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iTunes Movie Trailers App Updated for iPad Retina Display

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Apple has updated their iTunes Movie Trailers App with support for the new iPad's Retina Display. The trailers app mirrors the content on Apple's own Movie Trailers site and offers a good showcase of the iPad's new screen.

Here's a screen capture from Pixar's upcoming movie Brave does show a lot of detail, though it's hard to say exactly which resolution Apple is streaming.




Screenshot from Brave trailer. Click for full size.​
The app works on both Wi-Fi and LTE, though if you use LTE, you may find yourself using all of your LTE bandwidth allotment rather quickly. [Direct Link]

Article Link: iTunes Movie Trailers App Updated for iPad Retina Display
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/22/itunes-movie-trailers-app-updated-for-ipad-retina-display/
It is great that there are these showcase apps for the new iPad, but it would have been nice if developers had been given more time with the new tools before launch. Thee would have been a lot more apps ready for the device.

EDIT: Just tried to download the app. Not available in the UK. Pity.
 
It only says

iTunes Move Trailers 1.1 is now designed for the spectacular Retina display on the all new iPad.
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But does that mean only the interface elements have been updated, or that we're now getting trailers streamed at full HD quality (1920x1080)? It's unclear from the description.
 

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Unsure of 1080P

But video streams om fiber broadband is incredibly, impressively crisp.
 
Moonjumper said:
EDIT: Just tried to download the app. Not available in the UK. Pity.
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yeah this is stupid, I can watch trailers on my Apple TV, I can go to trailers.apple.com and watch and download them, but I'm not allowed the Trailers App outside the US?

What does it have that we're not allowed to see in the UK or anywhere else in the world for that matter?
 
I wish it worked with the Digital AV adapter, to view full screen on a TV. Viewing trailers through the web site does, it would seem as though the app should do the same.
 
Trailers for what? There's hardly any decent HD movies on iTunes anyway. 720p or 1080p. I've just started buying BluRay disks again coz the HD content available on iTunes is so limited.
 
It doesn't look like its streaming properly. The graphics and artwork look amazing, and the trailers look incredible for ~5seconds -- then the screen flickers to black and it switches over to a very low quality stream. I tried 8 trailers and they all did the exact same thing.

I'm on my home WIFI, and speed shows I'm getting 21mbps down right now, So I dont think that is the problem.
 
Shaun said:
Trailers for what? There's hardly any decent HD movies on iTunes anyway. 720p or 1080p. I've just started buying BluRay disks again coz the HD content available on iTunes is so limited.
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Considering the example in the post is for Brave, the answer obviously isn't "just iTunes movies". It's all movies.
 
accidental said:
Considering the example in the post is for Brave, the answer obviously isn't "just iTunes movies". It's all movies.
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I don't understand what you're saying.

The article states that they have updated the "iTunes Movie Trailers App".
 
I exported the raw of the trailers from the app through hdmi.

I tested 12 different trailers from all over the app.

All are 1080p high profile .264 5.1 with a bit rate of 4-7Mb/sec

The only difference I can find between the app and the downloadable trailers on apple's site is a rather large color adjustment. Not saying one is better than the other, but there is consistently a difference.

To confirm, they are all 1080p and the same quality as any other Apple trailer online/Apple TV 3 etc.
 
erawsd said:
It doesn't look like its streaming properly. The graphics and artwork look amazing, and the trailers look incredible for ~5seconds -- then the screen flickers to black and it switches over to a very low quality stream. I tried 8 trailers and they all did the exact same thing.

I'm on my home WIFI, and speed shows I'm getting 21mbps down right now, So I dont think that is the problem.
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That *is* the problem. Same thing happened to me, you can watch what happens - watch the bar showing where the play is at, you can see it buffer ahead, and then eat that buffer, and then it switches. You can turn that off and make it pause to buffer instead, the settings are in the general iPad Settings app.

Shaun said:
I don't understand what you're saying.

The article states that they have updated the "iTunes Movie Trailers App".
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What he's saying is, Pixar's "Brave" is a movie coming out this summer in theaters, it is not on iTunes. So the fact that this article is showing a screenshot of the new app showing a movie that's not on iTunes, means it's not an app just for showing movies that are available in HD on iTunes, but all movie trailers.
 
Lukeyy19 said:
yeah this is stupid, I can watch trailers on my Apple TV, I can go to trailers.apple.com and watch and download them, but I'm not allowed the Trailers App outside the US?

What does it have that we're not allowed to see in the UK or anywhere else in the world for that matter?
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The app runs just fine outside the US. I am using it in Canada. Maybe your complaint is the App isn't on the UK store? Just open a US itunes account.
 
DreamPod said:
That *is* the problem. Same thing happened to me, you can watch what happens - watch the bar showing where the play is at, you can see it buffer ahead, and then eat that buffer, and then it switches. You can turn that off and make it pause to buffer instead, the settings are in the general iPad Settings app.


What he's saying is, Pixar's "Brave" is a movie coming out this summer in theaters, it is not on iTunes. So the fact that this article is showing a screenshot of the new app showing a movie that's not on iTunes, means it's not an app just for showing movies that are available in HD on iTunes, but all movie trailers.
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Ok thanks for the clarification. I've not used that app.
 
That's cool about the app... Would be neat if I had an iPad.... And a service provider who would provide speeds faster than 1.5Mbps... And LTE on a band that works with the LTE iPad...

Screw it, I'm going to move to the center of Kansas City.

DESNOS said:
Fiber broadband... You mean cable? (I assume not, but it's always a fun question to the misinformed.)
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Depends on where you are. Here in Australia "Cable" refers to HFC Coaxial cables. Mostly used to deliver cable TV. Fiber uses fiber-optic cable to deliver its high speed. As most of the un-informed sheep who quote our useless government "FIBER IS TEH WAY OFF DA FUCHOR!!!!1one NOTING TRAVLZ FASTR THN LITE!!!..."

People annoy me, I'm moving off to a hut somewhere in the back of mongolia.
 
JohnDoe98 said:
The app runs just fine outside the US. I am using it in Canada. Maybe your complaint is the App isn't on the UK store? Just open a US itunes account.
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Great idea, i'll create a whole new account, repurchase every one of my apps, so i can download a trailers app.

my point was that i can view these trailers on apples site, and my apple tv using my UK account, i just don't understand why they don't make this app available to us too? I'm not that fussed about getting it, i just find it odd.
 
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Lukeyy19 said:
Great idea, i'll create a whole new account, repurchase every one of my apps, so i can download a trailers app.

my point was that i can view these trailers on apples site, and my apple tv using my UK account, i just don't understand why they don't make this app available to us too? I'm not that fussed about getting it, i just find it odd.
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Look, I agree it is annoying. I think Apple should have international Apple ID and make their own Apps work in every country, I was just recommending a way to get the app. You do realize you can have apps installed from multiple different IDs right? I have Canadian and US apps on my ipad and iphone. So there is no need to repurchase all your apps if you create an account and add a few US store Apps to your device. When updates come in, you will be prompted for the password and updates will go smoothly even if you log back int your original account and its apps.
 
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