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The lack of drag and drop for media files was one of the main reasons I switched from iPad to an android tablet. IPads are superior as tablets but it was ridiculous in this day and age that I had to transcode my videos to a specific format before iOS would recognise or play them. With my nexus 7 I don't need to worry about any of that.
 
I have tried all of the media players but none of these apps have done it at the same speed as WALTR. Depending on the video format, VLC drops the video and only plays the audio. MPlayer is terrible. PLEX - not so great either.

WALTR uploaded my movies to my iPad and I can play them back in the Videos App flawelessly (and also lossless, I might add - audio was also unaffected).

It did something interesting that HandBrake never did, which used about 75% of my CPU while it was copying over, so it must be doing some really heavy transcoding, but I do have to say that I'm happy with the result.

$15 is a small price to pay for this program, just for its speed alone. I wish it would allow you to add/modify thumbnails/categorization of the videos before uploading - my only suggestion to the developer (if he's even listening). I had to sync/transfer the videos from my iPad back into iTunes where it then allowed me to make those modifications.
 
I have this handy app on my iPad.
It's called VLC Media Player.
It was discontinued, but I found that I can still push it to other iOS devices via iTunes. See if any of your friends have it.

Great idea, I did get VLC back when it was available, so I must still have it on iTunes...

Considering all the downsides you listed, wouldn't you say WALTR might be worth the asking price if it "just works"... and does so quickly?

It's probably worth it, but considering that iDevices are mainly for entertainment, I feel like they should do this by default (be able to at least watch anything that you can watch on your computer without having to do any transcoding, syncing, whatever).
 
These days .avi is virtually unseen when dealing with media. Any video on disc needs to be converted anyway and .mkv can be easily remuxed into an .mp4 wrapper in seconds.

If you somehow do encounter other formats on a regular basis then why not just use one of the many 3rd arty video players for cheaper or even for free?

In the case of music the only real advantage is .flac but XLD will convert hem to .alac lossless files, which are supported natively in iOS in such a minuscule time.

Also, iOS and iTunes DOES support drag and drop for media, if you bother to use it. I've had a few people tell me in the past they don't want an apple device because they don't want to sync data (apparently it's confusing :/ ).

The only issue with manual manage we had in the past was if you had iTunes match active it disabled both sync and manual manage of the whole music tab which meant you had no way of adding music videos that weren't supported in match. iTunes 12 and iOS8 fixed this to allow you to drag music videos onto your device. (this was a problem because music videos on iOS could be played in both the music app as audio only or in the video app. If you added them as a "movie" or used a 3rd party app you would lose the audio function)
 
Flac

I don't own an iPod because Apple will not support FLAC.
Forget ALAC, I don't want to re-encode my entire library.
 
I have tried all of the media players but none of these apps have done it at the same speed as WALTR. Depending on the video format, VLC drops the video and only plays the audio. MPlayer is terrible. PLEX - not so great either.

WALTR uploaded my movies to my iPad and I can play them back in the Videos App flawelessly (and also lossless, I might add - audio was also unaffected).

It did something interesting that HandBrake never did, which used about 75% of my CPU while it was copying over, so it must be doing some really heavy transcoding, but I do have to say that I'm happy with the result.

$15 is a small price to pay for this program, just for its speed alone. I wish it would allow you to add/modify thumbnails/categorization of the videos before uploading - my only suggestion to the developer (if he's even listening). I had to sync/transfer the videos from my iPad back into iTunes where it then allowed me to make those modifications.

AVPlayerHD works great for me on any video file I've tried it on. Using that app, I'm not sure why I would ever want to bother with a transcoder again.
 
So since it doesn't actually transcode the files into a format native to Movies/Music apps on iOS (which would take a time measured in hours in many cases when using Handbrake), what black magic exactly is employed to make the files compatible and playable?



most of the time videos are in h264 but with an incompatible container (like an h264 movie inside an MKV container) or incompatible audio codec. fixing that is relatively easy and quick

for all other videos, i think it might be transcoding the files on the fly.

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AVPlayerHD works great for me on any video file I've tried it on. Using that app, I'm not sure why I would ever want to bother with a transcoder again.

i've tried avplayerHD with 1080p MKV files (anime), during heavy fights, the player is unable to keep up with the fast pace movement.
 
THIS is what iTunes should be able to do .. instead it has become a convoluted memory-eating, file-dublicating monster ..
 
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Everyone seems to have their own preferred solution but I love Air Video Player, though it's best for use when your Mac/PC server is on the same Wifi network as your iOS device.

Air Video Player converts videos in about any format on the fly and stream them to your iOS device. You can browse folders from your desktop computer inside the app (you have to allow these specific folders in the server app).

It's really stable and hasn't given me any problem, and the quality is great. For MP4 videos, it will stream them without conversion. You can also stream through the Internet though the quality and stability of the video might not be as great.
 
I have a couple free activation keys

Hey message me if you want/need an activation key. I have a couple left
 
I have this handy app on my iPad.
It's called VLC Media Player.
It was discontinued, but I found that I can still push it to other iOS devices via iTunes. See if any of your friends have it.

"The item you've requested is not currently available in the U.S. store."

:mad:

Wait seriously? Its not available in the US anymore? Well one of those rare moments where keeping an app i don't use pays off! I love VLC on my mac, just haven't given it a good go on my iPhone.
 
Wait seriously? Its not available in the US anymore? Well one of those rare moments where keeping an app i don't use pays off! I love VLC on my mac, just haven't given it a good go on my iPhone.

It's REALLY good on iOS!!! Brilliant controls :
Sliding finger up on right half of screen raises volume...
Sliding finger up on left half of screen raises brightness.
Granular control of playback speed via slider & all video options via sliders.
 
does anyone have any spare activation keys for this app left? would love to use it since i'm planning on getting an ipad 2 over thanksgiving.

email is jtse106@outlook.com

thanks!

I don't have a code, but I do have advice. Don't an iPad 2. If it's used, that's understandable, but if you're buying new, just don't. The iPad 3 and 4 are both quite cheap now.

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Hey message me if you want/need an activation key. I have a couple left

Not sure if you're just trolling, but if you really have some, I'd love one.
 
The lack of drag and drop for media files was one of the main reasons I switched from iPad to an android tablet. IPads are superior as tablets but it was ridiculous in this day and age that I had to transcode my videos to a specific format before iOS would recognise or play them. With my nexus 7 I don't need to worry about any of that.

Okay thanks.
 
Why not Handbrake (which is free)?

It is also limited: mkv to mp4, right? And much slower. I have access to a 2007 iMac at work, and I tested that for comparison. It took over two hours for 89 minutes.

I downloaded a test mkv from one of the usual sources, and it was excellent quality Blu-Ray rip, 8.9 GB for 89 minutes. (iPhone 6) This converted and copied the whole thing in about 10 minutes. I'm thinking that they must just be prepping the thing for transcoding, and then sending it to the H.264 hardware coder in the iPhone or iPad. It shows up in the video folder, and the thing is beautiful, among the best images I've seen on an iPhone.

One warning: don't sync to iTunes after that. I lost the file, because iTunes erases anything it didn't put there. Use the setting that switches audio and video to manual sync.

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I wanted to try to Airplay, but apparently it doesn't work. No Airplay icon. Is that only with some files, or haven't they put that code in yet?

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I don't own an iPod because Apple will not support FLAC.
Forget ALAC, I don't want to re-encode my entire library.

It's 99% FLAC. Swap headers, done.
 
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