand that the iPad has a specific chip for decoding H.264 video. Anything else has to be done in software which takes much more processor power.
End result: All these other videos will eat though your battery a LOT faster. I prefer to convert things to the iPad's preferred format for this reason alone.
I concur...AVPlayerHD has been a joy to use...plays about everything one could throw at it...
You can also add movie/tv files by using GoodReader...
If i dont want to stream them can i use them it just for the codec? and when i searched it on my iphone i only saw avplayer i didnt see HD is HD the ipad version?