Thanks for all the info guys. I will be sure to check in on subbler and the rest when I finally get my new iPad delivered 
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The new iPad plays HD MKV files perfectly!
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Aah right, the mkvs I watch are generally hooky tv shows downloaded off newsgroups/torrents etc. I don't really have any moral objection to it tbh, most of the stuff turns up on Sky, for which I have a full subscription. Plus I buy quite a lot of boxsets and blu rays. Just find find it far more convenient downloading them than ripping them myself.
Still, on the odd occasion I use Subler with a 10gb file it only takes a matter of minutes, deffo no more than 10.
Wow! Glad I found this! I'm gonna have to play with Subler and see how my HDTV shows look and play on the iPad after converting.
Video playback of my mkvs is the biggest shortcoming of the iPad. If Subler doesn't take long to conver a 1gb file I'm one happy soul! Handbrake takes forever.
Video playback of my mkvs is the biggest shortcoming of the iPad. If Subler doesn't take long to conver a 1gb file I'm one happy soul! Handbrake takes forever.
I'm not 100% sure that AV Player HD is really playing the files at their actual resolution and instead are playing them at the resolution of the iPad 1/2. The picture doesn't look quite as sharp on 720p.
Has anyone tried using AV Player for the iPhone 4S on the New iPad?
AV Player was updated after the 4S was released to use the processor/gpu effeciently.
Has anyone tried using AV Player for the iPhone 4S on the New iPad?
AV Player was updated after the 4S was released to use the processor/gpu effeciently.
Possible since it does have a buffer meter on the right side where you control the playback speed.
For some reason, I cannot get the subs to play even if it says that the subs are loaded when you hit the info button. What am I missing?? file format is the same as in your demo video.
Any advice appreciated.
I use Goodplayer personally, and it's great you can add files to it over wi-fi, UPnP/DLNA or side load videos through the apps tab in iTunes without syncing the device. Just drag and drop through the file sharing section. The only files it has problems with is WMV's.
I have nothing but nice things to say about Air Video! Firstly, my disclaimer. I am not a pro at converting, I have used HB etc to transfer files converted to iTunes.
What is really cool about Air Video so far (just got it a couple of days ago) is that it does live conversion using any directory you choose from your iMac or MacBook etc (free software for the PC/Computer part). It also works with PCs.
You can live stream to either your iPad/iPod touch or using the app (which you DO need to view on the receiving platform) OR your Apple TV. It mirrors your iPad (what I am using as the remote). You have the ability to live stream, or convert the file to your iPad.
I have so far, had no problems with subtitles. I haven't tried 1080 res as most of my anime that I dl was 720. But for 2.99, to view any video on any drive you choose on your device or streamed through ATV, is amazing and it doesn't involve me muxing, remuxing, fluxing, flossing or waxing!
So for simple users like myself, who was going to JB her ATV, I no longer have to, and ATV is now a great tool!
I did dl the initial program selected by the OP, but what I didn't like is that to use it, I have to take up space on my device to view the video. This way, I can just live stream off of my machine at home, OR I also have the option to decode/encode it to my device so I can take it with me.
I'm surprised it took this long for someone to mention GoodPlayer. I opted to purchase this because of the ability to stream from my hdd connected to my airport extreme. It finds the hdd easily and I just need to locate the file and let it stream. It even can mirror/ AirPlay so I can play it on the big screen via atv2.
One thing though is it hiccups on some larger formats. Not sure if it's because of streaming or decoding but on my 4s the same HD file 4gb+ doesn't hiccup when streaming with xbmc jailbreak. GoodPlayer has some issues while streaming. I can't wait to jb my iPad so I can load up xbmc Eden. Best player on ios, gpu decoding is the best.
I tried a bunch of 720p video mkvs and i see choppiness. Not a lot but noticeable. I can't believe it's taking this long to make a good 720p video player.
Hi fellas, was looking forward to upgrading to the new ipad from my ipad 1 so that I could watch downloaded TV eps @ 720p .mkv format.
I don't really want to pay for something that can't guarantee it will work, so I was checking out a few of the free video players.
First I tried yxplayer2, then flexplayer, and they were crap.
Then I took a gamble on some chinese app which is FREE and called QQPlayerHD.
What do you know? Latest TV eps straight off the net, 720p x264 play FLAWLESSLY!
Even though the app is in chinese, it does what it says on the tin.
Right scroll to delete eps, and it has auto-resume bookmarks too.
If you could see the whole title instead of an abridged title, and if it was in English, I would pay for it.....
Just for fun I loaded a 1080p BlueRay x264 9GB Movie on there, and unfortunately that still doesn't work.
Check it out and let me know how it goes for you.
I don't really want to pay for something that can't guarantee it will work, so I was checking out a few of the free video players.
First I tried yxplayer2, then flexplayer, and they were crap.
Then I took a gamble on some chinese app which is FREE and called QQPlayerHD.
What do you know? Latest TV eps straight off the net, 720p x264 play FLAWLESSLY!
Even though the app is in chinese, it does what it says on the tin.
Right scroll to delete eps, and it has auto-resume bookmarks too.
If you could see the whole title instead of an abridged title, and if it was in English, I would pay for it.....
Just for fun I loaded a 1080p BlueRay x264 9GB Movie on there, and unfortunately that still doesn't work.
Check it out and let me know how it goes for you.
You're testing these players on your iPad 1? I'd guess you'd have better performance on a iPad 2 or the new iPad since they are dual core and more powerful.
i still don't get it why ppl get 3rd party video players for iOS Hardware, it takes away the greatest advantage a iPad/iPhone do have over Android devices, Hardware acceleration.
If you want to play a MKV on your iOS device get Subler for your Mac, almost anything i throw at it gets "converted" in Seconds and usually plays too, while preserving Metadata.
If you want to play a MKV on your iOS device get Subler for your Mac, almost anything i throw at it gets "converted" in Seconds and usually plays too, while preserving Metadata.
Is there a Windows alternative people have verified that works? Also convert to .m4v or .mp4?
I prefer MP4 since it's a little more portable to different systems such as Android, other computers, and other devices. Windows users may want to use VirtualDub.
The reason why is so slow is because you need to have the video in an mp4/mov/quacktime format in order to engage the hardware decoder via public APIs. I use a program called avidemux for us windows users and remux the video into an MP4 container and convert audio to AAC. Works fine then no matter which media player you use. The only issue is now streaming 1080p I find it struggles over the wifi using samba shares with buzz player.
If the videos themselves are not in said mp4 formats, I find that everything else that can play is being done in software which most likely means less battery life.
If the videos themselves are not in said mp4 formats, I find that everything else that can play is being done in software which most likely means less battery life.
I'm using goodplayer and for the most part, keeping things in MKV. I started down the road of conversion but there were just too many issues. I was unable to find any single tool that could remux and keep subtitles at the same time without introducing other issues. I also found that ATV3 and the new iPad have (for some frankly dumb reason) different audio codec support capabilities (ATV3 seems to support more than the new iPad) and until I have a better idea how to convert in a way that works for both, a combination of Goodplayer and Air Video will tide me over.