You just gave me an idea! Soon as I get the new ATV and am going to try hacking my current one since Apple won't be updating it anymore and run them side by side. I believe the old one can do a lot of stuff like playing virtually any format after a few tweaks ...
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You just gave me an idea! Soon as I get the new ATV and am going to try hacking my current one since Apple won't be updating it anymore and run them side by side. I believe the old one can do a lot of stuff like playing virtually any format after a few tweaks ...
Kind of bummed you have to hook it up to the computer. That means OPlayer will continue to be used for me, but i'll be sure to download it if it hits the store.
I would gladly pay for a version that included CoreAVC for software-decoded mkv playback.
I would gladly pay for a version that included CoreAVC for software-decoded mkv playback.
Awesome! I love VLC. Two questions:
1. When is it coming to iPhone?
2. Many [non-Apple] video formats look blocky and pixelated on a Mac, while the same files look great on a pc. I wonder if they will be more polished on the ipad app?
1. When is it coming to iPhone?
2. Many [non-Apple] video formats look blocky and pixelated on a Mac, while the same files look great on a pc. I wonder if they will be more polished on the ipad app?
I know that, but will i be able to do the same with VLC when it comes out is what i asked.
Indeed ...
Do you mean AirPlayer (from olimsoft) or Apple's AirPlay in iOS 4.2 ?
Currently I use AirVideo (from InMethod s.r.o) and it is excellent at streaming video (with live conversion) from a file server plus allows you to convert the different formats and put the resulting file in iTunes so you can sync it to reside on the iPad.
VLC on the iPad needs to support streaming as well .. it does everywhere else, so it ought to be possible to enter a server address (upnp or http etc) and watch on the fly even with on-iPad conversion.
Do you mean AirPlayer (from olimsoft) or Apple's AirPlay in iOS 4.2 ?
Currently I use AirVideo (from InMethod s.r.o) and it is excellent at streaming video (with live conversion) from a file server plus allows you to convert the different formats and put the resulting file in iTunes so you can sync it to reside on the iPad.
VLC on the iPad needs to support streaming as well .. it does everywhere else, so it ought to be possible to enter a server address (upnp or http etc) and watch on the fly even with on-iPad conversion.
Are you saying VLC for iPad will allow you to add or select subtitles (SRT) files? I know that VLC on OS X, Windows, and Linux supports adding your own SRT files to a video file, just didn't know if it was capable on iPad.
While it generally lacks HW acceleration, VLC has very complete video format support. Assuming the A4 is fast enough to decode it, you should be able to play nearly any video w/o re-encoding.
Yup, it will handle subtitles. If you have the subs with the same name (excepting the extension) as the movie file, they will be played automatically. Can't currently turn the subs off from the player though.srt I think, and maybe some other subs formats as well.
Tom
Strange how it can't play mkv files. If you convert the audio on mkv files to 128 aac and make it an mp4 (using video passthrough), they play fine when you sync it through itunes.
Logistics?
I still don't understand how you can import video files into iTunes if they aren't supported. Someone mentioned importing them as a file, but I tried adding a .avi file and nothing happens. Am I missing something?
That was my exact thought after seeing the keynote. Some company sold modified Apple TVs that could play different formats, so Im assuming they will do the same with the new one.
I still don't understand how you can import video files into iTunes if they aren't supported. Someone mentioned importing them as a file, but I tried adding a .avi file and nothing happens. Am I missing something?
That was my exact thought after seeing the keynote. Some company sold modified Apple TVs that could play different formats, so Im assuming they will do the same with the new one.
yep, sounds like you aren't familiar with iTunes and syncing FILES to iOS apps.
when you have your iOS device connected to your computer and iTunes open, you can navigate the tabs for setting up that specific device. one of those tabs has a section specific to adding files to the DEVICE, not iTunes.
once the files have been synced to the iOS device, your iOS apps can access the files when your device is not connected to your computer
Mmm. Never tried that before. Thanks.
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I just looked and it appears I never scrolled down far enough to see that. I have Air Sharing and never realized you could manipulate the files like that.
If you've got a Mac, get Plex, add the NAS to the Plex media library, then stream any format that Plex can handle to the iDevice using the new Plex app.
Works great if you've got significant amounts of media as everything is transcoded on the fly.
Works great if you've got significant amounts of media as everything is transcoded on the fly.
De-de-de-de-de-de-DEAL breaker.
Half of my library is in WMV format. For anyone who wants a good quality picture at a reasonable file size, you've got two choices: MOV and WMV.
MKV is the best res, H.264 and all that, but the file size is prohibitive. DivX/XviD is nice and all, but the picture quality isn't great, and depending on how they encoded the file, doesn't always seek properly. WMV and MOV are the only two formats I can really depend on, followed up by MPEG, which is prohibitively large.
WMV HD is half the size of the same MKV file yet looks identical in terms of picture quality.
Oh well...