iPhone 3GS Capable of High-Definition Video Playback?

[tbrinkma]

Or perhaps you couldn't care less.

The two phrases actually have exactly the same meaning. It's all in the final (unspoken) portion.

I could care less, but it would take too much effort.
I couldn't care less, even if I wanted to.

 

[Cynicalone]

I loaded some 1080P trailers on my iDisk and they played back just fine but it takes forever to load a file. There is a real limit to how much you can do with this since it has to be less than 100MB to use the iDisk app.

 

[SthrnCmfrtr]

He was referring to HD being h.264, which people associate with the .mkv extension, which is not true.

I think you were correcting someone who was lamenting Apple's lack of support for the Matroska container (which many people prefer due to its superior support for chapters, subtitles, and different audio formats). I'm sure he was aware that Apple hardware and software supports the H264 codec. He might simply be irritated that whenever he converts an mkv file to a mp4 file, he loses the nifty AC-3 sound and subtitles.

 

[WhoPhD]

I'm still waiting for a reasonably prices camcorder that does 720p without being more blurry than a normal standard definition camcorder and doesn't skip frames when recording.

I've been using (and abusing) a Sanyo HD1000 since 2007, in all sorts of outdoor conditions, at 720p60. Their new models probably do even better.

I paid only $500 for it back then, $750 if you count the lenses and SD cards.

CK.

 

[speakerwizard]

So, I have tried this a bit today, and yes it does work, I'm getting great playback of my apple tv encoded 720p vids (about 5mbs) and tried a 1080p which was around 8mbs which was also fine, I then tried a 1080p apple trailer at 10mbs which played back smoothly but crashed the audio drivers and needed restarting so I'm pretty impressed, no need to re-encode my vids just take away, just use file / disk aid haha may have to do a battery usage test next

 

[DELLsFan]

My girlfriend and I both bought Zunes and I squirted her and now she's pregnant... Damn Zune, I hate you!

LOL

 

[damesJ]

I have a 720p movie file thats an mp4 (h.264 codec) that plays in itunes. I put it on my iphone 3gs using disk aid and tried hooking it up to my tv.. however there is sound but no picture. any ideas?

 

[TripHop]

Played 1920 x 800 Widescreen Avatar HD Video: Killed Sound

Played silently then none of my compliant videos nor music would play sound until I reset the 3GS. Didn't test on iPod Touch yet. But thanks to this article I discovered FileAid and DiskAid and they have together opened up a whole new world of possabilities. Now I can store all sorts of PDFs, jpegs, and vids out of spec somewhere besides inside the iTunes section. I'm thrilled to be able to carry manuals for hardware and software and album booklets in PDF form that don't require the net to read them.

I imagine the FileAid developers will figure out how to get sound working from these files inside their app without killing all sound in a few more weeks.